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by Simon.Gardiner
Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:04 am
Forum: Main Chat Forum
Topic: Scottish Bike Show - some Ariels
Replies: 6
Views: 279

Re: Scottish Bike Show - some Ariels

That Arrow 200....some nice white/ivory overspray on the front tyre and that cable under the steering head, and nice resprayed front suspension caps?! Also a very snazzy quickly-detachable mirror mounting in the right-hand handlebar end!! On a different note, is that combined throttle twistgrip and ...
by Simon.Gardiner
Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:58 pm
Forum: Main Chat Forum
Topic: Spotted at Shepton
Replies: 5
Views: 200

Re: Spotted at Shepton

Vincent - I find with autojumbles that you can go a long time without seeing much in the way of Ariels and then suddenly you find lots! Last week-end was easily the most Ariels I've ever seen at Shepton (for some reason there were a lot of people selling complete bikes at this one). Probably won't s...
by Simon.Gardiner
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:54 pm
Forum: Main Chat Forum
Topic: Spotted at Shepton
Replies: 5
Views: 200

Re: Spotted at Shepton

And as there's a been some discussion of HT3's here's a new one that was for sale (along with a couple of interesting Italian off-roaders). This was built up 3 years ago as a 'lockdown' project for pre-'65 trials use, but 'battle damage' to the owner (wrecked shoulder falling down a bank on somethin...
by Simon.Gardiner
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:35 pm
Forum: Main Chat Forum
Topic: Spotted at Shepton
Replies: 5
Views: 200

Spotted at Shepton

Spotted at the Shepton autojumble last weekend. Genuine HS, 1955 I'd guess. I couldn't see any details (owner was away chatting to someone else apparently) so I don't even know if it was still for sale! (Apologies for the picture quality, I didn't see that the camera was having a problem with the li...
by Simon.Gardiner
Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:27 am
Forum: Ariel Talk
Topic: VHA liner installed
Replies: 18
Views: 801

Re: VHA liner installed

I think that was Mick Dickinson - see also the posting in 'Suppliers'
viewtopic.php?t=12856

(Maybe someone will have an update.)

SG
by Simon.Gardiner
Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:46 pm
Forum: Four stroke
Topic: Noisy VH engine - Roller mains
Replies: 14
Views: 376

Re: Noisy VH engine - Roller mains

....it doesn't look like it has been designed to take end thrust, not that there should be much of that. I'm not at all suggesting that a lipped roller should be taking any significant end thrust - there are proper bearings for that - just that they don't seem to mind doing a bit of end-float 'cons...
by Simon.Gardiner
Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:08 pm
Forum: Two stroke
Topic: Arrow Primary Chain case oil
Replies: 5
Views: 308

Re: Arrow Primary Chain case oil

A Forum search reveals recommendations for: - ATF (I see I've decided to use that but I have a note to only use mineral and Dexron equivalent), but it's also been commented that this can be thin enough to get past the contact breaker oil seal and contaminate the points; - straight 20 or straight 30 ...
by Simon.Gardiner
Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:57 am
Forum: Four stroke
Topic: Noisy VH engine - Roller mains
Replies: 14
Views: 376

Re: Noisy VH engine - Roller mains

...I might be wrong - it been 50 years since I dismantled a BSA twin. Pete I've just spent a couple of days measuring and shimming a Huntmaster bottom end. As has been noted the shims go between the roller bearing inner and the crank web, the timing pinion gets tightened against the crank journal o...
by Simon.Gardiner
Sat Mar 09, 2024 9:25 pm
Forum: Four stroke
Topic: Noisy VH engine - Roller mains
Replies: 14
Views: 376

Re: Noisy VH engine - Roller mains

The Huntmaster (and BSA A10 for that matter) have a bush for the the timing side main and a lipped roller on the drive side. There's nothing 'positive' as such to locate the crankshaft and the lipped rollers don't seem mind about dealing with end-float. :?

SG
by Simon.Gardiner
Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:42 pm
Forum: Electrics
Topic: Magneto Magnet strength ?
Replies: 47
Views: 3327

Re: Magneto Magnet strength ?

Charles To be clear on this tricky subject, I'm not saying I saw that re-magnetisation was un-necessary; what I saw was that the later magnetos don't suffer the same dire consequences of having an armature removed that the earlier ones do. Which salves my conscience about leaving some MO1L and K2F b...