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by NicM
Tue May 31, 2022 10:59 am
Forum: Member's Bikes
Topic: My 1955 Ariel VB 600. One previous owner.
Replies: 12
Views: 2184

Re: My 1955 Ariel VB 600. One previous owner.

Ah yes it's all dungarees, harps and welch cakes up there.

We used to ride from Caernarfon down the Llyn to Aberdaron, Tremadog , Beddgelert and back to Caernarfon.

Now that's a ride.
by NicM
Tue May 31, 2022 7:58 am
Forum: Member's Bikes
Topic: My 1955 Ariel VB 600. One previous owner.
Replies: 12
Views: 2184

Re: My 1955 Ariel VB 600. One previous owner.

Hi yes. It was in a barn on a farm in Trefor. On the llyn peninsular just up from Caernarfon. I went to see a Norton commando owned by the farmers son but when he started it, frankly it scared me. They were Welsh speaking only. The Ariel was under a blanket. It started so I rode home on it £75. Crun...
by NicM
Sun May 29, 2022 7:24 pm
Forum: Member's Bikes
Topic: My 1955 Ariel VB 600. One previous owner.
Replies: 12
Views: 2184

Re: My 1955 Ariel VB 600. One previous owner.

Hi Sorry but the first reply seems to be missing the point a bit. My post is not about some crappy camping gear from 35 years ago and sitting here fuming about it for the whole of my adult life. It was about owning the first bike I ever bought for the whole of my life and getting arrested on it. Whe...
by NicM
Sun May 29, 2022 3:39 pm
Forum: Member's Bikes
Topic: My 1955 Ariel VB 600. One previous owner.
Replies: 12
Views: 2184

My 1955 Ariel VB 600. One previous owner.

Hi I thought I would just post about my Ariel VB 600 1955. I bought it from the original owner in 1978 in North Wales. I still own it so it is a two owner vehicle. IMG_20220514_193050.jpg As a very young man I rode it as it was. Things like a license, MOT, insurance, tax, didn't seem a necessity. I ...