Happy New Year to all from Canada

I had my last ride on my Ariel VF31 as the VHA head is still at the machine shop.
Took some nice fall photo's.
Took my 83 BMWR80RT out for its last ride today as the Temps are dropping and crappy weather is coming.
Good to see your still using the Ariels Chris

OUCH !
Fatigue , lack of oil ?

Here are the 2 photos of the cam.
you can see there is a slight dip in the middle of the lobe.
Thoughts

Thanks for all the replies, Both cams seem to have the same profile.
I'll try and get a Photo of the left cam in a day or 2.

I guess I'm more curious though the profile looks the same why does the Left cam require Nil & 002 .

Ian Single lobe cams: 1951 - no ramps. 1954 -same profile but with added ramps for the alloy head VH (NH still had the iron head and presumably still had the non-ramp cam.) The ramps are for 'quietening' , I imagine if you've splashed out for a rorty 'competition' alloy engined VHA or VCH in 1952 o...

I am not aware of any different single lobe cams other than the HS ones, it is possible it has been re-ground to the earlier profile at some time. The original owner bought it new from McBrides in Toronto and the family put the VHA in the barn in 1961 after he passed away. There it sat until 1977 w...

At first look these are 54 & later VH cams. Not so, The one on the left is out of my 1 owner 53 VHA ( built in Oct 52) the one on the right is from a 54 VH. Both should be ramp cams by the looks of them but the Left cam is not and requires Nil & 002. If set to 006 & 008 like I did in the...

Keep the post coming Steve, I enjoy reading your journeys

Congrats Alan

There is something about those VHAs one just has to love!