Ariel Owners Motorcycle Club

Amazing job, well done.

Absolutely stunning - very well done .

Bob.

HI A very well and nice job and i love the colour you have put a lot of time and work in to it but it looks worth it

A thing of beauty.

Dave

Paul,
That is a real testament to your knowledge and thoroughness. A real piece of history brought back to life.

Cheers
Alan

A magnificent rebuild of an awesome bike. Well done sir!

Great job and lovely bike!
Br, Eero

Paul
well done but we really would like some more photos please.
David

Paul that is looking very well indeed! Nice work!
Regards, Paul

Using the principle that a photo a day keeps David Anderson away, here goes.
The front wheel is double sided so needs a balancing lever to equalise the pull on each side. The original levers used by Healey were Cuppini or some such name which I was unable to find but the ones I did find were very similar. Unfortunately, they didn't have the balancing mechanism. Having searched for a mechanism for a long time, I eventually found one on an MV at last year's Stafford Show. So I asked if they had them available through the MV Club. The answer was that I could join their Club (somewhere around £50 if I remember correctly) and would then have access to the spares but they had no idea whether the balancing mechanism would be available or what it might cost. So I took the simple route and made one myself, working from photos of the one on my previous Healey. Naturally, it took some time to make but it works well enough.