Ariel Owners Motorcycle Club

Posted: **Sat Apr 30, 2022 9:56 am**

Hello,

I am new to the forum and to Ariel motorcycles, but have owned and built a number of 50's and 60's British twins and singles. I have always wanted to own a war department bike!

I have just acquired a frame and forks along with a number of boxes of parts which belong to WNG bikes which loosely form a project bike. Once I have taken stock of what I have I will be able to start building, finding and making some of the missing parts.

I am very much looking forward to the challenge and to hopefully bring back from a forgotten corner a close representation of a war department vehicle with the help of the forum and members.

The frame is unfortunately not specified in the register as it seems to be a very late 45 bike, most probably shipped abroad and the engine is from around late 42 early 43. I have a gearbox which has been painted so hopefully once stripped will be able to locate a serial number to date it.

I have started the membership process, so look forward to my first delivery of the club magazine!

Many thanks in advance for the assistance I am sure you and the club will be able to provide!

Best regards

Adam

Posted: **Sat Apr 30, 2022 10:19 am**

Welcome aboard Adam!

Posted: **Sat Apr 30, 2022 11:34 am**

Hi Adam, where abouts do you come from, I'm in Eastleigh Hampshire if you need to take a look at one.

Steve

Posted: **Sat Apr 30, 2022 1:16 pm**

H0ow about posting a few pics of what you have,it may give members a better chance to help.Good luck with it.

Posted: **Sat Apr 30, 2022 5:27 pm**

Thank you for the welcome!

I am in ely, Cambridgeshire, but thank you for the offer I may well need to visit a complete bike at some point.

If I can figure out how to post a picture I will shortly.

Posted: **Sat Apr 30, 2022 6:45 pm**

Re tubed forks, but need some work as the friction surface is very pitted on the fork blade. Plan to weld to build it up then machine flat again, not sure why it wasn't done during re tube as the bare fitting could have been easily turned on a lathe once built up.

Posted: **Sat Apr 30, 2022 7:02 pm**

1st pic

Posted: **Sat Apr 30, 2022 7:03 pm**

2nd pic

Posted: **Sat Apr 30, 2022 7:04 pm**

Clutch bits

Posted: **Sat Apr 30, 2022 7:06 pm**

Adz.F wrote: ↑Sat Apr 30, 2022 7:02 pm1st pic

Interesting holes in that engine plate. There are some pictures of mine in this blog post:

https://ariel-square-four.blogspot.com/ ... pairs.html

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