Ariel Owners Motorcycle Club

wanted a pre war SQ4 for a restoration project for my retirement to give me something to do.!!!

I have sent you a PM.

Pete

You will get something to do and a few challenges as well.. I used to make myself not popular by saying "3 More cylinders than you need " I hope you find what you seek. Nev

I got to agree with you Nev,three too many and 3 times the cost of single rebuild.At least. Great bikes though when sorted.

I actually did a little exercise on this last year, and estimated the restoration costs of doing an Ariel. Some stuff was finger in the air as I always do my own paint work but other stuff is firm, like the cost of pistons etc.

I found *estimated:

A single will cost around £7100 to restore
A twin will cost around £7400 to restore
A square will cost around £8300 to restore

So actually not a big jump from single to four. A lot of the expensive bits are things like wheels, tyres, paint and chrome, which costs the same regardless as to the amount of cylinders you have!

I think one of the big issues is getting things like Cases and major engine bits. They are the rarest model as they cost a lot more when new. If you start with a roughy you have to search harder for the different bits Nev

thanks for all the info, need to find one thats complete as one in boxes is never all there.

OK, if you know what to look for, but you'd have to be very familiar with that model as a well as generally with a SQ four.. Nev

I know what you mean about finding one in boxes. This is how mine came.

A proper SQ4 engine restoration wil cost you serious money. By no means one can compare this to to a single engine rebuilt. 4 new conronds for a SQ will set you back at least 600… let alone 6 extra valves, guides. 3 Extra pistons etc etc. compared to a single. Rebuilding the cycleparts wil make no difference, but the engine does.