My SF31 Restoration Blog

[nevhunter]

Nice Job Paul. That should inspire some to get busy and "make it happen".
Just to put your mind at rest re the fin repair.. The best is to heat the lot and build up the fin comletely with special cast iron rod and reshape it later with a grinder dremel, disc or rotary burr.. Bronze done carefully (as you have) is OK except in hot parts like the immediate exhaust port area, where it will eventually crack after a while . You were wise to leave the little fin near the plug because it is near the middle of the casting mass . Welding on the corners is much safer as far as causing stresses in the casting. Most cast iron welding on these types of jobs, is done with Oxy acetylene as TIG is too fierce. Some welding is done with nickel based coated rods or eutectic rods, using the ordinary arc welder, and the weld is peened to stress relieve at regular intervals . This is more suited to heavy blocks etc welded in situ..Nev

[mike.giannetakis]

What an astonishing job..
What a wonderfull bike , pretty by any way you see her..

Your restoration made me feel like the scissorhands in Johnny's Depp film..

Thank you for the restoration trip.

[Pawel Wasilewski]

Hello.
My name is Pawel. Im from Poland.
When You buy all exhaust?
Photo my Ariel
https://picasaweb.google.com/dziadbarow ... ipPqqI6bJQ#

[SørenMortensen]

Hi Paul

your bike looks like a million

just startet restoring and Ariel SB31 1931 with my Dad i have never done anythings like this but my dad have done alot, so thats a great help, im missing some parts offcourse and some of them i have found, i would like to ask you where you got some off yours, if you remember off course , i dont know if my english i understandeable im from denmark.

i have made i little list
Rear carrier
Rear lifting stay
Rear toolbox frame
Rear toolboxes
Rear number plate
S/steel inverteds levers
Straight pull twist grip¨
front silencer
clock in the dash
speedo i have one and think that dr michael from flannery can restore it do you know anybody else
dash light lucas DC40
rear light MT110

Thanks in advanced

Søren Mortensen
Denmark
Ariel SB31 1931

[klaus gerhard]

Hi Soren,
you might find some of your missing items with Karol of the Slovak Ariel Club. He is very helpful. https://www.arielklub.sk/ariel-club-slovakia.html

Good luck and hope to see another Sloper on the road soon.

Regards + Mvh Klaus

[SørenMortensen]

Thanks Klaus

I see he got almost everything, amazing, i see some one mention a klaus about the front silencer box, is that you ??? or do you known something about that silencer in hte front

kind regards

[SørenMortensen]

This i my Ariel so far, engine rebuild almost done

[klaus gerhard]

Yes that was me. I had it spare for my SF, but thought I would never need it.
Your SB looks very nice. Good luck with your bike.
Regards Klaus

[SørenMortensen]

Hey Klaus

can i ask where you got it from or where you got it made.

Kind Regards

Søren Mortensen

[klaus gerhard]

Hi Soren,
my spare front silencer had been made in a small batch of new front pots. I think they were made in the czech republic. So it might be worth contacting Karol Burger if you want to get a new one.
Hope that helps
Regards Klaus