Ariel 1929 F

[brenton.roy]

No worries Ismo. My apologies for being so slow.

[barry.swanson]

Hi

I'm looking girder fork or even parts to my F-model.

This fork I have now is good one but wrong year model.

...any progress to report Ismo

[ismohautala]

Hello Barry

Yes, some progress has taken place.I found a Ariel VB 1931 frame with useable fork.

Someone has changed spring position from expanding to compressing but I can take it back to original with parts I get from Denmark (Thanks Jorgen!).

Still missing is part D9/57 (Ball head clip and handlebar fixing). These parts are quite rare but with luck,nice help and time they come to me

Cheers Ismo

[barry.swanson]

...you're hunting in the right place Ismo...we'll all keep our eyes open for you...eh guys?

[adrie.degraaff]

Someone has changed spring position from expanding to compressing

Wrong, the factory did this.

[ismohautala]

Hi Adrie

I think these cut offs and weldings are not factory made

Cheers
Ismo

[adrie.degraaff]

Your right offcourse, this is a bad conversion.

In 1930 - 1931 the factory sold Ariel's with connections for both springs, there are peaple who are grinding these off thinking it's wrong.

[nevhunter]

The tension ones sometimes stretch and look a bit different but work OK. Funny about the 1930 models . The top one did 84 MPH "out of the box" About as fast as any 500 OHV ever went standard. Nev

[ismohautala]

Morning

An another step forward , I get the top yoke from Ebay
Thanks for reminders.
Tell me, are all "shiny parts" in this year model still nickel plated?
Any chromed parts?

Cheers Ismo