Tommorow is the big day!

Ariel Badger · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Karma :

For the last two and a half years I have been building my mate John a 1955 (ish) Ariel HS Scrambler from a big pile of scrap bits and pieces that he has collected over the years.
I spent the day getting the last problems sorted out and can find no reason why I should not put some petrol in her and give her a go so in the morning I will wheel her out of my living room and hear her come to life.
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binge · Emo Kiddy Joined: 03 Jul 2004 Karma :

Nice one dude! Be sure to get some pictures and a Video if you can! Cool

Ariel Badger · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Karma :

this is what she will look like but she has lights and a more aggresive carb...
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binge · Emo Kiddy Joined: 03 Jul 2004 Karma :

Bloody ell. Thats an old girl!
Sort of thing my Granddad is into. He is retired now and just does nut/bolt rebuilds on classic bikes he picks up from auto jumbles.

His personal favorite is his Norton commando 750.
Not entirely my cup of tea, But I can appreciate the amount of care and work which has been put into it.

Any chance of a Video of the beast Running Ariel?

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Ariel Badger · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Karma :

I just took these
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Ariel Badger · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Karma :

There will be video and there will be sound, that pipe is just that, a pipe, no baffles or other restriction. There will be sound!
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beans · Scooby Slapper Joined: 12 Feb 2005 Karma :

What a legend building a bike in your living room!!! Thumbs Up

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Ichy · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Karma :

I wish you were my dad, your great you are Laughing

Jamie S · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Karma :

Did I miss something ?Is it every one who is restoring and Ariel start there bike day today? As today I fired mine up for the first time after the restoration Shocked

talk about coincidence or what!

Nice bike btw.

Ariel Badger · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Karma :

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Ariel Badger · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Karma :

Is the Colt going Ok Jamie? Make sure you have a good oil return (Spurty is good)
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Jamie S · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Karma :

Jamie S · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Karma :

Right I got to ride mine for the first time today, how did you get on?

(mine, not totally finished yet )

https://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s297/honda_tlr/j001.jpg

Ariel Badger · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Karma :

For the last 30 months I have been trying to covert a pile of scrap metal
that John M***** dumped at my house into an Ariel HS for him. it has not
been an easy rebuild (it is not even a rebuild as the bits had never
actually been a bike) and many times I wished that I had never started the
job. It has been a love hate affair with long periods of hate dominating.
Ten months or so John told me that there was no rush to finish the job, this
was just the incentive I needed to stop work altogether. This weekend I
decided to have a bit of a go at her and complete all those niggly little
jobs that I had been putting off. A couple of late nights and a few more
bits of frustration saw me looking at her in my living room at lunch time
today wondering what more needed doing.
The only real job was to get an MOT, rather than do it over the phone I
decided it was best to take her to the shop so I wheeled her out into the
sunlight of Small Heath and drained a gallon of petrol from my NH and tried
to start her. First kick she fired back and both hurt my leg and caused a
group of small Pakistani boys to become excited. Subsequent kicks caused a
few more kick backs and she eventually caught but with far too much
throttle. A spot of adjustment to the huge GP carb and she fired second
kick, a quick check proved the oil was returning, I showed young Ishmael
how to blip the throttle and ran inside for a crash hat and jacket. Ishy
kept her on a fast tick over and once I had my riding gear on I took control
and pushed her off the stand and stalled her. She fired up again first kick
and I set off enjoying the sheer music of the exhaust note from the open
pipe roaring on acceleration and twittering when the right hand is backed
off. I circled the block at the bike shop three times until P**e O****w came
out to look at what was making all the noise. A touch of fettling on the
brakes and she now has an MOT. I have to keep reminding myself that ..
1. I am running her in.
2. she is not mine.
However it is not possible to be a good boy on her, she just cries out for
huge hand fulls of throttle and responds like silk to it pulling away evenly
with no reticence. When a car dared to get in my way I could not help giving
her some and taking him on the wrong side of the road over a speed-bump.
I said that it has been love hate,
Today was all love.
Wali
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Essex_Mike · Brolly Dolly Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Karma :

Quality, well done Cool

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Ariel Badger · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Karma :

Well done Jamie.
This is the HS, Pure bred Scrambler.
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Ariel Badger · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Karma :

She looks very small here but does she pack a punch!
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Jamie S · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Karma :

What colour seat you reckon for mine ?I was going to go with the original black colour but now I'm liking that light brown, what you think would be nicer ?

BorderHooner · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Karma :

looks good.

How may miles do the engines last before they need a rebuild?
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CortezTheKill... · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 19 Sep 2006 Karma :

Gorgeous bike there matey.

Bet you don't want to let it ('her') go?
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Tarmacsurfer · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Jun 2004 Karma :

Congratulations on the build/MOT, and why am I not surprised you took it there Laughing

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JakeyR · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Karma :

Nice one , i love classics, runs in the family Thumbs Up

Ps, on the straight through pipe note, my dad built a Vincent Black Lightning special with straight through pipes and it sounded the nuts.
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Ariel Badger · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Karma :

Stick with the standard Jamie, black does not show stains.

I would expect the engine on the HS to last 10000 miles before a major top end job and the bottom end should last 50000 miles. I rebuilt the gearbox totaly and that is good for 100000.
I want to keep her for ever but she is not mine. I know I will be temped to work her hard and she will get battle scared so it is best that John gets her back before I mistreat her. She will leave a big hole in my life though.
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Jull · Spanner Monkey Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Karma :

Lovely bikes - both of them! Very Happy