yeah, those same people who make the Atom.
I would’ve thought there were better donor engines to use but hey ho.
http://therideadvice.com/ariel-reveals-ace/#.U6rDbfldWOw
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me_groovy (25/06/2014)
yeah, those same people who make the Atom.
I would’ve thought there were better donor engines to use but hey ho.
http://therideadvice.com/ariel-reveals-ace/#.U6rDbfldWOw[/quote]
Ariel have an agreement with Honda so you get a good warranty with a bullet proof engine
the vfr1200 might not be to everybody’s taste but the engine is a gem just needs polishing
Strange mix of Honda/Ducati/Triumph in terms of styling.
A Honrumpti?
I like it, especially that frame.
I think it looks great, definitely something I’d consider getting
Would smash ride
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But they always made motorcycles !?
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Motorcycles
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Ariel-moves-from-Atoms-to-motorbikes-in-2012/ … seems to be old news also lol
Ariel motorcycles of the olden dayzz who made the squariel and others … not the same as Ariel who make face rippingly fast cars … The name is the same … but it’s not from the same lineage in anyway… no connection of any sort whatsoever . About as much connection as Robinsons orange squash has with Orange mountain bikes .
Honda… Bulletproof… I’ve owned two and blown both up… VFR engine… WTF!
I wonder who currently owns the names of some of these old defunct manufacturers - wonder if there will ever be a 21st century Vincent (defunct 1958) Black Shadow?
Well all I can tell you is it isn’t any nicer in the flesh!
Really? I think it looks great
It’s gorgeous. Looks like a proper beast. Well it is 
There you go .
Vincent Black Shadow
Cost (est): £25-35k
Power (claimed): 55bhp
Torque (claimed): N/A
Dry weight: 206 kg (454 lbs)
Colours: Black or Black
Info: 01322 666 455 www.voc.uk.com
Nah, doesn’t fit their brand. A proper bike could beat this off the lights and down the road - the whole point of Ariel vehicles is to be unbeatable, so what exactly does this bring to the table?
“Nice Honda.”
“-No, it’s an Ariel”
“Oh what like them Atoms? They’re proper crazy! How fast does this go?”
“-165”.
“:ermm:”
Most were either begged, stolen, borrowed or taken over by other motorcycle manufacturers.
Vincent, one of the exceptions, went to the wall. Although a Vincent enthusiast got a couple of businessmen to back him in the mid '90’s and started modern day production of the old marque. Don’t think it got beyond a prototype.
AMC who owned Matchless and AJS, bought out James, Francis Barnet, Royal Enfield, Villers and Norton, becoming Norton-Villers
BSA and Triumph merged as part of a Government initiative and were later absorbed by Norton-Villers in another Government initiative becoming Norton-Villers-Triumph or NVT. Just before the British Motorcycle Industry went proper tits up big time.
Royal Enfield was sold off to an Indian company and production continues in India.
Kawasaki got hold of some of the early Triumph patents, hence the W650.
Triumph Motorcycles/Patents were sold to John Bloor who continues production at Hinkley, as well as in Tailand and Brazil.
Norton Motorcycles/Patents are now owned by Norton Racing and production continues with two models at Donnington.
A subsidiary of BSA manufacturers London taxi cabs as LTI Ltd.
Someone will be along soon and add some more or correct my errors.
Many survive too
Fascinating stuff - those names really evoke past decades, such a shame they all went down the pan.
It would have been great if the Vincent name had been revived along the lines of Benelli (although Benelli technically never went out of business).
Probably isn’t the money sloshing around for start ups of this kind in these post recessionary times though.
MMMMM…