Description
Make & Model: Ariel Square 4 Combination
Registration Number: WBH609
Date Registered: 11th July 1955
Colour: Black/ Silver
Engine Size: 1000cc
Frame No. GL865
Engine No. PS699
Documents: V5C’s, Old Green Log Book, 3 old MOT’s, Old invoice, Original Wiring diagram
The ‘Squariel’ was produced from 1931 to 1959 and has become one of the best-known British motorcycle designs from the period. At the centre of the design was an interesting engine – not in a straight or V configuration as with most multi-cylinder motorcycle engines, but rather in ‘square’ form. Also known as U configuration, this involved two pairs of cylinders in parallel, with each pair having its own crankshaft. The crankshafts were counter-rotating, the idea being that this would cancel out any vibration that might otherwise arise, making the engine as smooth as possible. Over time the engine evolved from 500cc to 1000cc, and by the 1950s the bike was producing 40bhp and could reach 100mph.
Our 1955 Square Four comes with a Blacknell Sports sidecar. Believed to be a bullet model, Blacknell produced a fine range of British sidecars from their Nottingham works and they have long been regarded as one of the premier UK sidecar manufacturers, their products having an excellent reputation for quality and style and are extremely collectable in their own right.
The bike comes from a private collection and has just been recommissioned which has included a new uprated Morgo oil pump, new HT leads and a complete service and is now running beautifully.
Matching numbers and original, these combinations are few and far between and it’s ready to ride and enjoy, with or without a passenger!
Lots more photographs are available on request.
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