spen Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 ... a mate of mine is looking for any information on Ariel Colt trials bikes. I think I recall seeing one many years ago. He's thinking of building one as a project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie prescott Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 Hi Guy's. Hi Spen. Geoff Duke had a Factory one, there was a write up in one of the Ariel owners club Magazines. I will see if I can find it and put it onto my web site with a page about it. Regards Charlie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spen Posted July 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 Brilliant, thanks Charlie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 Spen, Which Ariel Colt - the pre-war girder-forked one or the factory bike that Geoff Duke rode, almost a miniature HT? There are pictures of both in ORRe. Deryk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spen Posted July 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 (edited) Spen, Which Ariel Colt - the pre-war girder-forked one or the factory bike that Geoff Duke rode, almost a miniature HT? There are pictures of both in ORRe. Deryk Any of them! Where can I find them without having to trawl through ( and losing myself for a few hours gazing ) them....?? Edited July 31, 2016 by spen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 Pre-war Ariel Colt, full page on page 25 issue 35. Geoff Duke, I'll get back to you - I saw it in the Scott Trial in the late 1950s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spen Posted July 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 Thanks Deryk...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 (edited) And the factory Colt ridden by Geoff Duke, effectively an HT with a Colt motor simply to have a 250, 350, 500cc line-up for class awards in the nationals. This image from my book The Scott Trial which I published in 1994. PHOTO: DON MORLEY Edited August 1, 2016 by laird387 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spen Posted July 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 Wonderful, thanks Deryk...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie prescott Posted August 1, 2016 Report Share Posted August 1, 2016 Hi Guy's. Deryk the frame used on the Geoff bike was a lot lighter than an HT, and not the same shape, but probably had the same angles. BSA Forks and wheels. Regards Charlie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted August 1, 2016 Report Share Posted August 1, 2016 Hi Charlie, The other part of the spec was that there were a couple of anxious Norton mechanics riding round with Geoff, just in case he had problems that would impact on his racing activities. Trouble is the Scott is, of course, time and observation and the helpers, which Geoff certainly didn't approve because he was a very competent trials rider in his own right, couldn't keep up with him.......... Cheers Deryk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie prescott Posted August 1, 2016 Report Share Posted August 1, 2016 Hi Guy's. Hi Deryk and Spen.. I have put a page up on my website "The Works Ariel Colt trials bike". With the help of the Ariel Owners magazine of 2000, And we now know there was a page in ORR about the machine too. Nov-Dec 1993? Deryk I will look. Regards Charlie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spen Posted August 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 This is just what we needed, thank you Charlie.... http://www.bsaotter.com/the_works_ariel_colt__200cc_trials_bike.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc2 Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 (edited) Here's one built in Australia many years ago. The chap on the right won a state Classic title on it in Queensland in 1990. Uses C11 piston to take it to 220cc Edited August 7, 2016 by jc2 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spen Posted August 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 Fantastic.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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