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Motorcycle Discussions => British Bikes => Topic started by: seasong on January 15, 2015, 05:45:07 PM

Title: Unknown bike
Post by: seasong on January 15, 2015, 05:45:07 PM

Hallo there, here is a postcard I came into possession which have no details about the bike, I searched through books but didn't find nothing similar, does anybody have any clue about it? It's really puzzling me, thanks!  :P

Title: Re: Unknown bike
Post by: esometisse on January 15, 2015, 06:10:40 PM

Ariel SqareFour of about 1932

Cheers
Andy

Title: Re: Unknown bike
Post by: cardan on January 15, 2015, 09:53:14 PM

Think of it as two parallel twins, with their cranks geared together. You can see the locations of the two crankshafts from the circular covers in your photo. The four cylinders are in a single casting, arranged in a square, thus the name. Handsome bike.

Leon

Title: Re: Unknown bike
Post by: john.k on January 21, 2015, 11:57:30 AM

Indeed 1932,as it has the widely splayed front downtubes of the sloper single frame for that year.Regards John.