Ariel was a British bicycle, motorcycle and automobile marque manufactured in Birmingham. This racing bicycle is built using lightweight, shaped aluminium tubing and carbon fiber stays and forks. ... Imme R 100,Germany, 1948/1949 Image:Mika Kallio Red Bull Racer 125 II.jpg Contemporary racing motorcycle A 125 cc motorcycle, the Italian-manufactured Cagiva Planet. ... An automobile is a wheeled vehicle that carries its own motor. ... A marque (French for brand and pronounced as mark) is a brand name, most commonly used for automobile brands. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ...

History

Ariel was established by James Starley and William Hillman in 1870. The first products were penny-farthing bicycles under the Ariel name. By 1896 they had started on motorised transports. The penny-farthing is an early model of bicycle, produced in England in 1870. ...

The first Ariel Tricycle was used a 2.25 hp De Dion engine mounted at the rear. More tricycles and quadricycles were produced and Ariel then moved into car production. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... A customised Harley-Davidson trike A tricycle is a three-wheeled vehicle. ... Quadricycle (also spelled quadracycle, quadrocycle) is a four-wheeled vehicle. ...

Cars were produced over two periods: from 1900 to 1915, and again from 1922 to 1925. The first Ariel car was a 10 hp (7.5 kW) twin-cylinder car produced in 1902. In 1903, their first four-cylinder was a 16 hp (11.9 kW) model. Both these vehicles had a leather cone clutch that entirely separate from the flywheel. A six-cylinder model, built on a seemingly inadequate tube-frame chassis, entered production early in 1904. 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The horsepower (hp) is the name of several non-metric units of power. ... The watt (symbol: W) is the SI derived unit of power. ... A straight-twin engine is a two cylinder piston engine that has its cylinders arranged in a single row. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The straight-4 or inline-4 is an internal combustion engine with four cylinders aligned in one row. ... A cone clutch serves the same purpose as a disk or plate clutch. ... Spoked flywheel A flywheel is a heavy rotating disk used as a repository for angular momentum. ... The straight-6 (also inline 6, I-6, or I6) is an internal combustion engine with six cylinders aligned in a single row. ... Superleggera, also called tube-frame, is an automobile construction technology used in classic sports cars in the middle of the 20th Century. ... A chassis (plural: chassis) consists of a framework which supports an inanimate object, analogous to an animals skeleton; for example in the construction of an automobile or of a firearm. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

An entirely new range was announced at the end of 1905; called the "Aero-Simplex", these cars were Mercedes-inspired four-cylinder designs of 15 hp (11.2 kW) and 25/30 hp (18.6/22.4 kW) and a six of 35/40 hp (26/30 kW). In 1907-08 the company began production of the monstrous 50/60 hp (37/45 kW) six, which offered an engine of 15.9 litres for a chassis price of £950. In 1907 Ariel sold its Bournbrook, Birmingham factory to the British Lorraine-Dietrich, and thereafter assembled its cars at the Coventry Ordnance Works. Production of a 1.3 litre light car was quashed by the outbreak of World War I. 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... This page is about the Mercedes-Benz brand of automobiles and trucks from the DaimlerChrysler automobile manufacturer. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1908 (MCMVIII) is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A chassis (plural: chassis) consists of a framework which supports an inanimate object, analogous to an animals skeleton; for example in the construction of an automobile or of a firearm. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Area in Birmingham, UK bordered by Selly Oak to the South, Bournville and Selly Park to the east and Edgbaston to the north and west. ... Combatants Allies: • Serbia, • Russia, • France, • Romania, • Belgium, • British Empire and Dominions, • United States, • Italy, • ...and others Central Powers: • Germany, • Austria-Hungary, • Ottoman Empire, • Bulgaria Casualties Military dead: 5 million Civilian dead: 3 million Total: 8 million Full list Military dead: 3 million Civilian dead: 3 million Total: 6 million Full...

After 1918 the company tried one last, abortive attempt to cash in on the small car market; the Ariel Nine featured a flat-twin air-cooled engine, and was built by A. Harper Sons and Bean. 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... BMW motorcycle powered by a flat-twin engine A flat-twin is a two cylinder internal combustion engine where the cylinders are arranged in a flat configuration. ... Engine cooling is the process of cooling an engine by using either air or liquid. ... Bean Cars were made in factories in Dudley and Tipton, Staffordshire, England between 1919 and 1929. ...

In 1944 Ariel became part of the BSA group. The Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) was a British manufacturer of military equipment and vehicles. ...

In the 1960's, to the dismay of some stalwart traditional motorcyclists, Ariel suddenly dropped the whole of its four-stroke engine range and produced basically two models, the two-stroke engined Arrow and Leader models. These engines, completely new to Ariel, were, in fact, copies of the pre-war German Adler models. The designs had been claimed by the Allies as part of war reparations after WW2 in a similar way in which BSA used the German DKW design for their famous Bantam models. To give Ariel credit, the Arrow and Leader models were at least an attempt to bring the company up to date having recognised the threat from the new Japanese imports.

The last Ariel was in the 1970s, the "Ariel 3", was a 3-wheeler 50cc 2-stroke moped different from other mopeds at the time not just for having 3-wheels but because it was a tilting vehicle. The front half of the moped was hinged to the rear and so it could tilt into corners whilst keeping all 3-wheels on the ground. Production of the Ariel 3 was short and the moped was dropped along with the Ariel name shortly afterwards. A picture of several mopeds from a ride sponsored by the Moped Army. ...

Famous Models

• Ariel Square Four
• Red Hunter
• VB
• Models A - G
• Arrow
• Leader
• Fieldmaster
• Huntmaster
• Atom I

External links

• http://www.arielownersmcc.co.uk/ Ariel Owners Club site includes History