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In 1971 when I was looking for a
new bike, I really thought this
was a beautiful bike. The
British Bike People did not like
these as they were a break from
traditional styling. Especially
the grey frame) I opted for the
Honda CB750 instead (The right
Choice) I ran across this one
and did a complete restoration
on it, including returning the
frame color back to the proper
dove grey. Its really not as
grey as in the picture, it looks
more like Ivory in person.

This is a pretty good original Ariel
Square Four in extremely complete
condition. It has been sitting
since the mid 1960's. I completely
restored it over the winter of
2003/2004, to near "Councours".
Took it down to the AMCA Road Run at
Borrego Springs California in
February 2004 to break it in. On the
right is the before picture. It was
really much worse in person than the
picture shows. Below are the after
pictures.

Immediately after selling the Model 18CS above I missed it. When I had the chance to buy this bike at a swap meet it was in sad shape, but I snapped it up anyway. It had all the wrong sheet metal on it, but another person at the swap meet said he had all the right parts at home, and brought them the next day. Completed November 2008. Rode it to quite a few events in 2009 and it is very smooth at highway speeds.

I was at the Oregon Vintage Swap Meet in Corvallis Oregon in 2002, and found this
"Basket Case" bike. It was pretty much apart, but unbelievably it was almost all there in 4 milk crates and a couple of
cardboard boxes. Its a very nice bike to ride. Handles very well, and tracks like
its on a rail. Sold this to a friend in California. Missed it immediately, so bought the one below in early 2008. In Early 2009 I bought another 54 18CS and did a complete restoration. A picture of the new one is at the bottom of the page.

This was purchased pretty much as a
rusty hulk. I dont have a dirt bike,
and built this as a bike to go up and ride forest service roads, and to ride Titus Canyon at Death Valley. Succesfully Rode Titus Canyon, then sold it to a friend that I promised it to. Since selling it it has been improved with nicer fenders, and lights to make it street legal.

Purchased this one on E-bay in early 2009. It had a broken crankpin, but had a brand new one in the tool box with a sales slip from 1977. It looked pretty rusty and crusty, but most was superficial, and almost everything on the bike was restorable. Even the fenders are the original ones (with a lot of work). Will not repeat the mistake of selling this one, EVER!

Picked up a couple of Basket case bikes in early 2011, and had hoped to do a concours restoration of this bike for my permanent collection. Problem was most of the parts were already "Kind of" restored so I completed the restoration finding a better gas tank, rebuilt the engine and gearbox, and did assembly. Sold in Las Vegas Auction in 2012.

This machnine is a special Dual Port 350cc Model 26 fitted with the competition type pipes. These bikes were very popular and competitive in their day.

An excellent example of a pre AMC AJS. It is a 350cc side-valve fitted with a mechanical oil pump, carbide lamp set and speedometer. I plan a complete re-restoration during the winter of 2012-13.