‘We could polish everything on the bike,’ said Tom Siebert, ’but where we start and stop is entirely up to the customer. The alloy wheels are mirror polished also and fitted with Dunlop tyres.
#IRON HORSE BIKE BRAKE SPRING PRO#
The Pro Link rear suspension is via another Ohlins damper/spring unit operating on the single sided aluminium swing arm shaft drive assembly, again with compression, rebound and preload adjustment. Eccentric bearings are used to tune the head angle from 21.8 to 28.4 degrees dependant on customer use. With a nod to the girder forks found on the 1920’s Black Ariels, the advanced design give less stiction and flex than telescopic forks giving better road feel and sensitivity. The Iron Horse is fitted with the unique Ariel girder forks, also polished, and a specifically built Ohlins TTX damper providing individual compression and rebound adjustment together with spring preload. It is this scrupulous attention to detail that sets Ariel aside from other manufacturers. The carbon fibre is echoed in the hand trimmed single seat with a matching directional weave, running at the same angle to the tank. Powered by a 1237cc 76 degree V4 Honda engine producing 173bhp, 129Nm of torque and featuring a Unicam system, coupled phase-shift crankshaft, slipper clutch and throttle by wire, the Iron Horse accelerates to 60mph in 3 seconds and has a top speed of 170mphĪ carbon fibre fuel tank, sat between the main rails of the fuel tank and carbon bodywork are fitted to the Ace, being the 21st century ‘black’ to echo the black enamel of the 1920’s bikes. Each bike I build is very much mine until the customer takes delivery of it, but seeing their pleasure on handover is a big part of why I love my job.’ Steve King, who built this Iron Horse said, ‘There’s no timescale to build a bike but it has to be perfect. ‘It is a labour of love from start to finish,’ said Tom Siebert, Manager of the motorcycle side of Ariel, ’but motorcyclists understand and appreciate the level of care that goes into creating Ariel motorcycles.’Īs with all Ariel vehicles each Ace is built by one technician from start to finish and only when he is happy will his name be put on the frame. On the Iron Horse however this has been taken one stage further, and painstakingly mirror polished by hand. Taking some 70 hours to machine and made up of 7 individual pieces of machined, aircraft grade aluminium, it highlights the combination of modern technology and traditional craftsmanship which is core to Ariel philosophy. We have been called the Savile Row of the automotive industry and an Ariel is fitted to you much like a hand made suit.’Ĭentral to the bike, as with other Aces, is the CNC machined, hand welded aluminium frame. When you take delivery of an Ariel it is very much your Ariel, particular to you and not simply just another vehicle from a production line. Building bikes and cars in this way is something that we excel at as a small company which just wouldn’t be possible in mass production. ‘No two vehicles we build are the same,’ said Simon Saunders, Director of Ariel, ‘and it’s very important to us that every Ariel that goes out of the factory is exactly right for each customer. The new Ariel Ace Iron Horse commemorates the bikes and people from that period and also demonstrates the unique way that Ariel now build their vehicles and the capability to tailor them to individual customer requirements. With the appointment of the legendary engineer and designer Val Page in 1926, who designed new engines, brought new production techniques and modernised the factory, Ariel saw a staggering rate of development between 19 which revitalised the Ariel brand. Responsible for feats such as riding 10,000 miles without stopping, climbing Mount Snowdon and crossing the English Channel, all on an Ariel motorcycle, Vic Mole was influential in the design and modernisation of the Ariel brand. Originally coined by Vic Mole, Ariel Sales Manager, the Iron Horse legend was given to Ariel motorcycles from the mid 1920’s onwards. Built as a celebration of the ‘Black Ariels’, the motorcycles produced in the period from 1926 to 1930 when Ariel modernised and re-invented their bikes as ‘The Modern Motorcycle’, the latest model Ariel Ace has been named the ‘Iron Horse’.
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