Shame they made the side panel triangular, but it would have been tricky making a square one fit, I suppose.
@CaptHollister2 жыл бұрын
The Ariel Square Four, or "Squariel" as it was known, is one of my favourite bikes of the classic British period. My friend production raced a couple of RG500s at a time when it was sold here in Canada, but not south of the border in the US, which should have given Canadian riders an advantage when racing in the US, but it didn't because it turned out that the RG was only mediocre on a test track. No matter, once when a small group of us were out chasing curves in an area I was very familiar with, we traded bikes and I got to ride the RG. It remains the most memorable 45 minute ride of my life. It may not have been a winner on track, but on curvy roads the power, the brakes, and the handling were out of this world at the kinds of speeds that today would lose me my license for many years. And it was comfortable, too !
@HegelsOwl Жыл бұрын
Oh, you lucky dog!
@larstragl1462 жыл бұрын
I just love the sound of the Ariel
@Anti-Fake-ul9oe4 ай бұрын
👍
@alloomis16352 жыл бұрын
a reasonable cruiser, with a heat problem built in. i think they started with a 600, maybe oil-cooled?
@tommartinez622 жыл бұрын
Loved the Suzuki, so much exhaust smoke it blinded the competition.
@Kysushanz2 жыл бұрын
I liked that Kawaka 750 Square four - Never saw one before. I had the original Honda 750/4 - great bike - loved it.
@CaptHollister2 жыл бұрын
It would have been awesome if they had produced it, but I guess they chose not to compete against their new Z-1 that came out the same year as this prototype.
@edsteward77172 жыл бұрын
Loved the Ariel from the first time I ever saw one. All rare, and I'd love to have any of them.
@bostedtap83992 жыл бұрын
Excellent, I know of the Ariel square four, but never the other machines. Thanks for sharing
@SergioJPerez9 ай бұрын
Thanks, I really enjoy the video!!!
@jlucasound2 жыл бұрын
That is an awesome example. Priceless in my opinion. Ariel. Beautiful!🏍💎
@Anti-Fake-ul9oe4 ай бұрын
👍
@williamjmansfield8768 Жыл бұрын
So many square fours! Had no idea.
@vlademirbenevides98502 жыл бұрын
A Suzuki ganhou muita corrida com esse motor!!!
@SGTDuckButter2 жыл бұрын
Ariel sounds are kind of unique huh? Very cool. I didn’t know the Suzuki was a square four, because I’ve never seen the engine. Great video, always educations, Thanks
@Anti-Fake-ul9oe4 ай бұрын
Ariel sound, the best!
@Sircraig79632 жыл бұрын
G'day Bro. This was a cool vid ,nice to get a technical breakdown , Bike looked pretty nice too .. Respect
@fabieneldridge3414 Жыл бұрын
Very different motor. Very steam punk looking bike. Cool !
@paulqueripel34932 жыл бұрын
Edward Turner's square four design was very different to the one shown. His was OHC, iron barrelled and undercooled. This is a 4G, aluminium barrelled and pushrod operated valves. Could be a mk2. I can't find anything about who redesigned the engine but I suspect Val Page would have been in charge. One of the sales reps who came to where I worked had an RG500, scary and thirsty bike when it hit the power band.
@MotoTvWoodsFarm2 жыл бұрын
interesting video 👍767
@mrmullett10672 жыл бұрын
Why is it that you need to keep revving the stationary engine, a decent idle is really cool, and a good revving is what's required on the road. Small fingers perhaps ??
@vumba1331 Жыл бұрын
Motorbikes have small to no flywheels so there is very little to help them carry the idle as it were, unlike a normal everyday car which has a decent size to smooth out the pulses and the idle. However, both motorbikes and racing cars are designed to be ridden and the latter also has virtually no flywheel so that the engine can rev freely and the response to throttle inputs is almost instantaneous, an important feature in racing. Hope that helps.
@stephenbedworth34045 ай бұрын
Always wondered how the Ariel down pipes were connected to the engine block
@fidelcatsro69482 жыл бұрын
Bring back the Square 4s!!!
@Anti-Fake-ul9oe4 ай бұрын
👍
@paulsmith-oy3bu3 ай бұрын
Yamaha also made four cylinder two stroke also failed do to emission laws a video on this would be great. Gl750 I believe
@wolfgangwind7882 жыл бұрын
Man sollte das Video unbedingt bis zum Ende ansehen , die Idee von einem schmal bauenden 4 Zylinder Motor ist schön u attraktiv, wir sehen aber, daß sich in Line 4 durchgesetzt hatte . Bessere Kühlung usw. - anyway ... sehr interessant, schönes Video
@vumba1331 Жыл бұрын
Liquid and oil cooling the way to go.
@jarnosaarinen45832 жыл бұрын
That last bike is rare!
@diegomtz91252 жыл бұрын
Awesome, thanks!!
@Blanchy102 жыл бұрын
I was born in 58 as a youngster I remember playing on Dads dead Ariel square four under our house make Brm brm noises.
@davidrenn6897 Жыл бұрын
Series 2 with a swing arm frame when the last Sq4 was Anstey Link!
@jimcockburn46529 ай бұрын
I really liked the green Ariel Square Four 1000. The entire bile looked looked bigger and beefier than the average British Motorcycle is it?
@madcarew51682 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Squarial !!!
@simonapeters43725 ай бұрын
Real bikers wear boots and pants Smart ones wear helmets common sense is not that common anymore
@nickashton35842 жыл бұрын
awesome sound
@michael690406 ай бұрын
Is there an advantage to Ariel's configuration compared the others?
@musicauthority56352 жыл бұрын
That square fours that Suzuki and Kawasaki made. must have not been a very good motorcycles. because I never heard of any of them winning races. and I've never seen one before.
@kasperkjrsgaard1447 Жыл бұрын
😂 Lol
@bruceparr16789 ай бұрын
Barry Sheene, Schwantz would disagree.
@johnhodges82642 жыл бұрын
I think the original square four was overhead camshaft.
@billy1231749 ай бұрын
Squar four doesn’t have the original frame I see
@sicks6six2 жыл бұрын
Did the aerial have a problem with the rear two cylinders running hot.
@canvids12 жыл бұрын
Ariel Square 4 back in the day I got to ride one for five minutes it was a great bike, never could afford one in those days. I was told they had one draw back! not good for riding in the city as the back cylinders would over heat and seize up. No idea if it was true or not.
@genefoster86012 жыл бұрын
Had to jet for it. Had a 1958.
@hullygully11352 жыл бұрын
Yes, very true, I had a mate with one back in the 60s and he had lots of trouble with the back cylinders seizing or a partial seize, even when it was going well it was not a fast bike.
@Anti-Fake-ul9oe4 ай бұрын
@@hullygully1135 Good looks and good sound, though. Produced for 28 years!
@billhennessy51182 ай бұрын
Yes, but water cooling would fix that. I heard it was a very smooth bike, and made a great touring bike.
@grabir012 жыл бұрын
Noisy valve train. WOW!!
@roydumais57832 жыл бұрын
Jim you must see this one
@pedrofacio34659 ай бұрын
HERMOSA !
@jimciancio90052 жыл бұрын
Mechanically awesome stuff but the downright noisiest mechanical moving parts inside them especially being they used straight cut gears to conjoin the 2 crankshafts together. Definitely not the best solution for coupling but I guess when it comes down to space gear drive is the way to go, just don't understand why they wouldn't have used angle cut teeth over straight? Just in surface area and noise reduction alone the difference is superior in contrast. Otherwise everything else is pretty cool to see how they run!
@572Btriode8 ай бұрын
But then you have big end loads and need some sort of thrust bearing = weight. Also overlooked, these 2T square fours fire as twins, the continuous power with 90° firing intervals was almost unrideable by continuously unsticking the rear tyre. The reason for 4 cyl 2T's was port area vs swept volume to give best engine breathing, without the regs they'd have been doing 6's and 8's. Honda went further and made "Drone" engines with all the firing pulses within 65° ~ 70° to help with tyre traction. Good for over 200hp.
@Anti-Fake-ul9oe4 ай бұрын
@@572Btriode Good looks and good sound, though. Produced for 28 years!
@richardcasey75212 жыл бұрын
I would like to,know what chassis that first Square Four was built on. No original Square Four ever had a swing arm.
@frankmarkovcijr5459 Жыл бұрын
The first Ariel Square Four before it was redesigned was meant to go into the Ariel 250 frame. The frame was too small and flimsy so they put it in the slow / 500 frame instead. There are two prototype Square force in swingarms and the National Motorcycle Museum. My uncle rode around one of his buddies had an iron Barrel Square for and it sees so hard in the back cylinders it broke both connecting rods. Aluminum head for pipe model with better in that regard but I don't know how much
@johngalt972 жыл бұрын
The Yamaha RD500/RZ500 was more of a square ‘V’.
@daveharris77342 жыл бұрын
Fast Skeeter sprayers.
@63snampook2 жыл бұрын
Though very special indeed, there is also something called " sound experience"....and for me the 4-stroke 4-square sounds really terrible. Almost the same as the early flat 4 engines, as they came in the Goldwing, back in the day.
@Anti-Fake-ul9oe4 ай бұрын
Gold wing was water cooled!
@dr.jiIIaIicecooper25872 жыл бұрын
Why uploading all the same stuff all over again? Most of these clips were already in at least 20 previous videos.
@fidelcatsro69482 жыл бұрын
recycle views
@harwoods112 жыл бұрын
@@fidelcatsro6948 Re(motor) cycle news 👍😬
@benderbender12332 жыл бұрын
🤘😎🤘
@andreasnrw95932 жыл бұрын
05:15 Er jagt da 100 mal den Motor hoch und meint er hätte Ahnung. 🙂
@SikandrShaikh-d4o11 ай бұрын
🇮🇳❤️👌❤️👌❤️👌❤️
@fjp33052 жыл бұрын
That engine is real ugly
@Anti-Fake-ul9oe4 ай бұрын
😂
@carlnapp44123 ай бұрын
11:41 A disgusting photoshopping!
@enriqueestebanantoniosuare64142 жыл бұрын
Sorry, my friend... But the only REAL MOTORCYCLE of the batch is the Ariel Square Four. The other modern "thingies" just for racing and "sewing" machine lovers... Keep on with the real oldies!