by Greg | Jan 27, 2018 | Frame
Australia Day Holiday So here we are at the end of January already. Progress on the Squariel build has almost crawled to a halt. Then again, I can count the amount of time that I have spent at home in the past month in hours rather than in days. Being Australia day...
by Greg | Jul 9, 2017 | Bike Restoration, Gearbox
That’s right, the gears are finally boxed and another small step towards bike completion. In the end, it was not as tricky as I expected getting the kickstart case cover back together. Once again, the logic of the Burman engineers back in the early 1950s made my life...
by Greg | Jul 2, 2017 | Bike Restoration, Gearbox
The Draganflys. A pleasant surprise on Saturday when Draganfly’s newsletter arrived in my inbox and there was reference to www.squariel.com.au. A big thumbs up for the Draganfly crew and great to get acknowledgement from them. Seeing the massive ramp up in hits to my...
by Greg | Jun 17, 2017 | Gearbox
Stripped Burman Gearbox Thread Repaired I wrote previously that I was pondering on the best way to repair the stripped drain plug thread on the Squariel’s Burman GB gearbox. I have never been a great fan of Helicoil type of wire inserts as I have seen many of them...
by Greg | May 7, 2017 | Bike Restoration, Gearbox
The Burman GB gearbox was introduced to the Ariel Square Four from 1952 and all GBs are pretty much the same. Except where they are not, of course! Now that the parts are cleaned up and I have had a chance to look at it properly, I am well impressed with the...
