Classic Bike Guide

Ariel 650 Huntmaster

ARIEL’S 650CC HUNTMASTER. It’s just a BSA Flash A10 in sensible shoes, right? That’s a common opinion... and it could not be more wrong. Certainly, the engine can use some of the parts from the A10 power plant under its Ariel cases, but the rest of the Huntmaster is all Ariel. In fact, BSA saw so much that was good about the Huntmaster that later on it nicked the brakes for its own models.

The 650 appeared in 1954 when Ariel had to come up with a new big twin to sit between the 500cc Fieldmaster and the behemoth that was the 1000cc Square Four.

By this time Ariel was in the hands of BSA and the Small Heath management

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