Hello from Kent

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Torque
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Hello from Kent

Post by Torque » Mon Nov 18, 2019 2:33 pm

As an Ace owner of three and half years I’ve yet to see another Ace on the road….so I thought I best join the forum and introduce myself rather than being a lurker - here’s a picture of my Ace…….



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…... if I hear from other Ace owners I might be persuaded to become a full club member!

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Re: Hello from Kent

Post by phil4 » Mon Nov 18, 2019 3:04 pm

That looks Ace! :)

There don't appear to be many Ace owners round here, and you're right, never seen one on the road either.

Regardless. Welcome!

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Re: Hello from Kent

Post by John Scherrer » Mon Nov 18, 2019 3:13 pm

There's Andrew H. of course ..
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Re: Hello from Kent

Post by SvenTheHammer » Mon Nov 18, 2019 8:52 pm

I’ve only ever seen one on the road, in London about 6 months ago. Very nice.

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Re: Hello from Kent

Post by A7DUO » Mon Nov 18, 2019 11:31 pm

Hello - also from Kent - looks lovely - such a great spec. ACE - the best I've seen ;)

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Post by m mcgillivray » Wed Nov 27, 2019 6:47 am

Fantastic looking bike. We live to far apart to meet up . I’m in Aberdeenshire.
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Re: Hello from Kent

Post by Badders » Sat Nov 30, 2019 10:17 am

Hello. I have one too, and I'm not too far away, in Essex. I've never seen another on the road, either.
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Post by drj » Sat Nov 30, 2019 11:01 am

Visiting the Ariel stand at Motorbike Live (having had a free ticket from them - thanks!) I sat on the red one there and found it really accommodating. I thought it would be too large but the low seat height made me feel very confident - stationary of course! Now pondering...

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Re: Hello from Kent

Post by m mcgillivray » Sun Dec 01, 2019 7:54 am

Never seen another Ace on the road either. Only seen 1Atom on the road , that was between Tomintoul and Grantown-on-Spey.
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Re: Hello from Kent

Post by m mcgillivray » Sun Dec 01, 2019 4:57 pm

ABBA stand , good for wheeling the bike about the garage. Tom at Ariel put me on to them , also the bobbins . Anybody know if you can get any protection for the rear drive?
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Re: Hello from Kent

Post by A7DUO » Tue Dec 03, 2019 11:50 am

This is my "Ace" - okay its VFR1200F in a RC30 tribute colours. Well it shares quite a bit of "ACE" DNA - engine, transmission, swing arm, wheels, electrics. etc. and it proves how versatile the Honda engine is as it makes an excellent sports tourer (even though it a bit heavy compared to an Ace. Ariel certainly took the best bits and made the most of them - full marks on Ace bikes - they are truly wonderful creations, every one of them ;) enjoy.
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Re: Hello from Kent

Post by Torque » Sun Dec 15, 2019 12:16 pm

Thanks for the welcome and responses to my OP, good to see pictures of other Ace’s out in the wild. I envy ‘m mcgillivray’ having access to all the amazing roads in Scotland, it’s not the same down here in Kent.

I see ‘Badders’ has Carbon Fibre Wheels on his Ace, I’d be interested in how they affect the handling, perhaps we could meet up next summer and compare?

I’ve put another post on ‘General Ace Chat’ regarding tyres and another Abba Stand

John


PS. Where’s the Ace in the Forum banner?

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