Ariel Atom 4
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:14 pm
Write up on the new mental box of frogs on Pistonheads now. 
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:57 pm
Looks brilliant ,wish I could afford one.
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 11:45 pm
Love these things. I briefly followed one down a local lane once. Always wondered which way he went. 
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 11:50 pm
Ariel Atom 4
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 11:44 am
Although these are amazing I don't really see the point.
Its basically a bike with 4 wheels.
It has the benefits of a car like a bit more comfort and you don't need to put your feet down but the downsides of a bike where you get wet and cant filter through traffic.
The same as trikes, I don't see the point in them.
Its basically a bike with 4 wheels.
It has the benefits of a car like a bit more comfort and you don't need to put your feet down but the downsides of a bike where you get wet and cant filter through traffic.
The same as trikes, I don't see the point in them.
Ariel Atom 4
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:29 pm
The point is it’s a bike with 4 wheels. You don’t fall off it.Nictrix wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 11:44 am Although these are amazing I don't really see the point.
Its basically a bike with 4 wheels.
It has the benefits of a car like a bit more comfort and you don't need to put your feet down but the downsides of a bike where you get wet and cant filter through traffic.
The same as trikes, I don't see the point in them.
It’s just a pure sports car, it’s for the exhilaration of driving something with incredible take off, poise, balance, steering feel and input on a dry day, nothing more. Just a tool for enjoyment, nothing more.
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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:52 pm
or turn it on it's head - it has all the upsides of a bike - speed, exhilaration, pure handling, agility, acceleration without the risk of being knocked off by some idiot driver not using their mirrors! plus you don't have to wear leatherNictrix wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 11:44 am Although these are amazing I don't really see the point.
Its basically a bike with 4 wheels.
It has the benefits of a car like a bit more comfort and you don't need to put your feet down but the downsides of a bike where you get wet and cant filter through traffic.
The same as trikes, I don't see the point in them.
plus the sound of the vtec civic type r engine screaming sounds fantastic being so close to it.imagine if they put an S54 in it!
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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 2:26 pm
I’d say is a modern day lotus 7 on mega steroids .very impractical but who cares
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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 2:49 pm
Surely this is the pointNictrix wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 11:44 am Although these are amazing I don't really see the point.
Its basically a bike with 4 wheels.
It has the benefits of a car like a bit more comfort and you don't need to put your feet down but the downsides of a bike where you get wet and cant filter through traffic.
The same as trikes, I don't see the point in them.
https://youtu.be/abAogAUyoTE
Ariel Atom 4
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:12 pm
You forgotten to mention? It can stop and go around corners.Nictrix wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 11:44 am Although these are amazing I don't really see the point.
Its basically a bike with 4 wheels.
It has the benefits of a car like a bit more comfort and you don't need to put your feet down but the downsides of a bike where you get wet and cant filter through traffic.
The same as trikes, I don't see the point in them.
Unlike a bike. Ariel Atom 4
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:20 pm
I see I am in the minority, maybe because I have a bike and can get most of what has been described from that but still make progress when there is traffic.
And Busy take a look at fast lap times around the ring on a bike, just over 7 minutes surely must mean they can go round corners.
Probably only supercars and things like the Atom that go slightly quicker.
And Busy take a look at fast lap times around the ring on a bike, just over 7 minutes surely must mean they can go round corners.
Probably only supercars and things like the Atom that go slightly quicker.
Ariel Atom 4
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:31 pm
Good article here. https://motorbikewriter.com/motorcycles ... tter-cars/Nictrix wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:20 pm I see I am in the minority, maybe because I have a bike and can get most of what has been described from that but still make progress when there is traffic.
And Busy take a look at fast lap times around the ring on a bike, just over 7 minutes surely must mean they can go round corners.
Probably only supercars and things like the Atom that go slightly quicker.
Written for bikers, so may be a little bias.
It is acceleration were a bike's power to weight kills a car and makes up for their relative slowness in cornering and braking.
Ariel Atom 4
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:44 pm
I think this quote almost sums it up no matter whether you are on a bike or in a car.buzyg wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:31 pmGood article here. https://motorbikewriter.com/motorcycles ... tter-cars/Nictrix wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:20 pm I see I am in the minority, maybe because I have a bike and can get most of what has been described from that but still make progress when there is traffic.
And Busy take a look at fast lap times around the ring on a bike, just over 7 minutes surely must mean they can go round corners.
Probably only supercars and things like the Atom that go slightly quicker.
Written for bikers, so may be a little bias.
It is acceleration were a bike's power to weight kills a car and makes up for their relative slowness in cornering and braking.
"It will also depend on the skill and commitment of a rider versus a driver."
How much anybody is willing to push in a bend and hope the tyres hold.
Anybody who says bikes are slow in bends and hold up cars are not sitting behind a fast rider just the same as any bike sitting behind a car in bends are not sitting behind a fast driver.
Ariel Atom 4
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 4:00 pm
We may have to agree to disagree on this one. Having been stuck behind commited riders on a number of occasions, through the Twisties. For the commited car driver, there is a kind of daft sense of achievment, when a bike you have pulled away from through a series of bends, enevatably wizzes past when you catch the everyday traffic. Usually get a mutual thumbs up, around these parts Which is nice.Nictrix wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:44 pmI think this quote almost sums it up no matter whether you are on a bike or in a car.buzyg wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:31 pmGood article here. https://motorbikewriter.com/motorcycles ... tter-cars/Nictrix wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:20 pm I see I am in the minority, maybe because I have a bike and can get most of what has been described from that but still make progress when there is traffic.
And Busy take a look at fast lap times around the ring on a bike, just over 7 minutes surely must mean they can go round corners.
Probably only supercars and things like the Atom that go slightly quicker.
Written for bikers, so may be a little bias.
It is acceleration were a bike's power to weight kills a car and makes up for their relative slowness in cornering and braking.
"It will also depend on the skill and commitment of a rider versus a driver."
How much anybody is willing to push in a bend and hope the tyres hold.
Anybody who says bikes are slow in bends and hold up cars are not sitting behind a fast rider just the same as any bike sitting behind a car in bends are not sitting behind a fast driver.
Ariel Atom 4
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 4:41 pm
My mate has a supercharged one....Think its Honda engined.
I have never driven it,but been a passenger and it was comically quick,i couldnt see much catching it on normal roads. Maybe a R500 caterham.
These kinda cars are at a different level.
I have never driven it,but been a passenger and it was comically quick,i couldnt see much catching it on normal roads. Maybe a R500 caterham.
These kinda cars are at a different level.