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CAT:
A bit of a trawl suggests the bike was a Triumph NT 500cc 1cyl OHV (over head valve), which was a touring bike with the inclined cylinder. This bike appears to have been made around 1933.

CAT:
I'm certainly no expert, but the original registration allocation books are lodged with KCC Archives at Maidstone. On their website titled 'Registers of Motor Vehicles' they have this information:
'Registration marks for the period 1903 to 1932 were allocated in the sequence D, KT, KN, KE, KK, KL, KM, KO, KP, KR and KJ. Generally, numbers are shown consecutively within the series but, on occasion, an earlier number is repeated - probably as the result of an owner paying a fee to retain a registration mark'.
'With the introduction of three letter registration marks in 1933, a more standardised procedure was adopted. The series of registration marks allocated to the Kent County Council Licences Department were used in the alphabetical order KE; KJ; KK; KL; KM; KN; KO; KP; KR; and KT. These pairs of letters formed the second and third letters of the three-letter series and were preceded by the letters A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,R,S,T,U,V,W,X and Y. Thus the initial series were AKE, AKJ, AKK, AKL, AKM, AKN, AKO, AKP, AKR, AKT, BKE, BKK, etc'.This would suggest the date for the bike registration would fall towards the late 1920s - early 1930s. A trip to the KCC Archives might be more fruitful?

shoot999:

--- Quote from: johnfilmer on February 28, 2022, 10:40:35 AM ---Thanks for that shoot999, I think that you have nailed it. Same forks, hand change even the panel under the seat. The badge looks right as well, I only suggested Ariel as it was a round badge in my memory.
The pillion seat appears to be a luggage carrier with a padded top, which without rear suspension must have been "interesting".
Did they do other engine capacities in the same frame like in the 50s/60s. So that I had a 350cc AJS single in the 250cc frame, but you could also get the 350 in the 500 frame. Just nosey.

Do you have dates for the beast? I was hoping that the KR reg might help, but I can't find the reference that I have used before - the joys of the internet!

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Unfortunately no more information. Just did a quick search online from vague memories of mine and my dads bikes. And I think we maybe both looking for the same internet site re reg plates. Iv'e used it before with a lot of success, but can't seem to find it now. But still looking  :)

johnfilmer:
Thanks for that shoot999, I think that you have nailed it. Same forks, hand change even the panel under the seat. The badge looks right as well, I only suggested Ariel as it was a round badge in my memory.
The pillion seat appears to be a luggage carrier with a padded top, which without rear suspension must have been "interesting".
Did they do other engine capacities in the same frame like in the 50s/60s. So that I had a 350cc AJS single in the 250cc frame, but you could also get the 350 in the 500 frame. Just nosey.

Do you have dates for the beast? I was hoping that the KR reg might help, but I can't find the reference that I have used before - the joys of the internet!

shoot999:

--- Quote from: johnfilmer on February 27, 2022, 06:21:17 PM ---As I have posted in other threads, my grandmother had a shop at 207 Castle Road, and the family lived next door at 205.
I found this series of photos taken in the back garden of 205, which have a couple of interests to me, firstly the background, or lack of it. This rather bears out the comments by other members of their being able to simple walk over the hill into countryside.
I would love to know the details of the motorbike, an Ariel maybe? Rough date for the photos is 1930, or slightly earlier.
The bike's owner was Clive, the then boyfriend of my Aunt, the (much) shorter of the two sisters hence she was always known as Tich. He may have been in the military, but the only other photo that connects him doesn't show any insignia.

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Can't find too many Ariels around that time that had a slanted engine. It could be a Triumph as there were a lot of them about that had a slanted engine. And the plate at the top of the cylinder  is the same shape and size and location as the Triumph name plate used around that period.

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