1926 Ariel motorbike mb-code 1620200 'The First Leap'

'The First Leap'

8th September 1973

actor Tom Baker - the 4th Doctor - pictured with assistants Sarah Jane Smith played by actress Elisabeth Sladen & John Andrews played by Ian Marter 9th December 1974

' A sand seller carries a basket of sand from his cart for a customer

1926 Ariel motorbike mb-code 1620200 'The First Leap'1926 Ariel motorbike. The company was founded by James Starley and William Hillman in 1870 to make bicycles and the first patented tensioned wire spoke wheel. Ariel first made a powered tricycle in 1898 using a de Dion engine. They made their first motorized two wheeler in 1901, powered by Kerry engines, selling them in 1902. The company closed on 1970.