Ariel VH 500 Red Hunter (1932-59) vs AJP PR7 Adventure (2019-) vs AJS R7 Track Racer (1930) vs AJS E95 Porcupine (1954) vs AC Schnitzer R 1150GS () vs AJP PR7 Adventure (2016) vs AJS H6 Big Port 350 (1927) vs AJP Galp 50 R (2005) vs AJS Model E1 / E2 (1925) vs AJS Model 30 600 (1956) vs AC Schnitzer R 1200GS ()
Comparison technical specifications
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Make: | Ariel | AJP | AJS | AJS | AC Schnitzer | AJP | AJS | AJP | AJS | AJS | AC Schnitzer |
Model: | VH 500 Red Hunter | PR7 Adventure | R7 Track Racer | E95 Porcupine | R 1150GS | PR7 Adventure | H6 Big Port 350 | Galp 50 R | Model E1 / E2 | Model 30 600 | R 1200GS |
Years: | 1932-59 | 2019- | 1930 | 1954 | 2016 | 1927 | 2005 | 1925 | 1956 | ||
Engine: | Four stroke, stroke, single cylinder, OHV, 2-valves | Single cylinder, SWM, DOHC, 4 valve | Single cylinder, OHC | Twin cylinder inclined at 45°, aluminium alloy, DOHC | Four stroke, two cylinder horizontally opposed Boxer, 4 valves per cylinder | Single cylinder, SWM, DOHC | Single cylinder, 4-stroke, OHV | Single cylinder, 2-stroke | V-twin, side valve, detachable head, aluminium pistons | Four stroke, pushrod parallel twin, OHV, 2 valves per cylinder, | Four stroke, two cylinder horizontally opposed Boxer air/oil-cooled, 4 valves per cylinder |
Capacity: | 497 cc / 30.3 cu in | 600.3 cc / 36.6 cu in | 350 cc / 21.4 cub in | 497 cc / 30.3 in | 1130 cc / 69.0 cu in | 600.3 cc / 36.6 cu in | 349 cc / 21.3 cu in | 49.9 cc / 3.04 cub in | 799 cc / 48.8 cub in | 593 cc / 36.2 cu in | 1170 cc / 71.4 cu in |
Cooling System: | Air cooled | Liquid cooled | Air cooled | Air cooled | Air/oil cooled | Liquid cooled | Air cooled | Liquid | Air cooled | Air cooled | Air/oil cooled |
Transmission: | 4-Speed | 6-Speed | Close ratio gearbox | 4-Speed, close ratio | 6 Speed | 6-Speed | 3-Speed, countershaft | 6 Speed | 3-Speed | 4 Speed | 6 Speed |
Front Suspension: | Grider front forks | 48 mm ZF Sachs USD fork, fully adjustable | Girder fork | AMC Teledraulic telescopic fork | Light. Telelever with central spring strut. Progressive coil spring. Twin-tube gas-filled shock | 48 mm USD fork | Girder fork | Telescopic fork | Rigid | Hydraulic telescopic fork | Telelever, stanchion diameter 41mm, central spring strut, spring preload 9 times mechanically adjustable. |
Rear Suspension: | Rigid, springloaded saddle (after 1954: dual shocks) | AJP progressive linkage system, fully adjustable Sachs piggyback shock | Ridged, spring loaded saddle | Dual AMC "Jam-pot" shocks | Patented BMW Paralever swing arm & shaft drive, single shock with variable rebound damping | AJP progressive linkage system, fully adjustable Sachs piggyback shock | Rigid, springloaded saddle | Mono shock with progressive action | Rigid, spring loaded saddle | Dual chocks | Die-cast aluminium single-sided swinging arm with BMW Motorrad Paralever, WAD strut (travel-related damping), spring pre-load hydraulically adjustable to continuously variable levels by means of handwheel, rebound damping adjustable. 200mm wheel travel |