New Ariel Ace Iron Horse inbound for 2020

As the name would suggest, the Ace Iron Horse is based on the Honda V4 powered Ace muscle cruiser; It’s set to be revealed on Saturday, November 16, at Birmingham’s NEC.

The Ace Iron Horse has a hand-welded aluminium CNC machined frame, which takes just over 70 hours to construct. Then, as if this wasn’t enough, the frame is hand polished to a mirror finish. Get your wallets ready... 

The reason for all the craftsmanship is because the bike was created as a tribute to the ‘Black Ariels’, produced all the way back in 1926. 

Atop the frame sits a carbon fibre fuel tank, and the skeleton of the bike is surrounded by a whole heap of carbon fibre body panels. Finished in black of course. Behind the tank sits a hand-finished single saddle, also black.  

The uber-exclusive front end is equipt with Ariel’s girder fork system - polished to a level even Barry Scott would be proud of - and linked to a gold fully-adjustable Öhlins TTX shock.  At the rear, a polished chrome-like wheel fits into a single-sided swingarm, once more supported by an Öhlins monoshock with an external adjuster. 

Not to forget about performance, the Iron Horse is still fitted with the same 173bhp Honda VFR1200-derived V4 motor as found in the original Ace. The delightful sounding V4 produces a solid 95.1ftlb of torque, and is claimed to be able to propel the Ace Iron Horse [via shaft drive] to 170mph…

No idea of the price just yet, but considering each bike can be tailor-made to the owner's requirements it won’t be cheap. 

For the money the owner will also get: 

• Adjustable footrests and levers

• Full LED lighting

• LCD instruments (a bit weak)

• Linked braked

• And traction control

Ariel Ace specs