£1,400
1963 Ariel Arrow 247cc. Registration number PAG 370A. Frame number 28496. Engine number T28496 B.
Designed by Val Page and his team, the Ariel Leader, and its sports derivative, the Arrow, sought to combine the virtues of speed and agility with those of cleanliness and convenience. Launched in 1958 and powered by an all-new 247cc air-cooled two-stroke twin with unit gearbox, the Leader also broke with British tradition in its frame and suspension design, employing a stiff, fabricated-steel beam instead of tubes, and a trailing-link front fork. Detachable panels enclosing the engine and most of the rear wheel extended forwards to meet leg shields and screen, and the rear chain was fully enclosed. Announced late in 1959, the Arrow dispensed with the Leader’s enclosure panels and weather protection while remaining mechanically virtually identical. A highly promising design capable of further development, the Leader/Arrow deserved better than to be prematurely axed by BSA in 1965, thus allowing the Japanese to exploit the growing market for 250 two-stroke twins without serious competition.
PAG is a fine example of the Arrow with semi-drop down bars, folding kick start and period fairing.
In 2008 it was with Allen Jardine of Saltburn and then Barry Davies of Sleaford bought it in 2013 and presumably restored it as the 2015 MOT records a mileage of only 2 miles.
Sold with the V5C and a 2015 MOT, unused recently it will require recommissioning.
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