Arrow racer

[Nige Collier]

this is my latest project for the classic 250 class, period Arrow in Velo chassis, well documented bike, should be race ready for 2020 season, any info on racing a Arrow appreciated

[Andy Guy]

Sign up to the kiwi biker forum so you can see the jpegs etc. look on page 151.

https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/171300-Oddball-engines-and-prototypes/page151

[Andy Guy]

When the chap down the road looked into a disc valve arrow project he worked out that some of the casting could altered but 75% was to be thrown out. Fahron has the patterns for alloy cylinders but I understand none have been done for a while. Could you be the one to rekindle rons interest.

[Andy Guy]

http://forum.arielownersmcc.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=2720&start=10

Read the bit on where to get the barrels.

[Iain Green]

Fahron has the patterns for alloy cylinders but I understand none have been done for a while.

Ron always had plenty of blank castings on the shelf, be surprised if they've all gone.

Could you be the one to rekindle rons interest.

Nige said ready for 2020 not 2030.....

[Andy Guy]

Come on Iain, don't be so pessimistic. Fill Nige with enthusiasm.
We can take the [sample] when its done.

What are his gearbox options?

[Iain Green]

Pay Nova to make 10 sets and try and sell the rest (I know there's a few people hoping they'll make some more)....
Speak nicely to Pete Coogan to see if he has any spare boxes he'd part with.....
Cut the back off and fit a different box altogether (possible because it's in a different frame)....

[Nige Collier]

thanks, a few useful things there , will find out if Ron has any cylinders ready to go, ime sure bits will turn up ,they normally do 

[David Tetley]

Saw the project when it was on a certain site, It sounds good to resurrect a period racer. I think it mentioned a magazine article on the bike too?

[Nige Collier]

Saw the project when it was on a certain site, It sounds good to resurrect a period racer. I think it mentioned a magazine article on the bike too?

its in Roy Bacons Ariel book and was in motorcycle news in the 60's ime told

[arthur lewthwaite g50d]

hello nige,its all right racing an arrow but watch out   the sharp end of the arrow don'tcatch up with you or the feathers could give you a tigley bum  theres an article on nova gears in the classic bike this month,I can get gearbox parts made  from the originals,i make the blanks and ten get them gear cut and splinednormally in en 39b same as quake uses.

[Paul C]

You might find this old thread on the motorcycle racing nostalgia forum interesting -

https://forums.autosport.com/topic/207556-racing-an-arrer/#entry8568096

[Tony Benson]

Nova currently advertise a 6 speed box for the Arrow but god knows how much it will cost. Good luck with the project Nige, a mate of mine raced an Arrow in the 70's.

[Nige Collier]

Nova currently advertise a 6 speed box for the Arrow but god knows how much it will cost. Good luck with the project Nige, a mate of mine raced an Arrow in the 70's.

never going to be cheap Tony but ime not in to deep with the project cash wise & it came with a few spare engines, believe it or not one arrow 125 single motor with side induction reed valve & a 500 V4 with two motors doubled up! more of a curiosity than anything usefull lol

[Andy Guy]

That reed valve 125 sounds interesting. Not the one Ron did as a magazine competition to create a complete 125 in a time constraint. The 500 would just be one of those projects that never get reliable. I remember Will loader mention a reed valve 250 done in the day. That would make an easier ride with the possibility of equivalent power at lower revs.