Ariel Arrow 250cc Racer

I do love a weirdo bike! Found this on Bubblevisor, I will have to research this one, I have no idea what it is other than an Ariel 2-stroke racer of some kind. Anyone have any thoughts?

Ok just got the low-down on this one from Richard who goes by 'Teazer' online, who is a wealth of information. Chances are if you need to know something about bikes, be it chassis design points or in this case semi-obscure history he's your guy.

According to this sage source the above weirdobike is An Ariel Arrow 250cc racer, either from the TT or possibly a sprint bike from a fellow named George Brown. 

  

An oddly cute little bugger

A cafe racer version, street trim due to the road lights and license plate on the back.

And a more race oriented beastie. I like it!

George Brown:
http://www.myvincent.co.uk/people/george_brown.php


Some neat pics here:
http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/arielarrow/Interesting

Loads more images to see here:
https://www.google.com/search?q=ariel+arrow+racer&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=8aE&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=t1FDUYvZFomPqwGglYHoAQ&ved=0CDMQsAQ&biw=1114&bih=873