... machine, Veloce Ltd hoped the new model 'Little Engine' LE Velocette would lead to a bright and shiny future for the Birmingham-based ... Though Velocette’s ‘Little Engine’s shouldn’t really include the Viceroy – ...

... cam (K for Kamshaft; remember Veloce’s German origins) Velocette engine was designed by Percy Goodman in 1923, going on sale in 1925. ... VMCC sporting events. Riding A Mk.I cammy Velocette has claim to be the best vintage machine out there. It’s light, ...

... Velocette’s sporting single was the last bastion of the traditional ... case perhaps the super sporting Venom-based single from Velocette could have been named Montlhery in honour of the 24 hour record the ...

... machine’s features indicated that it was an elderly Velocette (Sherlock Holmes has nothing on me!) but it certainly wasn’t ... had more nerve than me, but it was obvious that his MOV Velocette was a machine with impressive performance. I had to try one ...

... Velocette’s strangely futuristic glass-fibre clad Vogue was never the great ... With hindsight, it’s obvious that the Velocette Vogue was doomed from the start. Since 1948 the company’s ...

... be hanging in the garage, judging by the longevity of this Velocette-inspired union between two kindred spirits. Mike Lewis looks at a Velocette 250 MOV (WD) and the more traditional looking 350 MAC... ...

... This Velocette Special takes the engine from the LE and slots it into the rolling ... Ian Munro admits that when people learn he’s fitted a Velocette LE engine into a Velocette Valiant frame they tend to ask, ...

... This late Velocette Venom is a fine hard-working example of what to many is the ultimate ... By the time this Velocette Venom left the Hall Green works in 1970, time was nearly up for the ...

... The Goodman family – manufacturers of Velocette – stopped making motorcycles circa 1970, right? Well, not quite. In ... question is; when did the Goodman family make their last Velocette? Unless you are part of the Velocette cognoscenti, you might as ...

... it succeeded when others fell by the roadside. So why was Velocette's flawed LE so special? The LE Velocette was such an oddball that it’s a sitting target for criticism. It ...