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After working in the bicycle industry for a number of years, Goodman, as he had by then become known, took over Isaac Taylor \u0026amp; Company and formed a new firm, and by 1905 the first Veloce motorcycle was being marketed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the definitive development history of the most famous Velocette motorcycles, based on the author's earlier work, out of print for many years and much sought-after today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book includes the most comprehensive appendices ever published on this historic marque, and also practical hints on keeping your 'Veto' going, making it a wonderful reference for the restorer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eOther Details\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003ePublisher Code:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e9781845843120\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eISBN 10:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eISBN 13:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e9781845843120\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003ePublished:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e2010\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e255x255mm\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003ePages:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e224\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eHard Bound, colour and b\/w ill\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eBarcode:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e9781845843120\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Veloce Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47628003672284,"sku":"9781845843120","price":116.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0814\/8297\/3404\/files\/b45656b_velocette_motorcycles__89658.1339460516.1280.1280.jpg?v=1772089891"},{"product_id":"velocette-the-racing-story","title":"Velocette The Racing Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: Mick Walker, ISBN: 9781847970725, 222 pages, Published in 2008, Hardback\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1961 a production 500cc Velocette Venom Clubman Veeline achieved a world record, twenty-four hours at a speed of 100.05mph. It was the first motorcycle of any size to perform the feat, and to this date no other machine of comparable size has equalled or bettered its record. It was the culmination of almost fifty-five years of technological excellence from the Birmingham factory, a time that had seen the company win the Junior TT numerous times, as well as many other races throughout Europe and the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVelocette is one of the truly great names of the British motorcycle industry. Its story is one of innovation, achievement and decline, but in its sixty-six year history, the company produced many memorable motorcycles including the KTT, Venom, Viper and Thruxton models. It was also responsible for developments that modern-day riders take for granted such as the positive-stop, foot-change gearbox and swinging-arm rear suspension.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe story of its racing successes is one of innovation, but also of daring and endurance. It was the high quality of the engineering that helped the company win so many races and that made Velocette such a force to be\u003cbr\u003e reckoned with. However, when the company entered a Veloce, as it was known then, in the 1913 TT it came twenty-seventh and last. The 1925 team all retired through mechanical breakdown and the first major win was not until Alec Bennett won the 1926 Isle of Man TT, with the same rider repeating this feat in 1928. That year a KSS took the world one-hour, endurance record at over 100mph. In 1929, Velocette repeated its TT win.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVelocette saw various successes throughout the 1930s-1950s, mainly with the KTT models and the various works racers. Finally, in 1951, the KTT racer was discontinued, but not before Velocette was crowned World 350cc champion in 1949-50.\u003cbr\u003e The 500cc Venom and 350cc Viper were introduced in 1955 and soon proved themselves as reliable everyday sporting bikes, equally at home on the race track or the open road. In 1964, came the Thruxton, a beast of a bike, that proved itself in the inaugural 1967 Production TT, coming both first and second. 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Its story is one of innovation, achievement, decline and, ultimately, a fall from grace, over a period of sixty-six years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe company's first production motorcycles appeared in 1905 under the Veloce name, but it was not until 1913, with the debut of the firm's first two-stroke model, that the name Velocette was used for the first time. When four-stroke production resumed during the 1920s dealers rebelled when the Veloce name was reintroduced - so Velocette it remained for both engine types until production finally ceased some fifty years later, in 1971.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the meantime Velocette often led the world in both racing and innovative design, thanks to engineers such as Harold Willis, Phil Irving and Charles Udall. For example, during the inter-war years the small Birmingham company was responsible for new developments including the positive-stop, foot-change gearbox; swinging-arm rear suspension; automatic ignition control;\u003cbr\u003e and two-stroke, throttle-controlled pump lubrication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs for the Velocette production motorcycle models themselves, there was certainly a number of well-known machines, including the K series ohc range (KSS, KTS and KTT), the M series hi-cam singles (MOV, MAC and MSS), the Viper and Venom sportsters, the LE water-cooled sv flat twin and, finally, the Thruxton performance model. But there were also many less well known, though no less fascinating, bikes: the myriad inter-war two-strokes, the Valiant and Vogue flat twins, plus the ill-fated Viceroy scooter and the prototype-only Model 0 inline twin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMick Walker uncovers not just the motorcycles and personalities, but also the politics of what went on at the Veloce works, together with the role played by the various members of the owning Goodman family in both the rise and the fall of the Velocette brand.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMick Walker's interest in motorcycling goes back to the early 1960s when he started racing while still in the Royal Air Force and had wins at most major circuits. 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