Description
National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
Viewing: Tuesday 25th March from 1pm
Auction: Wednesday 26th March from 9am
Location: National Motorcycle Museum, Coventry Road, Bickenhill, Solihull B92 0EJ
1930 Velocette KTP/ KSS
Pre War OHC 350
Estimate
£4, 500 - £5, 500
Registration No: CK 7196
Frame No: Not visible. TBC.
MOT: Exempt
Thought to have originally been a twin port KTP
Now has a KSS cylinder head and Magneto ignition
Supplied with a green RF60 log book and a V5C
Velocettes motorcycles were manufactured by Veloce Ltd in Hall Green Birmingham between 1905 and 1971, a family-owned firm producing mainly hand-built motorcycles and competing favorably with the bigger concerns such as BSA, Triumph and Norton. Veloce was a great technical innovator and many of its patented designs are commonplace on motorcycles today, including the positive-stop foot shift and swinging arm rear suspension with hydraulic dampers. Renowned for the quality of its products, the company was involved in international motorcycle racing from the mid-1920s through to the 1950s, culminating in two 350cc World Championship titles and its still unbeaten record of averaging over 100mph for 24 hours on a 500cc single-cylinder machine. Their pre war sports models featured Overhead Camshaft engines, quite rare in a road bike at the time, and formed the basis of the championship-winning KTTs.
According to the Velocette Owners Clubs records, this bike was originally built in May 1930 with a twin port head making it a KTP model. At some stage in the past the head has been replaced with the better performing single port version with Magneto ignition, converting it to KSS specification. The frame number is not clear but the records show it as being 687, although the RF60/ V5C paperwork shows 697, probably a typo at some point in its history. Owned by an enthusiast for the last few years, it is presented in authentic condition and ridden by him last summer although not run since so will need the normal recommissioning checks before use. It comes supplied with a dating letter, a continuation RF60 green log, various manuals and a current V5C.
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