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1958 Velocette Venom

This stunning 1958 Velocette Venom has various Thruxton parts fitted an is a credit to the previous owner, no corners cut and no expense has been spared in the restoration of this Velo. With a stack of receipts to back it up and a list as long as your arm of works carried out. As well as the cosmetic restoration which includes a genuine Thruxton tank, the engine has been completely refurbished with the crank being rebuilt by Alpha bearings. If you are interested please call for details for the full list of works. One of the prettiest bikes we’ve seen for a long time.

Post-war, Velocette’s ‘500’ was their pre-war MSS design, given a relatively modern square engine dimension in 1954. In 1956, a sporting variant, the Venom entered the range, retaining the classic Velocette adjustable rear suspension but with a tuned, all-alloy engine derived from the factory’s scrambles (Moto-cross) bikes, new, full-width brakes and sharper styling with chrome guards, themselves a sign that the years of wartime austerity had passed. The new machine quickly became the standard by which other Velocettes – and, indeed, other makers’ sports singles – were judged and was to remain in the range until the end of the Velocette factory in 1971. In fact, so capable was the original design that Velocette’s own Vee-line and the Clubman and Thruxton tuned variants failed to eclipse it as the acknowledged epitome of the British sporting single. Today, a good Venom is fully capable of mixing it with modern traffic, its distinctively booming exhaust note marking it and its rider out from all other machines. The make, long-regarded as the home of the motorcycle connoisseur, benefits from an excellent club and spares back-up, making Velocette ownership a pleasure.

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