Description
H&H Classic Auction @ National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
12th July, 2023 10:00
1934 Velocette KTT
Estimate
£10, 000 - £12, 000
Registration No: 459 UXC
Frame No: KTL 5005
Engine No: KTT 414 CC: 350
MOT: Exempt
A fast late-vintage machine
The engine is believed to be from a 1932 TT machine
Fully rebuilt engine and gearbox by Chris Odling Velocette dating certificate The first production KTT racers were sold to the public in 1928 when two machines were sold, effectively replicas of the works machine that had secured Velocette's second TT win in the 1928 Junior race. The model was produced in its original form with only detail alterations until 1932 when the MkIV was introduced. The MkIV was fitted as standard with the new positive stop four speed gearbox which had previously been available as an option and a new cylinder head, still cast in iron, was employed, which offered improved combustion characteristics. In most other respects the MkIV was much as its predecessors with the braced Webb girder forks that were peculiar to the KTT and the majority of the rest of the cycle parts being shared by other machines in the range. This Velocette KTT was sold by Premier Motors Co Birmingham in 1932. A Velocette dating certificate supplied suggests it was one of a batch of machines for the 1932 TT. The frame has been changed from 4245 to 5005, likely explaining the 1934 dating. There is no paperwork to indicate why this has been changed, but clearly was done very early in its life. The current vendor purchased the machine as a restoration project and completed the restoration in 2005. Chris Odling overhauled the engine and gearbox for this machine. We have been advised the Velocette was running extremely well until it was laid up in 2014. It comes complete with a current V5C, VMCC and Velocette owner?s club certificates. Recommissioning will be required before use.
