Description
Five-Motorcycle Velocette Collection for Sale. Oulu, Finland
Asking price: €47, 500 for the complete collection - negotiable
Five Velocette motorcycles from the collection of Finnish motorcycle enthusiast Kauko Piirainen.
The collection includes a KSS racing motorcycle, a Venom road motorcycle, a military-model MAF, an MAF restoration project and an LE Mk II Police motorcycle. Three motorcycles have Finnish museum-vehicle registration references, listed below.
Sold only as a complete five-motorcycle collection. Individual motorcycles are not offered separately.
1. 1933 Velocette KSS 350 Racing - No. 212
Identified in the collection information as a 1933 KSS 350 racing motorcycle. According to its ownership history, Kauko Piirainen acquired it from Germany and subsequently used it in Finnish
historic racing events. According to the motorcycle’s ownership story, it won a race at the Isle of Man. This account has not been independently verified. The engine has been rebuilt in Finland and features an aluminium cylinder head. The mechanic
familiar with the motorcycle reports that it is functioning.
• Model: KSS 350 Racing
• Year supplied in collection information: 1933
• Race number: 212
• Engine rebuilt in Finland
• Aluminium cylinder head
2. Velocette Venom 500cc - MP-298
Identified in the collection records as Velocette Venom/ 1390, this British road motorcycle has been restored and is roadworthy. Its Finnish mechanical history includes an engine rebuild by Jussi
Raappana. The motorcycle was last ridden in 2024.
• Model recorded: Venom/ 1390
• Described engine capacity: 500cc
• Road registration: MP-298
• Finnish museum-registration reference: 15/ 448-98
• Restored and roadworthy
• Engine rebuilt by Jussi Raappana
3. Velocette MAF 350 Military - MAF3005 / ME-137
Military-model Velocette, restored, museum registered in Finland and described by the owner as roadworthy. According to the Velocette Owners’ Club archivist, the Ministry of Supply ordered 2, 000 MAF motorcycles on 19 June 1941 under Contract C10973, although the order was never completed.
MAF3005 was previously unknown to the Velocette Register. It adds a fifth reported example to an unusual group of high-numbered MAF machines. The Velocette Owners’ Club archivist considers
the engine marking genuine and highlighted the military saddle with knee-protectors as a particularly noteworthy original feature.
• Model: MAF 350 Military
• Engine number: MAF3005
• Road registration: ME-137
• Finnish museum-registration reference: VMPK/ 4022/ 24. 03. 2003
• Museum-registration date: 24 March 2003
The Velocette Owners’ Club archivist noted unusual frame markings and several non-original or altered components. The motorcycle is therefore not represented as factory-original or matching numbers.
The archivist suggested that MAF3005 may have been sent to Russia during the war, but this connection remains unconfirmed.
Additional details, photographs, museum-registration documentation and the archivist’s correspondence are available upon request.
4. Velocette MAF Military Restoration Project - RS1690 / MAF1599
Identified in the collection records as an MAF military-model restoration project, with references
RS1690 and MAF1599. It represents the restoration side of Kauko Piirainen’s collection and is offered as a project.
• Collection description: MAF / Military Armed Forces
• Identification references: RS1690 and MAF1599
• Sold as a restoration project
Further photographs and information about the included parts are available upon request.
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5. Velocette LE Mk II Police - ME-859
British police-model Velocette LE Mk II with a recorded commissioning date of 1 May 1958. Its flat-twin engine design distinguishes it from the single-cylinder Velocettes in this collection. Museum registered in Finland and confirmed by the owner as fully functioning and driveable, with the engine and gearbox in good condition.
• Model: LE Mk II Police
• Commissioning date: 1 May 1958
• Road registration: ME-859
• Frame number: 1415/ 34
• Engine number: 3284/ 3
• Finnish museum-registration reference: VMPK/ 5214/ 05. 05. 2005
• Museum-registration date: 5 May 2005
Location and sale terms: All five motorcycles are located in Oulu, Finland, and are available immediately for purchase. The €47, 500 asking price covers the complete five-bike Velocette collection and is negotiable. Shipping charges are not included.
Condition descriptions reflect information supplied by the owner and mechanics familiar with the motorcycles. Inspections are welcome by prior arrangement.
If you would like more information about any motorcycle, we’re happy to share additional details, photographs, video material, and available documentation, including museum-registration records and relevant correspondence.
Please contact us to discuss the collection or arrange a viewing.
