The Veloce company is well regarded for producing some of the best
single-cylinder motorcycles in race form and for private use. It is
not so well-known that Veloce Ltd also produced some twin-cylinder
machines: the Roarer, for racing, and the Model O for production.
These bikes had many engineering features in common, such as twin
contra-rotating crank shafts, inline cranks, shaft drive, and swing
arm rear suspension. The supercharged Roarer was never raced
because of the advent of war; this also put paid to the development
of the Model O, which would have been the first so-called
"Superbike." After the war, the Goodman family, owners of Veloce
Ltd, focused on the production of a "Motorcycle for Everyman" - an
idea that had featured in their production bikes since the
formation of the company. They drew on the ideas embodied in the
Roarer and the Model O to produce the twin cylinder LE range of
motorcycles. These, however, were not well received by the
motorcycling public, and many blame the production of the LE for
the eventual demise of the company. The purpose of the book is to
present, from an engineering perspective, an analysis of the Roarer
and the Model O, comparing and contrasting the methods adopted by
their designers to meet the different design specifications of
these bikes, and to illustrate how the ideas developed in this
exercise appeared in the LE range of motorcycles. The authors,
Brian Agnew and Ivan Rhodes, met in the 1960s when Brian worked at
Rolls-Royce Derby. They spent their weekends tinkering with
motorcycles, and both have an intimate knowledge of the Velocette
twins both from their time spent together and from their personal
projects.
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