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    VELOCETTE VALIANT

    Feb 02, 2022 4 minutes
    WORDS: ALAN TURNER

    THE SPECIALIST

    For more than 70 years, the LE Club has catered for anyone interested in Veloce’s pioneering horizontal twin. Owners of the later air-cooled Valiant are equally welcome, indeed, some club members have examples of both. Charles Phillips is the present LE technical secretary, so thanks to him for guiding us through this less well known variation from Hall Green.

    ■ LE Velo Club: leveloclub.org.uk

    MODEL HISTORY

    The 1948 launch of the Velocette LE was supposed to give the world a motorcycle suitable for everyone. Veloce’s confidence was sadly misplaced and only the sales of the revised Mk.II offered some redemption. The Valiant, announced in 1956, was also a gamble, but by then, much less was at stake. The newcomer

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