Spotted at the local Yamaha dealer....

[tricky]

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/8425/veloly6.th.jpg (http://img180.imageshack.us/my.php?image=veloly6.jpg)

Apparently the chap traded it in for a R1 ! :shock: :D

[kwak zzr]

he may feel a small power difference :)

[Biker Biggles]

Velo Thruxton?
If so it could be worth more than the R1

[Ol Boc]

Venom....'63ish. Not a Thruxton but still a good ol' bike!

[kwak zzr]

the guys probably sitting at home now a nervous wreck! the brakes on his old bike used to stop u the day after you pulled in the lever.

[colinsv25]

bet the dealer was rubbin his hands wen he gave him the £200 exchange:-dd

[tricky]

Just rang the dealer
Its a '67 500cc Venom.
?5995

[colinsv25]

still makes u wonder how much he have the bloke for it:rolleyes:

[Caddy2000]

That is very pretty! I would not be ashamed to owns that

[chazzyb]

Very nice too. The E plate does put it at '67 - one of the last. I hope whoever next starts and runs it turns the oil tap on first! There looks like a tap spliced into the supply line from the oil tank. Wet sumping, I'd guess.

[sv-robo]

he may feel a small power difference :)
lol..maybe just a tad.:)

[Kylie]

Why do we need stands for our bikes when bikes from the 60s clearly don't?

[Ol Boc]

Why do we need stands for our bikes when bikes from the 60s clearly don't?

That's because they came as standard with a length of 2 by 2 to use as a prop, the (tan-coloured) end of which can just be seen forward of the oil tank, over the gearbox.........:)

[kwak zzr]

i was thinking that too.