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Velocette 350 1951
Velocette had a decided preference for the 350-cc. engine.
Alec Bennet had ridden the single-shaft KTT 350 model to win the most important
races of the second half of the 1920s. Riding an improved 350 model, Ted Mellors
won the European championship twice in the late 1930s. And a 350 motorcycle
enabled Velocette to become one of the first manufacturers to go into racing
after World War II.
The postwar Velocette 350 had a four-stroke single-cylinder
engine similar to the engine that powered the motorcycle Mellors had ridden, but
its distribution system was different. It had two overhead camshafts controlled
by a bevel gear distributor shaft.
The chassis of the 1949 model, the one that took part in the first world
championship, had a recently developed rear telescopic suspension. There was an
old parallelogram fork suspension forward. Thanks to its engine and its driver,
Freddie Frith, the two-shaft Velocette 350 won all the 1949 championship races.
The following year Bob Foster won three out of six Grand Prix races riding the
350 and became world champion.
In 1951 Tommy Wood and Leslie Graham rode the Velocette 350.
The British motorcycle was the winner in the firsj two championship races that
season but then was obliged to take a backseat to the official two-shaft Nortons.
Motorcycle: Velocette 350 Manufacturer: Velocette Motorcycles,
Birmingham Type: Racing Year: 1951
Engine: Velocette single-cylinder, four-stroke, two-shaft overhead distribution,
bevel gear shaft. Displacement 348.3 cc. (74 mm. x 81 mm.)
Cooling: Air
Transmission: Three-four-speed separate
Power: About 35 h.p.
Maximum speed: About 115 m.p.h.
Chassis: Single cradle, tubular, open below. Rear, telescopic suspension
Brakes: Front, central drum; rear, side drum