We thank Mr. Rahul Manthalkar from Pune for letting us shoot and ride this beautiful machine!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nVelocette Venom came with a healthy dose of chrome \u2013 on the fuel tank and the whole exhaust system \u2013 and rest of the body work in shining black. However, Mr Rahul tells us that his favourite piece on the motorcycle is the exhaust which is known as the \u201cfish tale\u201d exhaust. This is because of its fin-like design towards the end.\n\nLooking at this motorcycle somehow makes us feel that this is how the Royal Enfield Bullet could have been built. Velocette Venom is a solid proof that even an old motorcycle like this could be made powerful with just a single cylinder engine. Anyways, that aside, it was nice to see a British motorcycle capable of such performance and reliability which is not Triumph!\n\nAnd especially that 24-hour record did make us curious enough to see if it can still pull that off. Obviously, we didn\u2019t try it and we would say it doesn\u2019t really matter today. This motorcycle belonged in its time, proved its metal and still runs today thanks to people like Rahul Mathalkar. We thank him for his time.\n\nDid we mention yet that you can try your luck on OLX and see if you can find this bike? Well, you\u2019d be truly lucky if you did.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"History of automobile building is full of interesting stories and such stories come to life whenever a creation makes a memorable impact on the people and in the industry. We have a similar story to tell this time around which was penned down and put out of a factory in 1955. 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\n\nCalled Velocette Venom, this motorcycle was in production from 1955 till 1970. It came with a single cylinder 499cc 4-stroke air-cooled engine capable of producing around 34 BHP at 6,200 RPM. It was a performance motorcycle at that time and was developed to compete with other British twin-cylinder standard motorcycles. The fact that it was a performance motorcycle for its time is because its engine is constructed using two types of metal \u2013 Cast Iron and Aluminium alloy. However, the Cast Iron is employed only as a liner while the whole cylinder head is made of aluminium. Also, the piston is high compression for better high performance.\n\nAnd this motorcycle did prove its performance worth by achieving a very special feat in 1961. Velocette prepared a full faired version of Venom purposefully and ran the motorcycle for 24 hours nonstop at its top speed of 100.05 miles per hour (161.01 km\/h). This is nothing short of an unbelievable proof of a motorcycle\u2019s reliability from 1961! And this record is said to be unmatched till 2008 at least (we aren\u2019t sure if it stands even today). Nevertheless, it is absolutely impressive.\n\n![\"velocette_venom_India_2\"](\"http:\/\/100motorcycles.xbhp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/velocette_venom_India_2.jpg\")
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\n\nWhere did we find it?\n<\/strong>We have been going around the country to find motorcycles and scooters that are absolutely interesting irrespective of when they are made. We met Mr. Rahul Manthalkar in Pune who owns this beautiful piece of machinery from 1955. Maintained quite flawlessly, his Velocette Venom is a rare motorcycle and possibly one of the few that would be in such an impressive running condition.\n\n![\"velocette_venom_India_24\"](\"http:\/\/100motorcycles.xbhp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/velocette_venom_India_24.jpg\")