Used 1970 VELOCETTE MSS for sale

Own an esquisite piece of British motorcycling history!

This is a 1969 Velecette MSS 500cc single cylinder. This particular motorcycle is one of the very last bikes produced by the Velocette factory before they closed their doors for good. ( for more of an indepth desription of the Velocette story, see the YouTube video of Jay Leno’s ride on his Velocette Thruxton)

Velocette was a British motorcycle company which manufactured low production, high quality, smooth running motorcycles build to last. This particular bike was bought new in 1969 by Tom Lester (an antique car restoration icon) who held it in his collection of over 100 motorcycles as one of his favorite rides. Tom Lester restored many brass antique automobiles and also established Lester Tire to supply tires to antique car buffs who found themselves unable to drive their cars due to lack of availablitiy of tires to fit their cars. He also established Lester Wheels – a company which supplied after market bolt-on mag wheels for motorcycles before motorcycle manufacturers began to offer them as orignal equipment. Tom had his own Lester wheels installed on this bike. I am the third owner of this bike, after Tom and by brother who had also worked at Lester Tire. In short, I knew all the owners of this bike and its entire ownership history. There are many spare parts, shop manuals and books to go with this bike.

This motorcycle has 4,000 miles on it. It is unrestored and in good running condition.