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Velocette Roarer - Phillip Island GP track Australia

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Uploaded by on Jul 7, 2008

Velocette Roarer

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  • @polskich Correct, as bable666 said WW2 stopped development. WW2 stopped everything, armaments were top priority.

  • @boutiquesexy they did not win much with this bike

  • @polskich You talk rubbish, look at the world championship results going back to the 50's, a hell of a lot of British machinery were winning race after race and championships.

    The company Veloce were outstanding engineers wiling to try different and innovative ideas, not merely copy.

  • The Roarer's 2 cylinder engine had twin contra-rotating crankshafts combined by gears and a shaft drive.

  • They were smaller than the BMW as were all brit bikes & handled better. That said I always wanted a BMW (too expensive) but the Police turned them down because of a vibration problem with the flat twin or so I have been told.

  • The Roarer was never fully developed before WW2 stopped progress.However it did reach 130mph in early tests - target design speed was to be around 145mph. It is a twin cylinder supercharged engine of a very novel design the aim was to beat the supercharged BMWs & Gilera Rondines then dominating racing.

  • It is 60 years old and capable of well over 100 mph. In its day it was state of the art. What do expect?

  • Typical british bike lots of noise and no power

  • lol , he changed gear on grid! i spoze he is old !

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