What the Press Think!

CYCLE AND MOTOR TRADER -

The 2 1/2-H.P. Veloce, with its unconventional single unit power plant has found favour with a large number of the motor-cycling public, which is probably attributed to the ingenuity, simplicity and compactness of the design.

The Carburetor side of the Veloce engine. showing the large out-side flywheel, and the magneto side showing the clutch and change-speed operating pedal

THE IRISH CYCLIST -

'I'his engine with its two-speed gear and clutch confined in the crank case, gear-driven oil-pump etc., was one of the best things at Olympia and has been conceived by a designer with foreknowledge of what may ultimately become standard practice. A very natty little unit it is. A wholesale saving of parts has been affected only six spur wheels being used throughout, while in many engines seven or more wheels are employed in the timing gear and magneto drive alone.

Very ingenious is the way in which holes have been drilled in various parts to permit the oil getting where it is required ; for instance, a hole in the cam wheel at a given point in each revolution registers with a hole in the big end of the connecting rod, and thence the lubricant passes to the cylinder and gudgeon pin.

There is nothing at all flimsy in the construction of this engine and gear, and the design is undoubtedly very sound. I shall follow the future career of this machine which is produced by Messrs The New Veloce Motor Company, Limited, Spring Hill, Birmingham, with much interest.