This segment of Guess That Bike was for a British motorcycle…were you able to guess what it was? Several of you were, but user “foiled again” was first!
It’s the Velocette LE (LE stood for Light Engine). As WWII came to an end, Veloce (yes, the company was called Veloce even though all the bikes were called Velocette) decided to build a bike for the masses – like a Honda Cub that was a bit ahead of its time. But while it had plenty of good ideas (and some horrible ones, like hand starting instead of a kicker), the execution wasn’t great. For more information on this interesting (and unsuccessful) motorcycle, check out this excellent profile from the Memorable Motorcycle series at Motorcycle USA.
With all that said, the LE you see a photo of is a 1958 model and it’s actually for sale – you can find it here for $3,048 at Andy Tiernan Classics in the UK.
