page_title: Velocette Thruxton
section_title: Further development
hierarchical_section_title: Velocette Thruxton / Further development
caption_attribution_description: English: Instrumentation of a Velocette Thruxton motorcycle. At the Star Insurance classic motorcycle show, Auckland, New Zealand. 25 January 2014.
context_page_description: The Velocette Thruxton was a sporting motorcycle produced by Velocette between 1965 and 1971. Revealed at the 1964 Earls Court Show, it was the final development of Velocette's antiquated pushrod single, the Venom.
  Sometimes referred to as the Venom Thruxton or simply Thruxton, some surviving examples could be 'upgraded' replicas based on the Venom or Viper, as many parts in the range were interchangeable. Due to the high values involved and possibility of fakes, a register was established by a member of the Velocette Owners Club, using production data of engine and frame numbers acquired after the factory closure, to enable owners and potential buyers to confirm provenance when selling and buying.
  The Thruxton ceased production only when the company folded in 1971.
context_section_description: Geoff Dodkin and L.Stevens were two well-known specialist motorcycle retailers in the London area offering mechanical upgrades and cycle customising parts backed by their own race experiences. These included nimonic valves, larger lightweight aluminium oil and fuel tanks, seats, smaller megaphone silencers and an alloy top yoke.
  The Avon race fairing (made by Mitchenall Brothers) was introduced in 1964 in time for the June Isle of Man TT Races but the transparent, aerodynamic 'nose-cone' extending over the front race number plate area was soon 'outlawed' by the ACU, the UK motorcycle race-organisation governing body.
  This led to the fairing being modified for a headlamp and offered for road use, complete with transparent nose cone.
  The Velocette Thruxton Veeline version was one of the first to be available to the public, coming from the factory finished to match the standard Thruxton colour scheme in blue and silver or the optional black and silver.
caption: Instrumentation of a Velocette Thruxton motorcycle
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