Millyard Velocette 698 V Twin

[@anthonyburke5656]

I can’t help it, this bloke should be Knighted for service to skill, brains, application, inventiveness and character. He’s what made Britain Great.

[@p.t.anderson1593]

Even as an American, I can't help but to think "Oh what could have been... What happened... sigh..." I'm sure I'm not the only one. What a beaut! Bravo Mr. Millyard, bravo... and thank you for showing us.

[@hydorah]

This one - of all the crazy awesome things you've done is my favourite. It just looks so spot on in every way... Especially when underway. Looks like a real joy to ride. Well bloody done!

[@robertinscoe2379]

Love what you have done with this bike, it's just what a British twin should be.🙏

[@stevenlloyd2950]

Fabulous range of skills. The engineering precision and clarity of thought are off the scale. Just so absorbing to watch. That torquey velocette would look a thing of beauty on the front of a 1930's style lightweight Morgan-esk trike, especially as you have gone to the extra effort of both exhausts on the outside and 'front' facing pushrod tubes.

[@colindowd3892]

Fantastic achievement Allen and a faithful reproduction of an iconic brand.

[@jerrymarcum9981]

You are a an artist. The bike is beautiful. Please make a longer video when you have the time.

[@marscruz]

She's a beauty. You must be chuffed to have her running and on the road. Sounds perfect. Nicely done lad.

[@gerry343]

Well done Mr Millyard, you have made a beautiful bike with real character. It puts to shame so many of the monstrosities here on KZbin where so many get an oldish bike set about with a hacksaw and end up with a real pig's ear.

[@chrischappell9824]

That "Vello" is the bike that keeps giving. I always find something else on it to be amazed at. Once again fantastic.

[@ces7515]

That has to be one of the loveliest bikes I have ever seen. Phenomenal engineering and such a good looking bike. Well done doesn't really cut it does it?!

[@leifvejby8023]

How about "not bad at all"?

[@siggyuke]

I'd love to see a how to build video for this. Beautiful.

[@garywhite3264]

Beautiful machine! Wonderful V-twin sound!

[@svendusmcveteraner]

Nicely Done I have always liked Velocette motorcycles Several of my friends in Copenhagen had both 350 and 500 cc air-cooled and also water-cooled 150-200 Velocette Silent LE in the 60's but they were quite expensive a Vernom Truxton 500 costed 16000 Dk kr 1968 😰

[@nounoufriend]

Amazing V twin and it's not lost the look of velo single. Like the Le noddy bike parked up you going to do flat four Le next

[@NigelOrmsvik]

As a long time lover of all things Velocette, congratulations and thank you 👍

[@Yorkshiremadmick]

What a beauty thanks for pointing me to this one Alan. Sounds epic too. ❤️❤️🔥❤️❤️

[@williamjonas4013]

BEAUTIFULLY DONE . WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BUILD VIDEO . WISH MR VELOCETTE COULD SEE IT .

[@dogswhistlesharam9029]

My apprenticeship was working at an engineering company who made pattern parts for these , i machined up oil pumps from scratch , gearshafts, made the banding for the clutch case , machined new fork legs, re conditioned cylinder heads, even made the tooling for making the fish tail exhaust and baffles. This was back the mid 1980’s. These skills are hard to find now a days

[@alfaubrom]

We will know of course when the world becomes back in to proper alinement as motorcycles such as this will be back in production. An rideing around all the roads, that resplendent an resounding sound like a nations heartbeat. Original bikes from any given period plus obvious improvements of the period such as this! As a sometime painter an builder of Cycles an motorcycles the way this bike looks an how well it goes together is supreme! It's got the look and the sounds. Cheers Allen very inspiring, ever thought about building an Aero engined VSCC special? I know it's not a motorbike but some get pretty close, an you could take the Mrs out an cook cakes in a super oven above the manifolds, just a daft idea. Best to you best to all.

[@moderatefkr6666]

Allen, you are one man who should never have to buy his own beer! Congratulations on this wonderful bike. Can't wait to see it in real life.

[@t8283287]

Allen you are a bloody genius....for a self taught engineer I think you are an enigma.

[@AllenMillyard]

I was "self taught" until i started Metalwork at school aged 11

[@stephenthompson6049]

What a thing of absolute beauty, that exhaust is excellent

[@gmatty2975]

Should be named Velocette Merlin, you truly are a Magician Allen.

[@johnmccarthy5132]

You know, I kind of think of the Allen Millyard RC374 motorcycle as a crowning achievement. But, then I look at this achingly beautiful Velocette, with its astonishing attention to authenticity and I get to thinking he has more crowning achievements coming!

[@kevinhoffman6592]

Rolling work of art n no oil drips amazing .

[@boostaholic7116]

Hi Allen you must live in my neck of the woods Thatcham as you are riding around Bucklebury in this and TMF's latest video on your awesome creations, absolutely stunning! 👍

[@rogermusgrove8991]

Nice to meet up with you Alan at Stafford and once again well done keep them coming.

[@bobs3354]

Love this bike. Brilliant creation.

[@donellmuniz590]

The spirit of Burt Munroe lives on in you, sir.

[@Tal5258]

Hi Allen what a beauty of an bike you've created there the motor is a gem sounds so right it's amazing that Velocette never made a v twin like this could you do a video when you have time on this engine 👍👍

[@barryphillips7327]

Truly the work a Genius! You would never know it was not factory built.

[@stephenreynolds6239]

Without doubt the best looking two wheeler ever

[@stephenrice4554]

Dear God , the sound of that bike could snap knicker elastic , damn nearly did mine . 👍🇬🇧

[@jeynes14]

She sounds lovely Allen.

[@ericchapman399]

One thing that sounds better than one Velocette it is two Velocettes Brilliant!!!

[@MrLukealbanese]

What a great bike. Lovely job Allen.

[@richardsherwin3259]

Absolutely beautiful Allen 👌👍🏍💨

[@jeffc6167]

Absolutely fantastic motorcycle, sir you are a genius 👍

[@fourstrawberries1]

Very clever, but would love to see how you made it

[@AllenMillyard]

its all on my facebook wall starting last october

[@neilmason298]

still reckon you need to do a 500cc CG125 based inline 4 ;)

[@obbezwiers]

or a triple

[@identiticrisis]

A V3 would be mint!

[@andyb7963]

Honda already did it, CB500/4

[@M.M.M.81]

Allen you are awesome, we would like to see some car engines turned into something interesting such as a td5 turned into a td10

[@ambmainman]

Mr Millyard is a mechanical genius!

[@jurgfreiherrvonhartmann]

This old Bikes i love.

[@suereed]

Can the part two video be an extra 58:10 longer please?

[@spottycat22]

Allen, Another admirer of your work. Chapeau! Do you have any plans to work on more old British Classics? (I have an A10) It would be wonderful to see the Millyard engineering take on setting up such a bike. Maybe some mods to solve common problems and who knows - maybe zero oil leaks! But looking forward to you next project, whatever it is. Many thanks, Chris

[@AllenMillyard]

I have made a velocette V twin

[@ElliotCole333]

Honestly 1 of my favourite looking bikes, apart from my g3l of course.

[@CjHAnderson]

Beauuuuutifuuuuullllllllll! I'd love to see an inline v-twin made from two Nuovo Falcone or even better a v-twin made from a couple of Parillia.... I'd also die to see a build video...

[@vincentscott6168]

A thing of true beauty.

[@michaeltaylor8835]

Thing of beauty

[@raypayne1979]

I've got a MAC single and love it, if you fancy doing another.

[@whylie74]

Well done, looks and sounds like a factory bike (if they had ever done it) what next? Panther parallel twin? a flat four out out of two Triumph speed twins? or another aero engine project?

[@Humanity101-zp4sq]

Beautiful. Was it you Allen, who built the first 270 degree Triumph parallel twin back in the 90s? Featured in either Which Bike? or Classic Bike magazine at the time....

[@laurencew5220]

I bet a few cupcakes disappeared during that build lovely bike

[@dozergyp]

Fantastic machine, Sounds great

[@richardpearson4248]

Great video looks fantastic 🇬🇧👍🏻

[@colincox5641]

She's sound sooo goooooood!!!!!!

[@solsearcher9304]

Allen, you have a doppelganger in my brother! He owned a Vincent Black Shadow and now has a Rapide. Have you considered a Velocette Thruxton V-Twin? I wonder why you don't go into remanufacturing the old relics and adding a modern twist.

[@tinks43]

And what a beauty she is too 👍🏻

[@discobiscuit3134]

Maybe I imagined it - but did I see this at Brooklands Museum during their Velocette and Morgan day back in a April 2018?

[@hollowaysteve]

Superb and it sounds fantastic.

[@mojin699]

Very nice !

[@nicomeier8098]

Really Allen? Driving that beautiful machine - with sneakers on your feet?

[@baronbristow8764]

You should consider making a kit to convert a velocette engine.

[@candymintz]

Don't often see Noddy Bikes these days, was the model a LE200? I used to see several of these in my rear view in the 1970s while speeding along on my Royal Enfield 750cc Interceptor, not that the noddy's could ever catch me :)

[@Skracken]

Beautiful machine!

[@mikeymike3240]

Awesome piece of machinery man, it looks beautiful, just like it was meant to be. Wish it was mine, along with all you're other bikes. Grrrrrr. Only kidding Alan. 😀👍👍👍👍👍

[@453421abcdefg12345]

A fantastic machine! Hall Green should have produced this just like HRD produced the series A, it would have been a winner. Chris B.

[@fabiohaddad2531]

What a beauty!

[@1990-t1j]

Sounds so good.

[@anythingoldmechanical]

That would be my dream come true, although the Ex Wall Of Death Indian Scout I once owned, would of taken some beating when it came to handling!

[@Hungry_Hunter]

Sweet Jesus its perfection.

[@michaelwhite8031]

This is a dream !

[@martindawson6825]

Thats a outstanding looking motorcycle... but excuse my ignorance I take it that Velocette never made a v-twin?

[@DrCrabfingers]

Listen to that....stunning..

[@trevortrevortsr2]

Allen would love to see your idea of a diesel motorbike

[@bikerbisht110]

Great work ... lovely bike

[@moderatefkr6666]

Who's is the LE? And where is that gorgeous village. It looks familiar but I can't place it. Certain I've been there many years ago.

[@oscarmuffin4322]

Have you ever thought of building a diesel motorcycle? You seem to be quite the person at combining engines and I think it would be a really interesting outcome.

[@scottyjones27]

That is real motorcycling scooter!!

[@truthseeker8483]

Hey nice LE Velocette!...all the people who say British motorcycle technology was bad should look at the engineering in one of those.

[@paulreynolds9003]

This is one of the builds I would like to see but can’t find it. I’ve seen a short clip where he’s talked about the problems he came across with the engine what I found interesting. Anyone seen this build???

[@AllenMillyard]

I’ve not made any Velo videos as yet

[@Welderady]

Beautiful !

[@davidhibberd8260]

Hello Allen I have been enjoying your videos, I am curious about your modified dynamo on this lovely bike. Hope you might be able to do a video on it. Davo

[@AllenMillyard]

Yes it’s a 3 phase 12 alternator

[@glennwoods2462]

It's black , fast and gorgeous.....

[@dunzjos9754]

This is the motorcycle Velocette should have made.!!!

[@frankcollins3896]

Do you have the documentation of how you did this? Can't find the work in progress Thanks Frank Collins

[@donellmuniz590]

If Velocette had built this bike back in the day, we might be hailing it as the first Superbike. Certainly it would have spanked a Harley Sportster, which didn't exist til 1957 anyway.

[@davidrichardson9216]

Hello, I hope you don't mind me contacting you out of the blue but I'm wondering if you have any photos or videos you could share on how you designed and built the bottom end of your velocette v twin? I'm wanting to do something similar on a couple of royal enfield bullet engines I've been saving for a rainy day and would be interested to see how you tackled it. Thanks 🙂

[@harwoods11]

Blimey... You done it again 👍

[@bennynorman]

Woow, nice old bike...

[@soldtobediers]

Bikes gotta lotta like in it. -DU69160

[@bobmurphy9380]

Hi Allen, any idea if this could be done to a BSA B31?

[@adriandaish485]

Beautiful 🤙❤

[@todaywefly4370]

You’re obviously not an English trained engineer Mr Millyard. No oil leaks.😈

[@doobielew5439]

Pure music

[@aaronjaben7913]

so cool

[@zopaseah4982]

Sounds like an Enfield

[@geejayjay1281]

Beautiful . The bike I mean 🤗

[@MrSandwichk]

Only 698cc! I know a dude who made a 5000cc V-Twin . .

[@monstermarkone]

ZeeC Allen Millyard also made an 8 litre V10 bike...