[2] The well-proven Venom was improved by Velocette designer (and owning-family member) Bertie Goodman with rearward placed footrests having brake pedal and remote gear-change linkage to suit, close-ratio four speed gearbox, alloy rims, twin-leading shoe front brake and 'clip-on' handle bars.

[9] The early-version Velocette Thruxton, ridden by Motor Cycle journalist David Dixon and racer Joe Dunphy, won the 500cc category.

[3] 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,[1] larger lightweight aluminium oil and fuel tanks, seats, smaller megaphone silencers and an alloy top yoke.

During the last years of Velocette production, in 1968 American entrepreneur Floyd Clymer conceived the Indian Velo 500, a limited-production run of updated machines using mainly Italian cycle parts.