In 1922, Nelson attempted to cross Australia north-south on a 1922 Velocette motorcycle, but failed, and nearly died of dehydration en route.
The name ‘Veloce’ comes from the Italian for ‘speed’, often used by Alfa-Romeo to denote its faster models.The name also references Velocette motorcycles, which were the subject of one the company’s earliest titles.
A Velocette MAC motorcycle appeared in the 2006 film The History Boys, ridden (and crashed) by the elderly teacher, Hector, played by Richard Griffiths.
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In October 1939 a Velocette MAC was purchased by the British War Office Army Mechanisation Experimental Establishment (MEE) at Cove in Hampshire for testing its suitability for military use.