Bob & Chet Primmer of Corona Del Mar with their 1936 Velocette KSS 500cc Custom
Make: Velocette
Model: KSS
Year: 1936
Country of Origin: England
Engine: 500cc Single
Transmission: 4 Speed
Owner: Bob Primmer
City: Corona Del Mar
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Congratulations to Bob Primmer of Corona Del Mar for winning Bike of the Month with his 1936 Velocette KSS 500cc Custom.
Bob won a plaque provided by Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys.
Bob has owned the Velocette since January.
Per Bob & Chet:
1936 Velocette KSS 500cc Custom
- The KSS was Velocette's Super Sports model
- 480cc air-cooled OHC single-cylinder engine -- modified 348cc engine with a longer stroke, spacer under cylinder barrel
- Amal carburetor
- BTH magneto ignition
- 4-speed manual gearbox, right side foot shift
- Brooklands-style polished silencer with drilled fishtail tip
- Webb girder front fork, rigid rear frame
- 7-inch single-leading shoe front and rear brakes
The KSS is renowned as a machine of quality and terrific performance that was hand-built in a small family factory firm in Birmingham,
England, and proved to be a giant-killer in racing.
The KSS model dates back to 1925, when Veloce Ltd. stunned the world with its new overhead-camshaft sports machine dubbed the Model K. The Model K was soon racing and winning everything it entered, as factory-tuned examples exceeded 100 MPH and handled peerlessly, winning the Isle of Man Junior TT from 1927-29.
Those winning machines were hardly different from production roadsters, and anyone could tune their K for high performance with an open pipe, a hot cam, and a high-compression piston—all available from the factory as tuning spares.
This 1936 Velocette KSS is a Hot Rod motorcycle that was purchased from the Urban S. Hirsch III Collection in Beverly Hills, CA.
The engine capacity has been bumped from the stock 349cc to 480cc by lengthening the stroke, as implied by the longer, custom aluminum cylinder barrel, which was a rare but known modification in the 1940s and ‘50s.
They have won Bike of the Month
three times in the past.
Past Winnings:
January 2025 1954 Simplex Servi-Cycle
September 2024 1938 Zundapp K800
August 2024 1941 BWW R12
Thank you, Bob for bringing your Velocette out for all of us to see. See all the photos in our March 2025 Gallery.
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