Velocette Owners Club · N.A.
Community

The life of the club.

Rally tales, restorations, traditions, and the people who keep it all running. The road is the half of it — the company is the rest.

“VOCNA is the only vintage motorcycle club in the world that has traditionally run rallies of this length.”

From the club
[ B&W — Lost and Found ]
A 1,000 Mile Rally tale

Lost and Found

A breakdown, a stranger with a workshop, and the long way back — why the rally has always really been about the people.

By JP Defaut
[ B&W — VOCNA snubs coronation! ]
Tradition

VOCNA snubs coronation!

The weekend the club chose quail and empty backroads over the royal festivities. As one does.

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[ B&W — Along came Veloce… ]
Club history

Along came Veloce…

How a Birmingham marque became the thread that ties four decades of North American riders together.

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[ B&W — The Idaho Loop ]
Rally report · 2019

The Idaho Loop

River road through the Sawtooths, end to end — a week at fifty-five through some of the finest country the club has ridden.

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[ B&W — Allan Dow · 1932–2023 ]
In memoriam

Allan Dow · 1932–2023

Remembering a long-standing member, rider, and friend of the club.

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Who runs it

Club officers.

Chairman
Paul d’Orleans
chairman@velocette.org
President
John Ray
clubman@velocette.org
Treasurer
Blaise Descollonges
blaisedescollonges@gmail.com
Membership Secretary
Debbie Macdonald
membership@velocette.org
East Canada VP
Andrew Harris
andrew.harris@opg.com
Fishtail West & Website Editor
JP Defaut
info@velocette.org
Rally Purser
Kim Lohstroh Young

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Got a story, a barn-find, or a photo from a rally past? Send it to info@velocette.org — the archive grows with the membership.

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