Velocity Motorcycles

Among my adventures in Richmond today was a very good visit to Velocity Motorcycles which is located on The Boulevard in Richmond, Virginia (just up the road from The Diamond, and directly across from Buz and Ned's...both of which I also took a look at). Velocity really looked like a good shop to visit. For one thing they have a good number of classic bikes, and also they have some interesting brands that they sell. I found the people there very friendly, and were very nice about my photo taking. I took quite a few motorcycle photos. They had some old Honda, BSA, Norton, Ducati, and some newer used bikes (such as a very nice BMW as well).
I have seen a lot of Russian made Ural motorcycles, but all the others had the sidecar attached. This one was neat in that it did not. I have heard two stories about the Ural. I do know it was based on a WWII era model BMW. Some have said that the Russians copied it from captured German Army models, others that BMW gave Russia the old design having a newer one in the works. At any case a great blend of old and new. Much of the bike has been updated over the years with better electronics and brakes. I am told that they need to be kept up with maintenance wise, but are easy to work on, and pretty solid rides.
As for the Royal Enfield, that was an old British make, which somehow ended up remaining in production in India for the past few years. Like the Ural, the bikes have been updated over the years, getting more modern components. This is a more modern version (and that is another Royal Enfield in the window) of the bike. Like the Ural not the kind of bike for high power rides, but a very inexpensive way to get into motorcycling. As a bonus both brands are very unique, I have seen them but not a great many of them. One drawback would be that dealers could be hard to come across if you break down far from home.

Velocity also sells Hysung motorcycles (nice and up and coming manufacturer from South Korea), and also sells the new US made Zero Motorcycle. Zero is really cool in that its all-electric, but its no toy playbike ; has some really good performance.
It was a great visit, and really enjoyed the time spent there. I will be making additional trips from time to time. Another bonus, they rent motorcycles there (as mine is in North Carolina, not out of the question that I will do some riding in Virginia while here which would be great).
As a bonus, got the motorcycle magazine "Motorcycle Times" and that was fun to read too (always like the free ones). Next post will be on the Zero Motorcycle, be fun to give some of the details on that bike! Until then, ride safe!