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Brian Agnew Editor & Author

Brian Agnew was employed at Newcastle University from 1984, teaching and undertaking research in thermodynamics and automotive engineering. Prior to retiring in 2015, he was a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and a member of ASME and SAE. Brian has written over 200 technical papers and two well-read book chapters, as well as contributing articles in the LE club magazine. Having been a serial Velocette motorcycle owner since the 1960s, he has owned nearly every model from the 1940s, and rebuilt every model of the LE range. He is a long term member of the Velocette Owners Club and the LE Club, and was at one time Chair of the Northumbrian Section of the VOC.