Superior motorbikes.
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 12:18 am
The first motorbikes to be made by the legendary Brough Superior marque in over 70 years are set to be rolled out onto British roads.
A limited production run of 300 Brough Superior SS100 machines that were made between 1925 and 1940 is nearing completion after a British businessman bought the rights to the company name. Mark Upham, of Taunton, Somerset has already secured dozens of orders for the modern-day version of the vintage SS100 bikes that were described as the 'Rolls Royce' of motorcycles and were the fastest machines in the world.
Playwright George Bernard Shaw owned one the motorbikes as did TE Lawrence - Lawrence of Arabia - who was killed after crashing one near his home in Dorset in 1935. Only 3,000 SS100s were made before the outbreak of war ground production to a halt. Back then they were such a luxury item that only the very wealthy could afford one. Today, a fully-restored period SS100 can sell for upwards of £300,000. Mr Upham's new gleaming models will be sold for £50,000 each from next year to mark the 90th anniversary of the launch of the SS100.
While they look almost identical to the classic Brough bikes and have the same 'saddle' petrol tank and speedo, they are made using high-tech components such as aluminium-magnesium and titanium. Other modern-day advantages the new bikes have are a four-disc ceramic brake system and a 1,000cc V-twin engine which can deliver 140bhp. Mr Upham, 57, said he wanted to carry on manufacturing the SS100s as he believes it is what the late George Brough would have wanted.
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