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MOTO GUZZI BSA PRE-UNIT TWINS
Top left : SS100 owned by Lawrence of Arabia Right : Invercargill museum display Bottom left : 1936 SS80 with sidecar . Used by Nottinghamshire Police
Of course , many ask why has this machine , that was made for only sixteen years between 1924 and 1940 , become so attractive to collectors . Maybe the only plausible analogy is that a rare and desirable motorcycle is to some people like a rare and desirable painting . Last year a 1930 SS100 sold at the H & H Classics Motorcycle Museum Sale in the United Kingdom for NZ $ 807,439 . It was said that in the 1930s a Brough Superior could cost as much as a medium priced house . In New Zealand at the moment , the median house price across the country , at the time of writing , is $ 725,000 . It seems that the fascination with Brough Superior motorcycles has developed to a level unparalleled with almost any other marque .
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