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Brough Superior
Vincent HRD speedo
closed public road near Christchurch, 24-year old
Russel Wright raised the outright world
motorcycle speed record to 185mph (297km/h).
Wright claimed the engine was almost standard,
apart from racing cylinder heads and larger
carburettors. It was the last time the outright
world record would be broken by what could be
described as a conventional motorcycle. It was
also the last time the record was broken on a
conventional road. It was the end of an era in
many ways, that same year all motorcycle
production ceased at the famous Vincent works
in Stevenage in the English county of
Hertfordshire.
Black Lightnings left the factory without lights,
kick-starters, or any trappings required for a road
going motorcycle. The pipes, of course, were
straight through. The 998cc 50-degree OHV
air-cooled push-rod V-twin engine produced a
claimed 70bhp at 5700rpm. Dry weight was
172kg. Although nominal top speed was 150mph
(240km/h), the speedo on the one
photographed goes to 180mph (288km/h). The
racing pedigree goes back as far as 1925 when
H.R.Davies won the Senior TT in the Isle of Man
on a machine of his own making, which he called
1937 BSA Model G14, design debuted in 1926
the HRD. He also came second in the Junior TT.
An HRD also won the Junior TT in 1927. In 1928
Davies sold out to Philip Vincent, so creating the
name Vincent HRD.
BROUGH
George Brough began in his father W.E. Brough’s
motorcycle manufacturing business. When he
went out on his own in 1921, not wanting to drop
the Brough name, he simply added Superior to
distinguish his models from those made by his
father. George was said to be a consummate
showman. He was also an accomplished
competitor from an early age, in a variety of
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