L to R: Ken McIntosh on the Brough Superior. Brough Superior speedo and engine detail
Subsequently, with the approval of Rolls Royce,
Brough was able to use in his advertising the
phrase ‘the Rolls Royce of motorcycles.’ Brough
made sure that new customers were given a
signed certificate, guaranteeing them that the
machine they had bought had exceed a hundred
miles per hour over a quarter mile. Perhaps the
most enduring story associated with the marque
is that T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)
owned seven Broughs, six of them SS100s, and
he had an eighth on order when he died on a
sporting disciplines. No doubt helped by his eye
Brough Superior in a freak accident.
for publicity, several legends developed around
When the Hesketh V-twin appeared in 1982,
his immaculate motorcycles. George understood Lord Hesketh made it known that he wanted his
the value of exalted association and when a
invention to be known as a “gentleman’s”
couple of Rolls Royce representatives visited the motorcycle, like a two-wheeled Aston Martin.
Brough factory, they saw a man wearing white
One thing’s for certain, British V-twins certainly
gloves working on one of the machines.
had class.
1992 Hesketh. Little change from 1982
Hesketh engine detail
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