T66
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| posted on 12/2/12 at 05:54 PM |
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Brough Superior - Bike Porn
I love this....
Brough Superior SS120 | eBay
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mad-butcher
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| posted on 12/2/12 at 06:18 PM |
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Sorry but I beg to differ made in 1979 don't make it a Brough, Dunlop Alloy rims might look good and did do in my day on cafe racers,
now this on the other hand is a Brough
just my humble opinion though
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big_wasa
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| posted on 12/2/12 at 06:29 PM |
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My old man had one of them. £5 he paid.
He got told what it could have been worth had he still got it last year.
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Peteff
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| posted on 12/2/12 at 06:43 PM |
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Nice to look at but I wouldn't want to own an old bike, I've seen too many of them round at the shop. Old blokes seem attracted to them (I
qualify on that score) but they are always knackered trying to kick start them and we end up pushing them to get going.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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ReMan
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| posted on 12/2/12 at 06:46 PM |
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I'd buy it (funds permitting) 
www.plusnine.co.uk
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Dave Ashurst
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| posted on 12/2/12 at 06:48 PM |
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Each to his own and it's an interesting looking bike, but it's not my favourite I'm afraid. (Reminds me of the chaotic plumbing in
our central heating.) No doubt it cost a lot to make new in 1992 (not 1979 I think?). Hideously expensive. I hope they get the money for it.
Just one small point (apart from the (to me) odd-looking copper plating and the alloy rims):
Shouldn't that saddle be sprung, on a hard tail frame?
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PAUL FISHER
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| posted on 12/2/12 at 07:04 PM |
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Must have belonged to this guy
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steve m
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| posted on 12/2/12 at 07:22 PM |
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Had the frame been black, or even chrome, it would of been a LOT better
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 12/2/12 at 07:38 PM |
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For nearly 80 grand I wouldn't want to be kickstarting a 1300 engine!
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 12/2/12 at 07:42 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by steve m
Had the frame been black, or even chrome, it would of been a LOT better
No,no,no, not on a Brough. Bright nickel every time.
Wish my dad had kept his, I'd have sold it and bought a Black shadow engine in a Norton Feather Bed frame with Cerianni forks, Boranni rims and
Manx drums, 1&3/4 gallon alloy teardrop tank and 2in Shotgun pipes of course.
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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mad-butcher
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| posted on 12/2/12 at 08:54 PM |
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Oh Confused you've just made me make a mess of my pants, better off using a featherbed one of the most beautifully mannered frames around, those
Vincent girdraulic forks were absolute crap.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 12/2/12 at 10:20 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by T66
I love this....
Brough Superior SS120 | eBay
I like cafe racers and custom choppers etc but sorry but that doesn't do it for me - just because you can do something doesn't make it
right or mean it will look good.
I'd hate to think he started with an original one and did that to it.
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 12/2/12 at 10:59 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by big_wasa
My old man had one of them. £5 he paid.
He got told what it could have been worth had he still got it last year.
My Dad was asked, when he came out of the RAF, if he wanted to buy any Spitfires for a £5 (each). His reply was rather caustic but to gist of Why on
earth would I want a Spitfire and what would I do with it anyway?. ..........................................
If only.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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jeffw
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| posted on 13/2/12 at 06:20 AM |
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It isn't a real Brough....£80K for a modern take on it. TE Lawrence wouldn't recognise it ....and he had 8 including the one he died
riding.
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mad-butcher
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| posted on 13/2/12 at 08:19 AM |
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mookaloid. have you been watching that prog on sky "cafe racer" as a follow on to what you said there was a guy on it who took an absolute
mint K series Honda 750 4 refered to over here as a K0 (the one with 4 seperate pipes) and made it into a "cafe racer" it made me almost
cry as only 36 were imported into the UK and 2 of them were written off within weeks.
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steve m
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| posted on 13/2/12 at 08:24 AM |
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That programme has been on afew times, and it was a nice bike,
The previous owner was there as well!
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mookaloid
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| posted on 13/2/12 at 11:21 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mad-butcher
mookaloid. have you been watching that prog on sky "cafe racer" as a follow on to what you said there was a guy on it who took an absolute
mint K series Honda 750 4 refered to over here as a K0 (the one with 4 seperate pipes) and made it into a "cafe racer" it made me almost
cry as only 36 were imported into the UK and 2 of them were written off within weeks.
I have and I enjoy watching it but I confess I can't get too upset about a Honda getting 'the treatment' in fact the more Jap stuff
they do and the more they leave Brit iron alone the better as far as I am concerned 
Cheers
M
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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