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T66 - 12/2/12 at 05:54 PM

I love this....

Brough Superior SS120 | eBay


mad-butcher - 12/2/12 at 06:18 PM

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


big_wasa - 12/2/12 at 06:29 PM

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.


Peteff - 12/2/12 at 06:43 PM

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.


ReMan - 12/2/12 at 06:46 PM

I'd buy it (funds permitting)


Dave Ashurst - 12/2/12 at 06:48 PM

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?


PAUL FISHER - 12/2/12 at 07:04 PM

Must have belonged to this guy




steve m - 12/2/12 at 07:22 PM

Had the frame been black, or even chrome, it would of been a LOT better


Ninehigh - 12/2/12 at 07:38 PM

For nearly 80 grand I wouldn't want to be kickstarting a 1300 engine!


Confused but excited. - 12/2/12 at 07:42 PM

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.


mad-butcher - 12/2/12 at 08:54 PM

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.


mookaloid - 12/2/12 at 10:20 PM

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.


jollygreengiant - 12/2/12 at 10:59 PM

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.


jeffw - 13/2/12 at 06:20 AM

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.


mad-butcher - 13/2/12 at 08:19 AM

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.


steve m - 13/2/12 at 08:24 AM

That programme has been on afew times, and it was a nice bike,
The previous owner was there as well!


mookaloid - 13/2/12 at 11:21 AM

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