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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Just wondered If anyone had heard about The brough motorcycle sold today at Nottingham to a collector, It was a Brough motorcycle that lawrence of Arabia was killed on In a motorcycle Accident In 1935, the brough Is regarded As the rolls royce of motor cycles the One sold In nottingham today sold for Over £315,000. |
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"Just wondered If anyone had heard about The brough motorcycle sold today at Nottingham to a collector, It was a Brough motorcycle that lawrence of Arabia was killed on In a motorcycle Accident In 1935, the brough Is regarded As the rolls royce of motor cycles the One sold In nottingham today sold for Over £315,000."
Superb motorcycles in their day.....Years ago, I was lucky enough to be given a 'go' on one by a very nervous owner..!!
The ride was merely a round the block kind of thing....I treasure that memory...
The one T.E. Lawrence was tragically killed on, I belive there is still the two shillings or so he kept for petrol still there under the petrol tank cap.
Thanks for this thread, something dear to me are the machines of George Brough. XXX |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Just wondered If anyone had heard about The brough motorcycle sold today at Nottingham to a collector, It was a Brough motorcycle that lawrence of Arabia was killed on In a motorcycle Accident In 1935, the brough Is regarded As the rolls royce of motor cycles the One sold In nottingham today sold for Over £315,000.
Superb motorcycles in their day.....Years ago, I was lucky enough to be given a 'go' on one by a very nervous owner..!!
The ride was merely a round the block kind of thing....I treasure that memory...
The one T.E. Lawrence was tragically killed on, I belive there is still the two shillings or so he kept for petrol still there under the petrol tank cap.
Thanks for this thread, something dear to me are the machines of George Brough. XXX"
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"The Brough superior SS 100 was an amazing motorbike for its day and only the very rich could afford one. TE Lawrence had 8 apparently"
Any of Those 8 bikes would be up for grabs now Thou It would be nice to see them stay In this country.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I have a BSA 250from 1928...is that with anything or just another old bike?
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I,m sure a enthusiast would show an Interest In that bike, I Remember my grandad haveing his photo Taken In a photographic studio with my Nan sitting just behind on a ariel If Thats the right name In the 1920,s Probabily around 1922 even a picture Like that would create some Interest..  |
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I had a convo with the curator dude at 'Clouds' or whatever it was called (Clouds Hill?) in Dorset not far from Bovington Tank Museum where T Lawrence lived on and off and he said his Brough Superior was worth about £1m. |
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"he also lived in cowes on the isle of wight...our mum said he was a little guy in a old mac and a bowler hat....no one knew who he was till killed  "
Yeah, he was really small. Everyone thinks he was told cos of the guy in the film. |
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"I had a convo with the curator dude at 'Clouds' or whatever it was called (Clouds Hill?) in Dorset not far from Bovington Tank Museum where T Lawrence lived on and off and he said his Brough Superior was worth about £1m. "
What a bike and on top of that He had 8 of these bikes once, I,ve got to make time to read up about this guy He sounds very Interesting.
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"I had a convo with the curator dude at 'Clouds' or whatever it was called (Clouds Hill?) in Dorset not far from Bovington Tank Museum where T Lawrence lived on and off and he said his Brough Superior was worth about £1m. What a bike and on top of that He had 8 of these bikes once, I,ve got to make time to read up about this guy He sounds very Interesting. "
Yes, a very interesting chap indeed, especially in his most remarkable exploits against the (then) Ottoman empire. |
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"Just wondered If anyone had heard about The brough motorcycle sold today at Nottingham to a collector, It was a Brough motorcycle that lawrence of Arabia was killed on In a motorcycle Accident In 1935, the brough Is regarded As the rolls royce of motor cycles the One sold In nottingham today sold for Over £315,000."
Only thing I knew about them is that he was killed on one. |
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By *umpkinMan
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near the sounds of the wimborne quarter jack! |
"I had a convo with the curator dude at 'Clouds' or whatever it was called (Clouds Hill?) in Dorset not far from Bovington Tank Museum where T Lawrence lived on and off and he said his Brough Superior was worth about £1m. "
Yep, Clouds Hill. He was killed on the straight road between the house and the camp. Great mystery still abounds over the exact circumstances.
As an aside, Brough Superior also made a fabulous looking sports car too! |
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"The Brough name has been revived and they are making bikes again, or so I was led to believe. A new one costs about £50,000."
i think that'll be a taylormade carbon2 ... rebranded as a brough superior for racing purposes |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I had a convo with the curator dude at 'Clouds' or whatever it was called (Clouds Hill?) in Dorset not far from Bovington Tank Museum where T Lawrence lived on and off and he said his Brough Superior was worth about £1m.
Yep, Clouds Hill. He was killed on the straight road between the house and the camp. Great mystery still abounds over the exact circumstances.
As an aside, Brough Superior also made a fabulous looking sports car too!"
I always find great mystery or mystery In general from past will Always hold hidden Intrique Personally Always find that Interesting or very Interesting when ever someone comes Along to unravel why and what happened This country has plenty of episodes of That In history to discover.. |
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"The Brough name has been revived and they are making bikes again, or so I was led to believe. A new one costs about £50,000.
i think that'll be a taylormade carbon2 ... rebranded as a brough superior for racing purposes"
They have done some racing but it looks like a whole new Brough Superior is now available to those who can afford one. 'The new SS100 is a v-twin, built in a collaboration between Boxer Design and Akira Engineering.' It looks gorgeous! |
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"I had a convo with the curator dude at 'Clouds' or whatever it was called (Clouds Hill?) in Dorset not far from Bovington Tank Museum where T Lawrence lived on and off and he said his Brough Superior was worth about £1m. What a bike and on top of that He had 8 of these bikes once, I,ve got to make time to read up about this guy He sounds very Interesting.
Yes, a very interesting chap indeed, especially in his most remarkable exploits against the (then) Ottoman empire."
I like works of art and especially from history looking at some of the paintings done in the Domes in mosques in turkey I think from the ottoman empire yes history Is a heavy mix of a lot of things some More colourful than others (away from The macabre side) enough Interest for Everyone.. ps saw the mosques on the Internet. |
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Stone me! I thought conspiracy theories were a modern scourge.
I find the idea that Churchill (then a back bench MP), had MI5 kill Lawrence because he was possibly about to meet Hitler and join the BUF a bit far fetched. There were also a lot of other more prominent personalities who might have been better targets than the hermit Lawrence who had gone out of his way to keep out of the public eye. |
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"The Brough name has been revived and they are making bikes again, or so I was led to believe. A new one costs about £50,000.
i think that'll be a taylormade carbon2 ... rebranded as a brough superior for racing purposes
They have done some racing but it looks like a whole new Brough Superior is now available to those who can afford one. 'The new SS100 is a v-twin, built in a collaboration between Boxer Design and Akira Engineering.' It looks gorgeous!"
i actually found that now .... a proto type ss100.... possibly available next year. bit of a fusion betwixt the old bike and mach3 cafe racer thing. i assume it's not a side valve though lol |
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