The New Brough Superior

[Mad On Triumphs]

I'll let you decide

 

[CarlS]

I certainly like the name; but I don't care for that tank!

 

[Rocky]

I've been reading about this isn the British classic bike magazines.
It should be a road-burner, but I expect the price to be too high for most people.

 

[hemibee]

Needs better photos or to see it in person and then the tank may look a little better.

 

[Doug]

Looks like someone chopped an XV1000 Yamaha

 

[keystiger]

I sort of like it......but the jury is still out. Need more info.

 

[DaveM]

Well it sure is different

[h=2]Engine[/h]
[TABLE="class: contenttable contenttable-0"] [TR="class: tr-even tr-0"] [TD="class: td-0"]Engine type[/TD] [TD="class: td-last td-1"]Four stroke 88° V-twin, DOHC, 4 valves per cylinder, water and oil cooled[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: tr-odd tr-1"] [TD="class: td-0"]Bore x stroke[/TD] [TD="class: td-last td-1"]94 mm x 71,8 mm[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: tr-even tr-2"] [TD="class: td-0"]Capacity[/TD] [TD="class: td-last td-1"]997 cc[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: tr-odd tr-3"] [TD="class: td-0"]Power[/TD] [TD="class: td-last td-1"]From 73 kW (100 hp) to 102 kW (140 hp) @ 10 000 rpm, depending on bespoke settings[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: tr-even tr-4"] [TD="class: td-0"]Torque[/TD] [TD="class: td-last td-1"]125 Nm @ 8 000 rpm[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: tr-odd tr-last"] [TD="class: td-0"]Compression ratio[/TD] [TD="class: td-last td-1"]11: 1[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [h=2]Dimensions[/h]
[TABLE="class: contenttable contenttable-0"] [TR="class: tr-even tr-0"] [TD="class: td-0"]Wheelbase[/TD] [TD="class: td-last td-1"]1 550 mm[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: tr-odd tr-1"] [TD="class: td-0"]Steering angle[/TD] [TD="class: td-last td-1"]24,6°[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: tr-even tr-2"] [TD="class: td-0"]Trail[/TD] [TD="class: td-last td-1"]96,7 mm[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: tr-odd tr-3"] [TD="class: td-0"]Front wheel[/TD] [TD="class: td-last td-1"]18â€[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: tr-even tr-4"] [TD="class: td-0"]Rear wheel[/TD] [TD="class: td-last td-1"]18â€[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: tr-odd tr-last"] [TD="class: td-0"]Dry weight[/TD] [TD="class: td-last td-1"]180 kg (395 lb)[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
[h=2]Chassis[/h]
[TABLE="class: contenttable contenttable-0"] [TR="class: tr-even tr-0"] [TD="class: td-0"]Frame type[/TD] [TD="class: td-last td-1"]Steel and Titanium tubular trellis[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: tr-odd tr-1"] [TD="class: td-0"]Front suspension[/TD] [TD="class: td-last td-1"]Fior double wishbone Ohlins Shock 120 mm travel[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: tr-even tr-2"] [TD="class: td-0"]Rear suspension[/TD] [TD="class: td-last td-1"]Progressive system Ohlins Shock 130 mm travel[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: tr-odd tr-3"] [TD="class: td-0"]Front brake[/TD] [TD="class: td-last td-1"]4D Ceramic Beringer
2x floating double discs, aluminum-ceramic
composite material, diameter 230 mm,
2x four pistons calipers with radial fixation and special sintered metal pads[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: tr-even tr-4"] [TD="class: td-0"]Rear brake[/TD] [TD="class: td-last td-1"]Single disc brake, aluminum-ceramic composite material, diameter 230 mm,
2 pistons caliper with special sintered metal pads[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: tr-odd tr-5"] [TD="class: td-0"]Wheels[/TD] [TD="class: td-last td-1"]18 spokes (aluminum)[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: tr-even tr-6"] [TD="class: td-0"]Front rim[/TD] [TD="class: td-last td-1"]3.50 x 18â€[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: tr-odd tr-7"] [TD="class: td-0"]Rear rim[/TD] [TD="class: td-last td-1"]4.25 x 18â€[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: tr-even tr-8"] [TD="class: td-0"]Front tyre[/TD] [TD="class: td-last td-1"]120/70 ZR 18[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: tr-odd tr-last"] [TD="class: td-0"]Rear tyre[/TD] [TD="class: td-last td-1"]160/60 ZR 18[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

 

[Mad On Triumphs]

Nice pictures Dave, don't think it does it for me. At £40,000 can't see that they'll sell bucket loads. Who knows ?. I can't say I'll be in the que for one.

 

[DaveM]

It is very different but at that price I sure agree not one on my must get list

 

[NORTY]

At that price point, it'll be exclusive. It'll remain exclusive for that very reason, too.

I'd like to ride one, just to see what it's like.

 

[harper6t]

Give me an original SS100 any day

 

[Mad On Triumphs]

I think I tend to agree with you

 

[CarlS]

Now that looks pretty good. I could own one of those - but the price is probably astronomical.

 

[Mad On Triumphs]

Reborn Brough Superior will soon start testing its all-new SS100 with the first deliveries to customers expected later this year, we can reveal.

The all-new machine, developed in partnership between Brough owner Mark Upham and Toulouse-based Boxer Design, has been significantly redesigned since its original unveiling in Milan in 2013, but is now finally nearing production readiness – as these first pictures from inside the factory show.

“As of last week, we are pretty much on target,” Upham said this week. The bike has the same all-new, 90-degree, 997cc V-twin as the original, along with a radical Fior front end, double ‘twin disc’ front brakes and unconventional 18-inch wheels, but the chassis and geometry has been redesigned along with a larger tank and airbox and revised engine internals. Price will be around £50,000.
Now, as these pictures show, the first bikes are being readied for testing targeted for May with limited deliveries planned for later in the year.

“We’re don’t want to launch too early,” Upham continued. “What we want to do is to make sure that there is an excessive amount of testing done simply because it has to be good. And it has to be VERY good.”

Upham explained that Brough production will now take place at two factories at the Boxer Design facility: one for final assembly, pictured here and another for machining and engine assembly.

“I think, very, very seriously, that there will be some bikes delivered this year,” he continued. But not in high quantities. The real quantities – and by that I mean five+ bikes a week – will be made next year.”

Looking resplendent in its shiny coat and perched on a 360 degree rotating display at the Milan motorcycle show was the Brough Superior SS100. When the bike becomes available in 2015 it will become the first new model from the company that closed its doors in 1940 and laid dormant until the rights were bought by businessman Mark Upham in 2008.



The traditional British marque showed this V-Twin Sport Classic as a prototype at last years’ show but visitors to the Brough stand this year were kept well away from the bike as it twirled against a black background which added a sense of theatre and drama but disappointed by not allowing fans and perspective buyers a closer inspection.

The bike will be offered in three finishes; Traditional, Titanium or Black and marks the 90th anniversary of the original famous bike and it will be powered by an 88-degree, 997cc V-Twin with four valves per cylinder. The engine will be made in-house by the way. Power output will range from 100 - 140bhp depending on the ECU settings set by the factory according to the owners’ preference.
The all-new engine serves as the main structural component of the chassis with a Titanium sub-frame and aluminium/magnesium swinging bolted to it. The latter is connected to an Ohlins shock, the progressive link system being fully adjustable.

At the front end, a double wishbone arrangement based on MotoGP engineering called the Fior concept is used, the wishbones looking very period. (In this system the double triangle fork disassociates braking and steering.) It also uses an Ohlins shock with preload capabilities.

Staying with the retro look and appeal, the front brakes whilst looking period, are in fact twin 230mm double discs looking almost like a drum, but gripped by French Beringer calipers. The discs are made of an aluminium-ceramic composite to reduce gyroscopic effort and weight.
Brough claim the quad-disc system increases power by 20% over a single 320mm cast iron disc, thereby reducing braking distance. The gyroscopic inertia of the four-disc arrangement is said to be three times less than that of a 320mm disc as well! A similar disc is also used at the rear as you would expect.

The whole plot rolls along on 18- inch wheels shod with modern rubber and only weighs a claimed 179kg dry. As far as the quality of all other components is concerned, the SS100 exhibits the extremely high quality craftsmanship, plus high end components and materials you would expect given the heritage and neo classical styling.

However, the new bike is not the work of just one man as before, but collaboration between Upham, engine design specialists Akira and the French firm Boxer Design. The latter is headed by engineering genius Thierry Henriette who has been responsible for bikes like the Lamborghini bike as well as motorcycles bearing their own brand name.

Only 300 will be made, each with an engraved number with options of your name and the name of the model. Although since the unveiling, Upham has told Bike Social, "We were delighted with the reaction following the Milan show and we're now sold out!"

 

[hemibee]

I'd like to see one in person.

 

[Mad On Triumphs]

All being well, I'm going to go to the Staffordshire Classic Bike show in April, it's one of the biggest in Europe, if not the world, if they have one there I'll take lots of pics.