Comments on: Brough Superior Debut Set for Pebble Beach

By: Tank Slapper

Tank Slapper — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:29:55 +0000

I like how the manufacturer is going to create a more customized bike, with more flexible specs, like the old Brough. But the engine looks exactly the same as the old one. Are we looking at just another replica, or a new bike? It would be nice to bring back the bikes of old, but in all honestly, we’re talking about a machine that was built in 1938. Also, do you think that the Brough Dream will come back? It’s sad that the little flat-4 never got its chance in the spotlight, and it was such a promising bike.

By: Kenny

Kenny — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:22:16 +0000

It’s not the government that has given the go ahead to continue the frame production with official serial numbers, it’s the Messerschmitt Foundation. Anyone know what exactly this foundation is. I know that the current “Messerschmitt” is buried deep within the EADS corporation.

I like the idea of resurecting both the JAP and Brough names, and would hope they’d follow the path of Triumph so that by the time i’m able to afford something with the Brough name stamped on the side of it they’ll be back at the cutting edge of technology

By: Doug K

Doug K — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:22:59 +0000

Kim,

The ME 262 recreation project is amazing. The ME’s, no matter how accurately made, are replicas, or at best an evolution of the ME262, not originals even though the German government blesses the serial number sequence. Same with the Brough, the Stellican Indian, and the Vincent, the Dreer Norton, and the rest.

It’s my personal opinion that great brands that have passed on into history deserve to rest in peace and on the greatness they earned in their own generation. If people have the time, money and skill to re-create a bike (unless there is an historical reason as with the ME262 aircraft) then they should do their own, original work like their motorcycling predecessors did, and then claim their own share of history and greatness.

Doug

By: Mehul Kamdar

Mehul Kamdar — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:39:46 +0000

Any attempt at bringing back grand old names is laudable. Of coure, the originals will always be mroe valuable becaue of their rarity. But new vehicles under an old name need to meet newer standards of safety, to address modern environmental concerns and much more. You cannot expect a revived Brough Superior to be like one of the originals in every respect. The new Triumph motorcycles are not exactly the same as the old ones – they pay homage to an old name using modern technology. The new Indian motorcycles are attempting to do the same thing, much like the attempts at reviving Vincent, Brough and any other old marque are trying to do.

Instead of knocking someone for trying to use modern technology to revive a great old name, Variety is, after all, the spice of life.

By: Duncan Moore

Duncan Moore — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:06:06 +0000

The Brough Superior name was until last year owned by the same person that owns the JAP name and manufacturing rights, an old gent called Alec Card who lives in Kent in the UK. When I had the pleasure of meeting him a couple of years ago, in his tiny workshop in his garden, he was building a new Brough Superior using the original techniques and materials. The same workshop was also full of JAP engines, single and twins, in various states of builds and he was looking at fuel injection options for the new engines too.
Alec and his son Dave are now moving into bike production using their own JAP engines. More details here – http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/mcn/2009/May/11-17/may1109-rebord-firm-jap-asks-mcn-readers-to-name-bike/?&R=EPI-108283