BROUGH SUPERIOR LAWRENCE

SUPERIORITY COMPLEX

Brough Superior is a legendary marque. People speak of it in hushed and reverent tones. It was, after all, the first bike to do 160km/h. Born of one man’s passionate obsession, it is now in the hands of the French.

Words by Boris Mihailovic Images by Nick Edards

You’ve heard about Brough Superiors, right?

You might recall Colonel TE Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia) lost his life riding one of his Brough Superiors – an SS100 he’d named Boanerges (Son of Rage), which was number seven of the eight he owned.