Brough Superior Ridden | This One Really Is A "Dream Ride"

[@robertrishel3685]

This dream ride series is just the best motorcycling related stuff on the KZbin’s.

[@johncranwell3783]

This has to be the happiest, most joyous KZbin review on a motorbike I have seen for the entirety of 2023, also the greatest feeling I’ve felt from witnessing you talk about this bike ride it to with absolute no concern…. I hadn’t heard that Brough was being made again and to be fair. It’s a really good modern version of that amazing machine, so many years ago….. my father long since passed, used to talk about these all the time as he was born in 1908 and had a lot of experience in the early motorcycle scene…. I’ve not long returned to motorcycling in my early 60s and if I had the money and there was the availability I wouldn’t hold back in buying one of these machines….. thank you for such a great video

[@BikeWorldTVshow]

Thanks John, glad you enjoyed it.

[@marktinsley7845]

The Superman at the end was a corker 😂 Lawrence would of loved it!

[@Arthurzeiro]

Man, I've lusted over this thing ever since they released It, and seeing how well It performs turns It into a rare "Some heroes are meant to be met" hero of mine.

[@nickrider5220]

T.E.Lawrence and his Brough Superior were famous to anyone who saw him ride between Bovington camp and Middle Wallop (RAF) , sometimes London. My grandfather told me the story that the young lads, including him, would hear him from miles away, then rush to a sharp corner at a village called Pimperne - Lawrence of Arabia frequently scraped the undercarriage whilst going around the corner, leaving the boys awestruck 😮

[@debbiehill4338]

The reason we now all wear crash helmets,TE Lawrence was killed on a Brough without wearing a helmet 😞

[@leslieaustin151]

@@debbiehill4338yup, the medic who examined his body went on to do research on motorcyclists wearing helmets I think. Les

[@MickH60]

@@retiredbore378 "Well, first he wasn't killed on it, he died nearly a week later" Semantics...

[@leslieaustin151]

@@retiredbore378 you are wrong in contradicting debbiehill4338, and she is at least partially correct. From Wikipedia “One of the doctors attending him was neurosurgeon Hugh Cairns, who consequently began a long study of the loss of life by motorcycle dispatch riders through head injuries. His research led to the use of crash helmets by both military and civilian motorcyclists”. Sounds like”Debbie” checked her facts. Theres a lesson for us all there! Pip-pip old chap!

[@IHZ3185]

Don't forget East Bolder Airfield, we may know the truth in 2035, but unlikely.

[@TurboPonies]

Amazing. I am glad craftsmanship beyond a stamping press is still of value and available.

[@thebadterrorists5323]

If I could own just one bike it would be this bike. It is the most staggeringly beautiful motorcycle ever made. And it goes well too. I'll have one.

[@motorcyclementor1785]

I'm a British bike nut and have owned over 40 in total and have held various degrees of fondness for each and every one. I've even had a new 650 enfield which I loved but I have to say that this bike just doesn't cut it where I'm concerned- it;s ugly and graceless and esthetically awkward. This was a great opportunity to create something very special but that opportunity was missed.

[@theoffroadexecutive]

Thanks for this ride review Chris - there are not too many out there, and you confirm my feelings and impressions: I put 2000km on mine, all B-Roads and my usual weekend coffee-run to Schwägalp-Pass, and I love it.... Yes, it is to be ridden, although my riding season was too short this year - ending already in July for all the wrong reasons... Ride safe, cheers from Switzerland

[@GarryMcGovern]

Sorry, but I think they are ugly as sin, and the fact that it is made in France makes it nothing but a cynical piggyback on the Brough name. The fact that it has suffered one of the most brutal depreciation nosedives of any new bike ever, means I'm clearly not the only one who thinks this way.

[@alihenderson5910]

Agreed, it's hideous. All the components look like they were designed on different continents and nobody had a drawing of the complete bike. If it was a Honda or Yamaha, it would have been laughed off the road. There are plenty of talented motorcycle designers and builders out there who could have done it properly. This just baffles me.

[@GerhardWanninger-fi4bl]

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[@triumphthunderbird1]

Wonderful review! I have seen them and often wondered what they were like to ride. Bikes need to be ridden!

[@MrSimonfoz]

What a beautiful bike definitely on my lottery list . Thanks for showing it to us.

[@herrdirektor1969]

I can confirm that the BS is sturdy. My daughter of 7 managed to drop the SS100 at the Czech Dealer MR43 in Prague last summer. The bike dropped, smashed two Jawa bike rear reflectors and put a traumatic dent in the self- confidence of the showroom employee who was in panic. The bike though didn't even had a scratch after a close inspection. I can vouch for the build quality. 👍

[@packhams4]

Does your 7 yo daughter often ride your BS? You are a very loving father!

[@alanprice9938]

Personally, I don’t get the “old bike” thing, and by old bike I mean pre 60’s, so mimicking one doesn’t do it…….but I’m still glad they exist, and still glad that the knowledgeable enthusiasts are there, because they remind us of where we come from, and round out our interest. A warm Sunday morning special choice to ride for me would be a 996, or an 888, but I get why someone would choose this, and I’d love to go for a spin with someone who does.

[@christophervan6966]

As I get older I would ride this over a 996 etc because my need to push the envelope has waned and I would rather imbibe the rarity and craftsmanship, with more than enough performance.

[@alanprice9938]

@@christophervan6966 indeed…..and I’m open to the idea that riding one might change my perspective entirely. Oddly enough I often find riding the 996 quite relaxing, as it can be ridden just rolling through the torque rather than wringing the throttle all the time, and once you are moving, the weight lifts off your wrists. The clutch is always heavy in traffic though. At the moment I’m fancying a naked boxer twin for that role too, either an R12nineT, or r1300r when they’re released this coming year, but I get why a Brough could feel far more of a special occasion.

[@chrisheggie952]

Lovely. Harkens to the days when a bike was a real machine, an industrial revolution work of art. And you were given the opportunity to help run it in, on wet roads 'n all. Did he make you wash it afterwards?

[@benkelly2190]

Nice one Chris, I love this series. This bike looks stunning. A real piece of art.

[@lloydholland6475]

Drop dead gorgeous.well done to the makers

[@suziq4394]

Saw one of these at the Wickham gathering on boxing day. Beautiful bike that stopped me in my tracks. Certainly something different, and special..

[@yukonica4560]

Art... pure art.

[@julianp4787]

that bike has seriously got it going on !! I'm awe struck :)

[@williamrae9954]

I like that...a bike for the hallway...you'd stop and look at it ever time you came home!

[@colnuttall9035]

The original Brough Superior as ridden by TE Laurence and it’s history has nothing to do with this motorcycle. The only commonality is the name. The new machine is made in France. The modern version is certainly a highly well made bike, but to be attempting to link it to the original bikes is dishonest.

[@davidkendall1614]

Totally agree with you. It’s yet another purchase of the name of a historical marque and attempting to cash in on historical provenance that doesn’t really exist.

[@aumkar2]

It’s utter dogshit. The owner is speaking out of his his ass. Zero motorcycling knowledge.

[@packhams4]

So Triumphs made in Thailand cant be Triumphs? BMWs made in Thailand likewise? Harleys made in ? Royal Enfield in India? Its just the modern world im afraid. UK is doing well with Triumph but that is because John Bloor came from outside the terminal motorcycle industry and started from scratch.

[@jordanjoestar8839]

Hey now! I ride a GSXR750 and would still love one of these! I have 2 1983 XJ750s and a 1979 XS1100 as well!

[@paulthompson8613]

The word special is meant for bikes like these .Would love to see this again on a sunny track day Awesome

[@creedm3040]

Awesome video! Gorgeous bike for sure. A lot of original thought in the design, definitely unique. That sound is phenomenal ! Best!

[@ikanberapi2189]

4 disc brake, a unrecognizeable front shock which i never see, beautiful engine, man really is the dream Its a dream because it cost around 100k dollars or more

[@davidbird380]

visited the TE lawrence crash site, his Brough was capable of 108 so as a nod i did that past it. pulled up, there's a small memorial there and had this weird moment, lovely summer evening, no one about, imagined he was there, me licking my lips looking at his Brough, him licking his lips looking at my Panigale. it was a surreal moment. the roads around there are delicious, wide, smooth, so easy to imagine him going flat out.

[@neilfoddering921]

The crash site is not on the existing road. The road in Lawrence’s time was undulating, and since 1935, it has been re-routed. The modern road is flatter and wider than the original. The actual crash site can be reached by a footpath, and is marked by a memorial. There is a second memorial in the small car park on the current route a few hundred yards south of Lawrence’s cottage, which can be misleading, because it refers to Lawrence’s fatal accident being “Near this spot…”, without any reference to the actual crash site.

[@Genesis92]

Nice to see something I've been working on analyzed on this show :)

[@Sr.D]

Looks are subjective, but lets say that they should had take more inspiration from past models...

[@MsLizzylaw]

Totally agree ….

[@jeynes14]

Thank you.

[@512mbflashdrive]

so nice that i've never even heard of them. beautiful machine.

[@girishs1755]

If I had stupid money to throw on a rare, bespoke bike I would choose the Ariel Ace any day. That tuned honda v4 with a frame carved out of a single block of alu is a thing of beauty and has that raw v4 music to go by. The Brough does looks exquisite when you look at all the parts in isolation but when combined it just doesn't work for me. Chris, would love to see you ride the Ariel if you can get your hands on one.

[@carlosandleon]

The ariel is the same bullshit. You’re better off with the honda the engine came from.

[@pyootchnich]

I never heard of the ace before so I googled it. I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I feel like I have to give my eyes a shower.

[@girishs1755]

@@pyootchnich to each his own. The brough looks like an ironing board with wheels imo.

[@girishs1755]

@@carlosandleon go watch 44 teeth review on the ace. You'll change your opinion I bet. It's ok even if you don't so...

[@stuartsharpe5513]

Love it a very special bike you are very a lucky man 😊

[@Ginga7r]

I'm not sure if he had anything to do with this particular bike but if Sam Lovegrove had anything to do with it that's why it's a bikers bike,he is a genius and that is a stunning machine.Great video Sir keep them coming and all the best for 24.

[@robertarthur3711]

When virtually everything else is in the scrap yard this is a proper classic and a pension. What a machine.

[@petittrainguernsey3297]

Even though it’s lost half its value? Not a very good investment.

[@petittrainguernsey3297]

My MZ 251 does exactly the same thing as this Brough neap of junk. And is going up in value!

[@BIBIWCICC]

They only make a “limited” 300 due to emission loop holes. They only need to change a couple of things and call the next model something else then they can knock out another 300. CCM have done this with the spitfire series. It’s a scam really because the buyer thinks they are getting something unique like this Brough but there will be many more and the prices second hand plummet.

[@drink4711]

This bike looks like it's built so well, it will last 100 years

[@ReferenceFidelityComponents]

Anything that rides or sounds like the utterly fantastic RSV Mille is ok in my book. This bike is one to where I make no apologies suggesting that the adjective “delicious” is wholly appropriate!

[@deepindercheema4917]

I might buy one now after seeing this film as they are appearing on the 2nd hand market at about the £20,000 mark. I still think the Vincent is So. Obviously. Superior as predicted right at the end of this film.

[@DoRC]

Does this have the same 20 hour top end rebuild and transmission replacement requirement as the Aston Martin version?

[@muhammadzain7299]

Piece of an art

[@stevetodd9172]

Fecking gorgeous 😎👍🏻

[@blipco5]

BEST OUTRO EVER! 😂🏆

[@hermanhandlebars2687]

Brough Superior hasn't stayed true to anything in is modern presence. It's French built in Toulouse. Ex-pat in Austria owning Brough. The originals from Nottingham were built to spec and of selected parts from the parts market bar some cycle parts.

[@joeblow5037]

Spectatular motorbike! 🥰 Well done, Chris!

[@packhams4]

For my 2 cents worth, its' a beautiful mobile work of art, and it seems to be a competent ride as well. Either you get it or you don't, styling wise. I think its superb and unique, all the better for looking like nothing else. Made in France? Not a problem - if that is where the engineering can be done best. My only concern is the exhaust note but they have to comply with Euro regs I suppose. Well done Mark Upham!

[@The1trueDave]

You were in the right place for some good roads, though I don't blame you for not wanting to ride out through town to get there! I don't 'get' the aesthetics personally, especially the tank straps and extended tailpiece. I know that's a highly subjective thing but it just doesn't seem to 'gel' as a design in the way that something like the Ducati MH900e did. I only mention that bike because that same dealer has several of those in at £25-30k IIRC :-) Anyway I guess if it does it for you that's all that matters (apart from the small matter of coming up with £40k!) and maybe it's a good thing it took a depreciation hit - that way maybe more of them will be ridden rather than kept in glass cases..!

[@LemonDrizzleGang]

Earlier than the 40s TEL died in the 30s Good review of a fascinating bike

[@theoffroadexecutive]

Waiting for your next review….

[@LemonDrizzleGang]

@@theoffroadexecutive thanks coming soon I have been struggling with eye issues 👍

[@theoffroadexecutive]

@@LemonDrizzleGang cool - and best wishes for getting well asap

[@cecilwilson5442]

Great review and particularly interesting with the value and the useable character,, lottery tickets pending 🎄🎄 happy Christmas 🎁 from northern Ireland ☘️☘️☘️☘️

[@chrislaunders8283]

The original company made 100mph bikes in the 20s and 30s, not the 40s, production had ceased by then because of WW2

[@Sirsethtaggart3505]

Beautiful

[@AndrewRockliff]

Excellent review, thanks guys :-) PS Merry Christmas and happt New Year to yourselves and your readers..... just looked at the Brough Superior webpage and the AMB 001 needs to be reviewed by Chris to please.

[@blipco5]

I want one for the handlebar clamp alone. Great job Brough.

[@wesleyjames.]

Phenomenal motorcycle!

[@billycaspersghost7528]

This bike has no "rich history"... Just a rich mans investment. There is no connection between this and the original Brough.

[@Nick-Gye]

Indeed. Annoying when with every Norton review the comments are mainly of the ‘I loved the Norton of the early 70s/ my dad had a 71 Commando etc, so this new one is a dream bike for me’.

[@ironhorsehero1988]

Investment ?, £72k down to £39k hardly an investment, more rich man’s toy to show off to his friends ( I almost said mates 🤣 )

[@williamcb78]

Sounds awesome too !!

[@martinhughes9769]

Love it , not worked out if its the name and its historical reminder of the past , Its a pity they aren't built in Britain,

[@catbreath007]

Love to see Allen Millyard turn two of these engines into a V4 ... THAT would certainly be collectable 😉👌

[@anthonywilliams6764]

I would need to ride this bike in order to qualify my initial thoughts about it, and as an eighty year old who grew up riding British bikes very long distances probably more than several million miles in total, and after living and working for twenty years in the Isle of Man, I think with all modesty, that my opinion is qualified. However, the first impression is that the new Brough Superior was designed by a non Engineer. This bike looks as if a committee of non Engineers decided to make it look antique, and they had a fight as to who could make the ugliest Frankenstein monster to fool the public into thinking that it had a quality which might be called " Aestheically Pleasing", and it fails from every angle that it is looked from. If this sells the first 300 batch, I would be surprised, and can probably guarantee that collectors would buy them, just to store them and hope to make money in fifty years from now, by not unpacking them from the box. In other words, speculators will buy them, NOT riders, as they are ugly, and expensive, just what rich people like to buy for investment purposes.

[@antonios2846]

Finally back with Dream Ride! Do one on Suzuki GSX R 1000 K1

[@rover100bunson]

i like the quality aspect of it, the function over form, but if i had that money i would buy a godet vincent, also built in france

[@my2cents395]

Why limit yourself, buy both.

[@samanthagregoryurich4167]

I think it's high time for a sandwich bag renaissance!

[@paulshort1174]

Do they make an electric version ?

[@ogofog9120]

Are your videos shot in the Peak District? Been living in Ireland for 20 years but originally from Derbyshire

[@russtaylor2122]

Am i the only one who thinks this is a mess? The most basic design consideration would have been the angle of the cylinders. Park this next to an old Brough and tell me you prefer this dog. Anyone buying a sports bike will laugh whilst walking past this to buy their R1. This is a millionaires tax dodge and no more. You'll never see one on the road as god forbid, it might lose it's 'investment' value.

[@TR5T]

Yes being cruel to be kind, honesty in this case pops the bubble.

[@Sexyoldgeraldorivera]

R1's are either bought by hardcore track riders or fat middle aged men who ride on the only dry sunday morning of the year to buy a coffee.

[@ThatV12MiataBruh]

The latter sounds just like my dad except he has a TL1000R and is 60 years old 😂😂​@Sexyoldgeraldorivera

[@russtaylor2122]

@@Sexyoldgeraldorivera Also sometimes known as MAMILS. Middle Aged Men In Lycra, if they ride a carbon pushbike at sixteen stone...!

[@jamiepops62]

I agree, it's possibly the ugliest bike I've ever seen. Speaking as someone who who loves bikes from the 30s&40s the aesthetics are warped out of shape. We used to think MZ's were designed by people sat in separate rooms and whatever they came up with were thrown together in the end. I'd say that's what has happened here. I agree the parts are hand built and very nice but when put together it reminds me of Johnny Cash's Cadillac

[@JOEBOWERY]

Read the book : The Mint by T.E. Lawrence if you have a chance

[@muhammadzain7299]

wow. EPIC.

[@johncartwright8154]

My Father had a Brough in the late 1930s, affordable to him as he and his brother rebuilt a crash-damaged example. Mothballed during the war, he sold it after being severely injured in the last days of the North African campaign in May 1943 when he was a RCofS despatch rider, and having a full leg amputation as a result. Shame he didn't keep it considering the value now!

[@lunacougar]

Is it possible to get one with a pillion seat?

[@coffinman5007]

Not this model but they make others, like the dagger.

[@briangenn6479]

I’ll take one.

[@MadChalet]

It's cool to see this ridden, I've only ever seen them sitting still, in pics. Now, if the standard critique was applied to this bike how would it stack up (handling, braking [those are small rotors by today's standards, even for laid back bikes], roll-on, etc.)? I suspect that it's so exclusive price wise and status wise that Brough admirers find such questions insulting. 😂 Me, I'll take the Aprilia RSV you mention. To each their own, though.👍

[@jodyswallow1008]

Nice looking bike. Beautiful exhaust lines. LED headlight 🤦‍♂️

[@bazxl57]

Looks terrible look at the V of the engine an those master cylinders look like salt & pepper pots cheap ones as well. CNC machined parts never look good on a classic bike anyway.

[@pauln6803]

I still have a huge soft spot for the old Mille - owned 4 in succession.

[@samhackney5977]

Two wheel Bugatti! Beautiful.

[@RichardParsons65]

T.E. Lawrence also wrote 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom'. One for each Brough, perhaps?

[@LeeTillbury]

So Chris, when are you gonna throw your leg over that TZ500 in the background there?❤

[@leslieaustin151]

Brough Sups heyday was 1920s - 1930s, by mid to late 1940s they were beyond saving, unfortunately. Not impressed by this ‘late incarnation’ being made in France.. but it sounds very nice and I’m happy to take your word, Chris, on how good it is. I’ll never ride one! Les

[@simonholland]

Impressive to look at, probably very nice to ride but sounds like a budget 500cc parallel twin, that spoils it for me.

[@650Max]

It's doubtless very well engineered, but why did they have to make it so unrelentingly ugly?

[@michelod.i.y.5202]

Beautiful bike, that front mud guard needs to be longer, protect that beautifully made radiator

[@BMW7series251]

My Grandfather who died in 1958 had a Brough for about 15 years. After he passed Gran sold the bike for £25!! My Dad went barmy!

[@pauljnight8620]

I think George Brough would have trouble keeping his dinner down!

[@MegaTubescreamer]

every bit as valid even more so than any motorcycle vintage or modern, and this is what `triumph` have depressingly failed to achieve in their long and illustrious history, the buffoons in the R&d need waking up ,imagine a triumph veetwin akin to this marque, 9whereabouts did you do the road test out of curiosity lads ? it looks very familiar👍

[@mrPaullau]

A modern/brand new water cooled V twin with Brough Superior on the tank does NOT make it a Brough Superior.

[@SRJCUSSEN]

Ride it Rollie!!! Noice!

[@presstodelete1165]

An old drinking buddy of my dad had shome shares in the original Brough, he showed me his cirtificates once. He was an interesting old character, Henry More's brother in law.

[@-1-2-1-]

I'm sorry. I think it looks extremely ugly. Like someone welded together random parts form a scrapyard.

[@Arthurzeiro]

Here where I live we have a saying that translates into something like "Taste is like a right arm, everyone has their own, but some don't have any"

[@PissTakeProduction]

Please add to your comment what bike you ride to show your style choice.

[@jota1221]

Interesting but not for me, but then I think an RD350LC was one of the best looking bikes ever made.

[@stevelawrie9115]

Nice 🙂

[@paullacey2999]

It doesnt float my boat at all.Give me a RC30 anyday...

[@williamrae9954]

RC30 prices will bomb once that generation hit their 70s...this will appreciate

[@inialoane]

Great bike, sounds like my Ducati.

[@Corné-o6h]

Interesting yes and superior job to have build it. But.. I prefer Moto Guzzi La Macchina 850 By MCNC.

[@pyootchnich]

I looked it up. That is a beautiful bike. But that is a one off and this Brough is a production built bike that’s easily accessible.

[@gretchensghost]

Interesting video. Interesting bike. Maybe it looks better in the flesh? I always thought that the design of the seat and tail unit jarred a bit with the tank. Not a bike that the eye flowed pleasingly over. It would be nice to have the money to throw a set of bags over the back and put some summer touring miles on. Just for shits and giggles.

[@CharlesSmith-zt7vt]

To me it looks a badly proportioned mess with a whole bunch of styling elements that just don't fit together. I'm glad to hear that it's a decent bike that rides well, but there's a thousand other bikes I would rather look at.

[@micklinn64]

Beautiful engineering detail but overall that is majorly Fugly.

[@mark675]

Not my type of bike but the Engineering is great

[@Scott-sb1xi]

Sounds like a 650 Versys.

[@metalheartmachine]

Way too fiddly with the details. You don’t machine for the sake of machining. Too much of the ‘Confederate’ cycles look to it.

[@collyernicholasjohn]

I’m asucker for bikes like this., even though I get better value for money from any of the big four, Ducati, etc. …. remarkable achievement for such a small, French workshop. Sidenote, those bars are bloody narrow.

[@jamesstenner8335]

Wow wow wow that thing looks soooo good anyone who loves bikes knows brough is a dream bike and they have done it’s name justice with this , I may have to sell the wife and kids to get one but my god it would be worth it ( sorry Lisa but your on eBay ) just looks so retro and beautiful. And I’m a sports bike rider but man I appreciate the build and looks of this machine

[@chirag4]

LOL

[@_ashwinkasaragod_]

Waiting for the Himalayan review 💀