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1st January 2015
A Bike for Lawrence of
Arabia!
T. E.
Lawrence is
one of my heroes and I first
became aware of him, not in
the history class, but when
I watched
(back in 1962)
the awesome film
Lawrence of Arabia
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directed by David Lean.
Lawrence was killed in 1935
riding a Brough
Superior (George VII
Variant) SS100 1000cc when he
swerved to avoid two boys on
the roadway. His career was
a historic one, filled with
excitement and danger,
especially in Arabia and he
died as he lived, heroic to
the end.
The 1939-1945 World War
witnessed the end of Brough
Superior motorcycle
manufacturing but
now the name and the
motorcycle have been
resurrected and there is
even a
Brough
Superior Website
which is worth a visit. Of
course their new bike
technology has come a long
way from those halcyon days,
back in the 1930s.
I would love to own the new
Brough
Superior S.S.100
which is due for release in
2015
and the picture of the bike
is awesome but it is
expected to cost
around 50,000 Euros.
The
Brough
Superior S.S.100 Book
is well worth a read and as
well as a catalogue on the
new S.S.100, it also
includes great historical
facts.
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