Negli
anni Venti, molti costruiscono moto di lusso, raffinate, e costosissime.
Fra questi, George Brough: le sue "Superior" ( per distinguerle dalle semplici
Brough fabbricate dal padre William ), costruite a mano "su misura" del
cliente, sono definite ben presto le Rolls-Royce delle moto. Parecchi i
clienti famosi della Casa: il più conosciuto è il colonnello
Laurence d'Arabia , che fu il possessore di ben 7 motociclette di questa
marca. La produzione della Brough Superior, attiva fino al 1940, non supera
le 3000 unità.
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Probably
the best known of Brough Superior devotees was Colonel T E Lawrence, Lawrence
of Arabia. Between 1922 and his death in 1935, Lawrence owned seven Broughs
of which six were Model SS 100s and his writings contain many passages
referring to the pleasures of riding these big twis. Lawrence of Arabia
loved his motorcycling and his motorcycle. 'A skittish motorbike,' he said;
'with a touch of blood in it is better than all the riding animals on earth,
because of its logical extension of our faculties, and the hint, the provocation,
to excess conferred by its honeyed untiring smoothness. Because Boa' -
Boa was Lawrence's pet name for his Brough - 'loves me, he gives me five
more miles of speed than a stranger would get from him.' |