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George Brough and Lawrence of Arabia

Brough Superior
Brough Superior SS100
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.
 
Colonel Lawrence ride a Brough Superior SS100
Colonel Lawrence
.George Brough + T.E. Lawrence
Lawrence of Arabia
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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.' 


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