As hypothetical scenarios go, being asked ‘would you like to ride a Brough Superior at Wheels+Waves this year?’ is a pleasant fantasy. I don’t think it was on anyone’s radar that a Brough would actually be ridden through the Pays Basque in June, winding between all the other groovy custom bikes in the mountains. 8 Broughs would be on display at the Art Ride exhibit, but seeing one on the road…that doesn’t happen enough, anywhere. I was asked the question for real in May, but I didn’t totally trust it would happen, because life is like that. People make promises they can’t keep, stuff comes up – you know. But Mark Upham, who owns Brough Superior, is a man of his word, and I unloaded his 1933 ’11-50’ myself in Biarritz, anxious to get to know the beast.The Vintagent Road Tests come straight from the saddle of the world’s rarest motorcycles. Catch the Road Test series here.








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took some pictures of that bike today in causeway head penzance. lovely machine. my father always wanted one but could never justify buying one. he raced norton replicas at the isle of man. that why i was only allowed a bantam quickly followed by a car as soon as i was 17. mutterings of i am not having both of you on bikes.
A shame, as it’s a really lovely machine.