Had the EICMA 2020 event taken place last year in Italy, the world would have been treated to what is described by its makers “the most high-end motorcycle of the world” a lot sooner. Things being as they are, we had to wait until our calendars showed March 2021 to get a taste of what is the Brough Superior Lawrence.
SHARE The test of the machine is the satisfaction it gives you. There isn t any other test,
Robert Pirsig wrote in
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
He could have been talking about T E Lawrence and his love of Brough Superior motorcycles which were his passion and, eventually, his death.
The British soldier, diplomat and Arabian adventurer died in 1935 after an accident while riding the Brough Superior SS100 near his Dorset home.
His love of the motorbike will soon be celebrated with the release of a Brough Superior model called the Lawrence.
“The design of the bike is inspired by T E Lawrence,” said executive director Albert Castaigne, who in 2014 bought the rights to the brand with former motorbike salesman Thierry Henriette