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tallbloke says...

Here we fucking go again.

 

<awaits response that can be responded to>

 

O.K., I've spent a little time googling and the only references to top
speed I've been able to find are along the lines of "Every SS100 will
be despatched with a written guarantee,signed by the Maker, that the
Machine has actually been timed over 100 m.p.h.for a quarter of a
mile. A Private Road has been very kindly offered to the Manufacturer
for the purpose of this guarantee."

So, under what circumstances could an SS100 go at more the 160mph -
assuming the engine could reliably make the order of 120bhp?

 

<Ralph mode>

My cats breath smells of cat food.

</Rm>

 

Various, apparently:
http://www.carrickdesign.co.uk/Brough/Main.htm

 

Did you try the link in my post?

 

Ah, now that I've re-read the page rather than just scanning it, "The
Fastest British-made Motor Cycle ever Built: 169.8 m.p.h. - Gyon -
April, 1937 (Official F.I.C.M.)"

Fair enough.

 

I appear to be in an orthopedic chair at the moment.

 

Perhaps enemies could count... You could draw in a fucking mint...
--
O
1 Black, shortly to undergo extensive surgery.
1 Red, undergoing lightweight surgery. -----
1 Blue, for Power-Ranger baiting. | o |
Numbers ... | o |
Stuff ... | ooo |
Life ... -----

 

Fucking Muppets!
--
O
1 Black, shortly to undergo extensive surgery.
1 Red, undergoing lightweight surgery. -----
1 Blue, for Power-Ranger baiting. | o |
Numbers ... | o |
Stuff ... | ooo |
Life ... -----

 

SIDE-CAR
1924.. H.Le Vack speed .. 99.8 M.P.H.
1937.. E.Fernihough speed ..137.1 M.P.H. (Flying Kilometer)

When men were men, and handlebars were brazed straight into the top yoke.

 

Have a look at pip's URL too.

 

Strap a J.A.P. to it then.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, tallbloke

*Nice*
--
Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

"This Brough is now in the Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham."

Not any more, it's not.

That's the pisser about the NMM fire - a lot of machines like that with
family history were lost.

--

Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10

 

That's amazing, having seen a fair few bits of 1920s and 1930s
technology up close[1].

[1]Used to clean the machine swarf trays out sweep up in an engineering
workshop that built / rebuilt shiteoldcars and bikes as a kid.

 

Aye.
<raises scotch solemnly>
The passing of an era.

It's pepped up the classics market a bit mined ewe.

 

<sneaks out to local Jap SOB dealer with petrol can and matches>

 

Sidecar?

 

No. Freddie Frith on a 500 Norton.

Obviously well screwed together