Well that's another one down. To celebrate, today we are broadcasting in stereo. Just buy two copies of The Weekend Australian at the correct price of $4 each and place them at either end of the dining room table.
Anyway, the good news for the three of you who ride motorcycles is that Aston Martin and Brough Superior are going to hand-make 100 track-only bikes at Thierry Henriette's Boxer factory in Toulouse, France.
Up until the second big one, George Brough made the Rolls-Royce of motorbikes. In fact, his workers wore white gloves much like they do at the Sultan's BMW service shop in Stepney. His most famous creation was the SS100. It was not only good for 100mph (160km/h), George personally drove everyone at that speed and then signed a certificate saying this bike cracked the ton.
Austria-based English ex-Ducati dealer Mark Upham bought the rights to the Brough Superior name in 2008. After turning out a few continuation models, he got together with Thierry Henriette at Boxer Design to turn out a new SS100. Like George's original bikes, each one is made to order with a choice of three finishes. Under the seat is a 990cc engine putting out 75KW for a machine that only weighs 186kg. It's good for 217km/h and yours for only $120k.
The Aston bike is being built at Thierry's Toulouse atelier with a V-twin turbocharged donk putting out 134KW in a 180kg machine. Look to pay close to $200k by the time you get it to Toorak.