Aston Martin Has Built A £95k, 1000bhp/Tonne Motorbike

For some reason Aston Martin has teamed up with revived classic brand Brough Superior to create a track-only hyperbike with a turbocharged V-twin
Aston Martin Has Built A £95k, 1000bhp/Tonne Motorbike

You’re looking at a commercial tie-in between Aston Martin and Brough Superior, a classic motorbike brand responsible for what became known as the world’s first superbike before eventually going bust in the 1940s.

The AMB001 is a lightweight(ish) and unique take on the modern motorbike, albeit not road legal. Double-wishbone front forks and a svelte, drone-like carbonfibre body painted Stirling Green with lime highlights make it look like nothing else out there.

Aston Martin Has Built A £95k, 1000bhp/Tonne Motorbike

Its turbocharged 997cc V-twin produces an under-stressed 180bhp but no doubt vast reserves of torque. At 180kg dry, the bike boasts a theoretical 1000bhp per tonne. This is just the start, we’re told, with more collaborations on the way between the two brands.

There are aerodynamic wings for actual downforce, the Oxford Tan saddle is hand-stitched and just 100 of the bikes will be made at the Brough Superior factory in France. The price is £95,000, making it a pretty expensive toy if you can only use it on track days, but we fully expect at least 95 of the 100 never to turn a wheel in anger anyway. Climate-controlled garages await.

Comments

Tomislav Celić

First mansions now bikes?

Aston really is expanding it’s fleet.

11/06/2019 - 10:57 |
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Next Bond-X space exploration

11/06/2019 - 12:07 |
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If I’m not mistaken they did a boat too

11/06/2019 - 13:08 |
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Dan H.

Anotha’ one

11/06/2019 - 11:18 |
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Niko Ala-Rämi 🇫🇮

Yeah, this is gonna be a new trend

11/06/2019 - 11:18 |
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Nishant Dash

I swear this was way funnier in my head…

11/06/2019 - 11:38 |
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Olivier (CT's grammar commie)

That’s a kinda interesting bike. On one hand, most (if not all) superbikes save the HP2 and the
old VFR are all inline-fours, and even there the old VFR had a V4. The only regular superbike I can think of that came with a V-Twin is the Ducati 948/998/1098.

180 hp isn’t exceptional at all in the superbike segment (the R1, the CBR1000RR, the GSXR1000R, the ZX-10R, etc, all have equal or superior power). However, 180 hp from a sporty V-Twin is something only seen with Ducati, so it’s pretty interesting, especially knowing they rev less than inline-fours or V4s, but they are a lot more torquey. Nonetheless, it’s still excessively overpriced considering the average performance.

11/06/2019 - 19:07 |
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