The rare and beautiful Brough Superior SS100 is one of the most famous motorcycles ever made. Originally marketed as the ‘Rolls-Royce of Motorcycles,’ each unit shipped with a guarantee that it was capable of 100 mph.
The last place you?d expect to find a Brough Superior is in the heartland of Russia, over 2,500 miles from the Nottingham factory where it was built. But that?s where this stunning example lives: in the Motorworld by V. Sheyanov museum in the former ?closed city? of Samara.

Despite the brutal environs?temperatures stay below freezing point for five months of the year?Motorworld is the largest private collection of vintage motorcycles in Russia.
It?s been a long and strange journey for this SS100. It?s now in the care of museum founder Vyacheslav Sheyanov, who also owns a Brough Superior Austin Four, an SS80 and an 11-50, as well as this SS100.
The SS100 was technically the world’s first custom motorcycle: each Brough was built to order, according to the customer’s spec. And the bikes were constructed by hand using high-end components from multiple sources.
The motor came from J.A.P., the transmission from Sturmey-Archer, and the forks from the Castle Fork and Accessory Co., built to George Brough’s design.

This particular SS100 originally belonged to a very special customer: Dunlop Tyres, who bought it in 1931 to commemorate their 40th anniversary. They used it for advertising and promotional events, and to test out th...