It’s all about nostalgia this week, with a special Brough Superior SS100, a new exhibition at the Petersen Automotive Museum, and a documentary about a single-owner Ducati 750 SS. Plus we have a Suzuki GS1000 restomod from Malaysia, and a Ducati Scrambler flat tracker from the UK.

Supercharged Brough Superior SS100 by Ewan Cameron The legendary Brough Superior SS100 was the fastest production bike in the world when it was first released. The ‘100’ in its designation stood for 100 mph, and each bike was tested by the factory to make sure it could hit that before it was delivered.
100 mph was a big deal in the 1930s, but Noel Pope saw potential for more. In 1939 he added a supercharger to his SS100, then set a top speed record of 124.51 mph around the Brooklands racing circuit. This Brough Superior SS100 isn’t his, but it’s as close as you’ll get.
This faithful replica was built by Ewan Cameron?a Brough enthusiast, and the owner of the JAP specialist shop, Cameron Engineering. Ewan got hooked on the marque when his father sat him on the tank of his 1926 SS100 as a child, and set off down the road. That bike was eventually sold, but then, at the age of 17, Ewan began collecting the parts for this build.

Over the years, Ewan amassed everything he needed to build his own Pope Special. The parts included a 1,000 cc 1938-model JAP v-twin motor that was once used in a Formula 2 race car, a rare Sturmey Archer three-speed racing transmissi...