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I believe that these were only made for the Japanese domestic market, although a few did sneak out.

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Isn't it a Honda thingy? Didn't they come free with some SUV or other?
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Speaking of bikes, does anyone know what kind of bike Peter O'Toole is riding at the beginning of the film Lawrence of Arabia?
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Here's the real Lawrence of Arabia. I t was a brough superior though in the movie Im not sure if they used a real Brough.

http://www.broughsuperiorclub.com/pa..._files/TEL.wmv

open the above in media player and decide for yourself.
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Nick, BRILLIANT! Thanks for that.
I just saw it on TV last night and really like the tone of the exhaust on that bike.
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I watched it last night and the first thing I said to the wife was he is riding a ........I was wrong the brough go from 20,000 to 3,000,000 becuase of the connection to Lawrence....

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Sorry,
The bike in the picture IS NOT a Brough Superior
and I am sure that Lawrence never rode one of these.
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On 2007-01-16 13:27, Wombat wrote:
Sorry,
The bike in the picture IS NOT a Brough Superior
and I am sure that Lawrence never rode one of these.
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What is it then?

This is one looks mighty similar to my untrained eye:


He most certainly did ride a Brough:
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There is plent of written and photogrphic evidence that Lawrence road a Brough and the one in the picture looks to me like a Brough.
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I think Wombat was saying that the bike in the first post of this thread is not a Brough.....sorta trying to get the thread back on topic.....
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