Photo: Aston Martin
We’re used to seeing prestige car manufacturers lend their names to projects outside their official line of business, but most of the time these projects are limited to concept ideas that never make it into production. Every now and then though, something changes.
At this weeks EICMA 2019 motorcycle show in Milan, British car builder Aston Martin announced a partnership with British-based Brough Superior Motorcycles for the creation of a track-only bike the likes of which the world has never seen.
The bike is called AMB 001 and is supposed to blend “Aston Martin design and state-of-the-art Brough Superior engineering.” Which means Brough took care of performance, while Aston was charged with making the bike look like no other.
And we’ll start with what Brough added to the mix, and that essentially is a V-twin turbo-charged engine that develops a heart stopping 180 hp on a 180 kg bike. This engine is the first turbo V-twin configuration used by the bike maker on one of its models since it was established in 1919.
Holding the engine is a bike frame and body that are lightweight and sleek. The said dry weight was achieved through the widespread use of materials like carbon fiber, titanium and billet aluminum, while the looks are there to remind of mid-engined Aston Martin cars.
Wearing the carmaker’s Stirling Green and Lime Essence colors, the bike boasts a carbon fiber fin designed to mimic Aston car wings. Other elements, like the nine-micron stainless steel wings fitted on the nose and the tank, have been adapted straight from the Valkyrie.
Aston and Brough will build the AMB 001 in very limited numbers – 100 units – starting next year. The price for one is out of this world: €108,000, including 20 percent VAT. The partners say deliveries of the bikes should begin in the fourth quarter of next year.
The bike is called AMB 001 and is supposed to blend “Aston Martin design and state-of-the-art Brough Superior engineering.” Which means Brough took care of performance, while Aston was charged with making the bike look like no other.
And we’ll start with what Brough added to the mix, and that essentially is a V-twin turbo-charged engine that develops a heart stopping 180 hp on a 180 kg bike. This engine is the first turbo V-twin configuration used by the bike maker on one of its models since it was established in 1919.
Holding the engine is a bike frame and body that are lightweight and sleek. The said dry weight was achieved through the widespread use of materials like carbon fiber, titanium and billet aluminum, while the looks are there to remind of mid-engined Aston Martin cars.
Wearing the carmaker’s Stirling Green and Lime Essence colors, the bike boasts a carbon fiber fin designed to mimic Aston car wings. Other elements, like the nine-micron stainless steel wings fitted on the nose and the tank, have been adapted straight from the Valkyrie.
Aston and Brough will build the AMB 001 in very limited numbers – 100 units – starting next year. The price for one is out of this world: €108,000, including 20 percent VAT. The partners say deliveries of the bikes should begin in the fourth quarter of next year.
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