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HS - which was fitted with a two-speed countershaft gear operated by dog clutches, with chain drive to the gearbox, and John Bull rubber belt drive to the rear wheel over an adjustable pulley allowing the top gear range to be varied. No clutch or kick-start was provided. The second model was the HB, which was fitted with a
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call his new machine. Bob, who has recently acquired a W E Brough , chips in, ” I 've got one of your fathers Brough machines and yours is better than that, why not 'Brough
Superior'. Robert Blay is also later recorded as the first owner of a Nottingham 1922 Mark I side-valve machine, registration AU 5708
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George Brough had been a partner in his father's company. He split from it in 1919,(father
William objected to the costs of the new 500cc engine George had been testing, it was all about cost ) and started his own factory on Hadyn Road in Nottingham.The first Brough Superiors were made in the garage
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At the end of 1918, George Brough had been developing his own ideas on the design of his father’s flat twin engine. A new 500cc job .The engine had detachable heads with the valve seats integral and the rockers 'enclosed in neat aluminium cases'. Light aluminium pistons, roller bearing crankshaft,
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2/2/1919 A friend & drinking crony of George, called 'Bob' Blay purchased a W E Brough. Registration Al 4659 Georges first 90 Bore prototype HP 2122 was made mid 1919. George Brough and Bob Blay propped up the bar in a pub. George after a few beers is saying he really does not know what to
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3-speed hub gearbox and handle starter. The third model was the HTT, which was very similar to the HS but fitted with a specially tuned engine with high-compression, lightweight steel pistons, different camshafts, and special front cylinder lubrication.
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