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George Brough-Owned 1939 Brough Superior SS100 Up For Auction

At the Bonhams Stafford Sale of Important Collectors’ Motorcycles and Related Memorabilia on April 27th, a 1939 Brough Superior SS100formerly owned by the famed designer, George Brough, will be put up for auction with other notable motorcycles and related items. George Brough and Motor Cycling journalist Henry Laird participating in the 1939 London-Edinburgh endurance event. The Brough Superior, license number ’FTV 702’, was originally a sidecar that was registered by Brough on May 24, 1939.

2010 Vyrus 987 C3 4V [video]

The new Vyrus 987 flies high even in the rarefied air of ultra sportbikes. It marries a 185-horse Ducati 1198R engine with a hub-center-steered Bimota chassis unlike anything else on the market. Still not cool enough for ya?

EBR First American Sportbike To Score Points In WSBK, Makes History

The EBR 1190RX had its best finish to date in the FIM Superbike World Championship (WSBK) series during the only US round at Laguna Seca in Salinas, Calif., this past weekend. In an exciting twist, the wild card entry of Larry Pegram running the #72 Foremost Insurance/EBR/AMSOIL/Hero entry garnered a 14th place finish in the second race, earning the first-ever WSBK points for an American motorcycle manufacturer.  [In actuality, Pegram's EBR crossed the line in 16th place. However, the two Bimota BB3 entries who finished eighth and ninth with riders Ayrton Badovini and Christian Iddon, respectively, have had their finishes nullified all season because Bimota has not met the FIM's homologation requirements.