Road-Legal Yet Lethal!
We all know Aston Martin has spent decades building four-wheeled dream cars for the well-off, but they’ve also decided two wheels are just as great when it comes to expanding the family business! Since 2019, the British luxury car makers have been teaming up with French motorcycle specialist Brough Superior – once known as the Rolls-Royce of motorcycles!
Their first creation, the turbocharged AMB 001, was strictly track-only, as was the sick 225-horsepower AMB 001 Pro that followed in 2022. Now, the gloves are off and the number plates are on! Meet the AMB 002 Roadster, Aston Martin’s first motorcycle designed for public roads!
Covered in sculpted carbon fibre, the 002 has more curves than your average a country road and enough Aston Martin DNA to make a DB12 blush! The signature side vents slice through the fairing, while the twin oval exhausts wear ribbed heat sinks inspired by the Vanquish, DB12 S and DBX S machines.
Out back, blade-style taillights take their cues from the Vulcan, Valkyrie and Valhalla hypercars. Add crescent-shaped cooling vents, wire-thin mirrors and hand-crafted leather saddle pads, and you’ve got one seriously sought-after motorbike specimen!
Underneath that exclusive bodywork sits an all-new, water-cooled 1,083cc V-twin – designed and assembled at Brough Superior’s Toulouse headquarters. Output is quoted at 130 horsepower, backed by a hefty 81 lb-ft of torque. Rather than chasing stratospheric revs, this machine is tuned for muscular low- and mid-range punch! The engine hangs from a titanium backbone machined from a single billet weighing just 5 kg, while the complete motorcycle tips the scales at a claimed 190 kg! All in all, a very nice recipe for a serious Sunday morning run!
That was the braun, now for the brain. Forget conventional telescopic forks; Brough Superior’s double-wishbone Fior front suspension separates steering and braking forces, helping maintain geometry and resist nose-diving under hard braking. It’s super slick engineering worthy of a machine wearing such an illustrious badge!
Pricing remains a mystery, but the track-only AMB 001 launched at around $170,000, so expect the Roadster to seek similar coin. Production is limited to just 300 hand-built examples, with orders open and deliveries scheduled for the third quarter of 2027.
With such serious exclusivity and an Aston Martin badge, we know what our two-wheeled weapon of choice will be!
