J. A. Prestwich Industries
J. A. Prestwich Industries, was a British engineering equipment manufacturing company named after founder John Alfred Prestwich, which was formed in 1951 by the amalgamation of J. A. Prestwich and Company Limited and Pencils Ltd.
J. A. Prestwich Industries
J. A. Prestwich 'Jap' speedway bike, Sydney, 9 February 1946.
1948 Elstar JAP Grasstrack, National Motor Museum Monorail
1950 Rotrax JAP Speedway, National Motor Museum Monorail
Brough Superior motorcycles, sidecars, and motor cars were made by George Brough in his Brough Superior works on Haydn Road in Nottingham, England, from 1919 to 1940. The motorcycles were dubbed the "Rolls-Royce of Motorcycles" by H. D. Teague of The Motor Cycle newspaper. Approximately 3048 motorcycles were made in the 21 years of production; around a third of that production still exists. T. E. Lawrence owned eight of these motorcycles and died from injuries sustained when he crashed number seven; the eighth was on order. Moving forward to 2008, vintage motorcycle enthusiast Mark Upham acquired the rights to the Brough Superior name. In 2013 he met motorcycle designer Thierry Henriette and asked him to design a new Brough Superior motorcycle. Three months later a prototype of a new SS100 was shown in Milan.
Brough Superior SS 100 1925
T. E. Lawrence's seventh Brough Superior, GW 2275, the one on which he had his fatal crash. It is at the Imperial War Museum.
Modern SS100 (with modern Pendine in the background)