Aston Martin and Brough Superior have revealed the AMB 002 Roadster, the first road-legal motorcycle to come out of a partnership that until now has built only track bikes. An all-new 1083cc V-twin sits in a titanium backbone frame milled from solid billet. It carries the double-wishbone Fior front end that has defined Brough Superior’s modern machines. Production is capped at 300 motorcycles, orders are open, and first deliveries are scheduled for the third quarter of 2027. Neither company has announced a price.

1. The new AMB 002 Roadster is the first Aston Martin motorcycle a customer can ride on the road. The partnership opened in 2019 with the AMB 001, a turbocharged 997cc V-twin making 180 horsepower. The AMB 001 was limited to 100 examples at €108,000 and sold as a track-only machine. The AMB 001 Pro followed at EICMA in November 2022 with 225 horsepower and a cap of 88 motorcycles, again for closed circuits only. The AMB 002 changes the terms. “Having created two of the most remarkable track-only motorcycles ever built in the AMB 001 and AMB 001 Pro, it was always a long-term dream to make an Aston Martin motorcycle for the road,” said Marek Reichman, Executive Vice President and Chief Creative Officer of Aston Martin.

 

2. The new engine is larger, yet deliberately less powerful. The 1083cc 88-degree V-twin is water-cooled, runs double overhead cams and four valves per cylinder through a composite chain-and-gear drive. It puts out a conservative 130 horsepower and 81 lb-ft of torque. The bore and stroke combination is solidly oversquare at 98.0 x 71.8mm, with the stroke matching the 997cc track engine, with the added displacement coming from a 4mm larger bore. That is 50 horsepower below the AMB 001 and 95 horses below the Pro, and it arrives without a turbocharger. Brough Superior designs, machines, and assembles the engine in Toulouse, including billet crankcases. Thierry Henriette, President of Brough Superior Motorcycles, said the roadster “offers exhilarating sensations, creating the impression of becoming one with a lightweight, precise blade, propelled by our all-new, even more powerful engine.”

3. The 11-pound titanium frame is milled from a single billet. It forms a structural spine rather than a cradle. The load-carrying engine has an aluminum rear subframe bolted behind it. Brough Superior calls the backbone layout its signature architecture. The company credits the frame with the AMB 002’s 50:50 weight distribution. Carbon fiber bodywork and a carbon fiber fuel tank keep mass low and centralized. Claimed weight is 419 pounds, while rake is 21.3 degrees and the wheelbase measures 57.9 inches.

4. The front end is a double-wishbone assembly rather than a telescopic fork. Brough Superior’s Fior-type front suspension uses CNC-machined aluminum with twin articulated triangular links and a spring-preload- and rebound-adjustable shock. The system separates steering loads from braking loads and holds the front-end geometry steady. The anti-dive geometry keeps the chassis settled under braking, including when the bike is leaned into a corner. The AMB 002 unit is an evolution of the system developed for the AMB 001 Pro. “The rider’s upright posture and the completely unobstructed field of vision combine to create a unique feeling of gliding above the road with absolute confidence and complete control,” Henriette said.

5. That front suspension layout carries a name from racing history. Engineers know it as the Hossack/Fior design, after British engineer Norman Hossack, who developed it, and French engineer and constructor Claude Fior, who campaigned it on Grand Prix machines in the 1980s. John Britten used the same idea on his eponymous V1000. The wishbones carry what Hossack called a steered upright, which keeps steering inputs and suspension loads on separate paths instead of running both through a pair of sliding tubes. The rear shock is adjustable for spring preload and rebound damping, and connects to the CNC-machined aluminum swingarm via a progressive linkage assembly.

6. The wheel hardware matches the frame’s ambition. The wheels are machined aluminum with 10 spokes, a 3.50-inch-wide H-spoke front rim wearing a 120/70-17, and a 6.00-inch-wide honeycomb-spoke rear carrying a 190/55-17. Stainless steel 320mm discs run four-piston radial calipers up front, with a single 230mm disc and a two-piston caliper at the rear.

7. Aston Martin’s design studio shaped everything a rider sees. The side strake from the company’s cars pierces the fairing and runs forward to wrap the headlamp. Twin oval exhausts carry ribbed heat sinks that echo the finishers on the Vanquish, DB12 S, and DBX S automobiles. The rear light blades are the same type used on the Vulcan, Valkyrie, and Valhalla hypercars. Crescent-shaped gills cut into the flanks to feed engine cooling, while the mirrors hang from wire-design stalks. The carbon fiber tank and side fairings are shaped to rise toward the rider under braking. Keyless operation, a backlit ignition button, and hand-crafted leather seat pads come from Aston Martin’s production cars.

8. Both names on the tank are British, and both are more than a century old. Aston Martin dates to 1913, when Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford went into business together. The company builds cars at Gaydon, in Warwickshire. Brough Superior opened in Nottingham in 1919. The AMB series is Aston Martin’s only motorcycle product line, and the company treats it as a business rather than a one-off. “What began as an ambitious union of two historic British names has evolved into a powerhouse of luxury co-creation,” said Stefano Saporetti, Director of Brand Diversification for Aston Martin. “The commercial journey from our first limited run to our current portfolio proves that the appetite for Aston Martin’s design language extends far beyond four wheels.”

9. The Brough Superior building this motorcycle is a French company. George Brough’s original firm ran from 1919 to 1940 and produced roughly 3,048 motorcycles across 19 models, which have been called the Rolls-Royce of motorcycles. Author T.E. Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, owned seven. He had an eighth on order when he died in 1935 of injuries from a crash on the last one delivered to him. Motorcycle production stopped in 1940 and never resumed. British businessman Mark Upham acquired the rights to the name in 2008 and brought in Thierry Henriette, head of the French design house Boxer Design, who produced a new SS100 prototype for Milan in 2013. Henriette went on to own the factory and fund production, which began in 2016. The motorcycles are designed and built in Toulouse.

 

10. American buyers have no dealer to order from. Brough Superior’s dealer list covers Australia, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Japan, and Portugal. Brough Superior says it is not currently represented in the US. It also warns that a site using the address broughsuperiormotorcycles.us is unauthorized and cannot process orders. Aston Martin and Brough Superior have not published a price for the AMB 002, and the collaborators have not said how the 300-unit run will be allocated by market. Initial orders are being taken now, with deliveries starting in the third quarter of 2027.

11. Brough Superior spent two model cycles chasing horsepower, and has refocused with the AMB 002. The AMB 001 made 180 horsepower, and the Pro an additional 45 ponies. The road bike makes do with 130 horsepower from a V-twin with more displacement and no turbocharger. Instead of more power, you get a titanium frame cut from billet, crankcases cut from billet, wishbones cut from billet, and a front suspension design no mass manufacturer sells.

12. There are questions about the Aston Martin AMB 002 Roadster that are yet to be answered. Three hundred motorcycles is a small number; no price has been published, but expect to pay six figures direct at the French factory. Riders in the United States who want one will have to work out for themselves how they will get the motorcycle into the country, register it for the street, and who will service it. This is not a purchase for the faint of heart.

Aston Martin AMB 002 Roadster Specifications

ENGINE

• Type: 88-degree V-twin
• Displacement: 1083cc
• Bore x stroke: 98.0 x 71.8mm
• Maximum power: 130 horsepower
• Maximum torque: 81 lb-ft
• Valvetrain: DOHC; 4 valves per cylinder; chain-and-gear cam drive
• Cooling: Liquid
• Transmission: 6-speed cassette
• Clutch: Wet multiplate w/ APTC slipper and hydraulic actuation

CHASSIS

• Frame: CNC-machined billet titanium backbone w/ structural engine and aluminum rear frame
• Front suspension; travel: Fior-type CNC-machined aluminum double-wishbone w/ twin articulated triangular links and spring-preload and rebound-damping adjustable monoshock; 3.9 inches
• Rear suspension; travel: Spring-preload and rebound-damping adjustable linkage-assisted monoshock w/ CNC-machined aluminum swingarm; 4.9 inches
• Front wheel: 3.50 x 17 inches
• Rear wheel: 6.00 x 17 inches
• Front tire: 120/70-17
• Rear tire: 190/55-17
• Front brakes: 320mm stainless steel discs w/ 4-piston radial calipers
• Rear brake: 230mm stainless steel disc w/ 2-piston caliper

DIMENSIONS and CAPACITIES

• Wheelbase: 57.9 inches
• Rake: 21.3 degrees
• Seat height: 34.4 inches
• Weight: 419 pounds

Aston Martin AMB 002 Roadster Price: N/A