I think they may have used a Vincent in the movie but T. E. Lawrence rode
only Broughs. He was a personal friend of the company's founder, George
Brough, and had seven Brough Superiors, designated George I through George
VII. He was awaiting delivery of George VIII at the time he was killed.
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>I think it was subject to a fair amount of speculation at the time as they
>found his body after the event. From what I recall of reading about it
there
>were all sorts of conspiracy theories going around about it at the time
too.
>The bee theory is what was used in trivial pursuit (of all places!). I
was
>sure it was a Vincent Velocette... dunno why, just romantic notions I think.
>I bow to your "Superior" knowledge ;o)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Raimo Korhonen
>
>Brough Superior is correct but I read that he rode out because of trying
>to avoid people (children?) on the road. Or is this just from the movie?
>All the best!
>
>>Mike wrote:
>>
>>>Mick wrote:
>>>
>>>> He was killed by a bee too... just a small piece of trivia... Well
>>>> actually he was stung by a bee which got in his coat, this distracted
>>>> him and he hurtled head first into a tree on his Vincent motorbike.
>>>
>>>Also, the real Lawrence looked a LOT like Peter O'Toole, or vice-versa.
>>
>>And also, his motorcycle was a Brough Superior, not a Vincent.
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Mark Roberts
www.robertstech.com
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