British automaker Aston Martin and historic British motorcycle marque Brough Superior have built their first road-legal motorcycle, the AMB 002 Roadster, around a titanium frame that weighs just 5 kg (11 lbs). Revealed on September 9, 2026, the bike follows the track-only AMB 001 and AMB 001 Pro, introduced in 2019 and 2022, and was designed from scratch for public roads. Much of what defines it starts with that frame.
Milled from solid titanium, the frame forms a structural spine, a defining feature of Brough Superior’s backbone architecture. The brands say this titanium motorcycle frame weighs a fraction of a conventional design, and it is key to the bike’s 50:50 weight distribution. Carbon fiber body panels and fuel tank lower the center of gravity further, keeping total weight to 190 kg (419 lbs). It is a logic of subtraction Aston Martin also applied to its recent Valen V12 supercar.
A shape drawn around the rider comes from the Aston Martin Design Studio, which sculpted the carbon fiber fuel tank and side fairings into pebble-smooth surfaces that rise to meet the rider when tucked out of the slipstream. Crescent-shaped gills cut into the flanks to aid engine cooling and airflow, while wire-design stalks carry the low-slung mirrors. “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, Aston Martin’s Executive Vice President and Chief Creative Officer.
Car details on two wheels appear across the bodywork. Aston Martin’s side strake pierces the side fairing and extends forward to frame the headlamp, and the twin oval exhausts carry ribbed heat sinks that echo the exhaust finishers of the Vanquish, DB12 S and DBX S. The rear light blades are the same type used on the Vulcan, Valkyrie and Valhalla hypercars. Keyless function, a backlit ignition button and hand-crafted saddle leather seat pads bring in details from the brand’s series production road cars.
An all-new V-twin sits inside the titanium spine: a four-stroke, water-cooled 1,083cc V-twin engine producing 130 bhp and 110 Nm (81 lb-ft) of torque, tuned for strong low and mid-range torque with a smooth top end. Brough Superior designs, machines and assembles the engine in-house at its headquarters in Toulouse, France. Its engine cases are CNC-machined from billet, a process chosen for weight reduction and structural efficiency.
Up front, the Fior fork replaces the conventional telescopic fork with a double-wishbone layout that separates steering and braking forces. An evolution of the system developed for the AMB 001 Pro, this Fior fork front suspension keeps precise control of the front-end geometry. Its anti-dive characteristics are designed to keep the bike stable under braking, including when the rider brakes while leaned into a corner.
Upright rather than tucked is how Brough Superior describes riding the first road-legal Aston Martin motorcycle, engineered without carry-over components from the partnership’s earlier models. For Brough Superior president Thierry Henriette, the posture shapes the whole experience. “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,” he said.
Just 300 motorcycles will be individually built, and initial orders for the AMB 002 Roadster are now being taken, with first deliveries scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2027. Pricing was not included in the announcement. According to the brands, production stays limited for the same reason as on the AMB 001 and AMB 001 Pro: the level of craftsmanship involved is incompatible with mass production.
Beyond four wheels is where Aston Martin places the Aston Martin and Brough Superior partnership commercially. Stefano Saporetti, the brand’s Director of Brand Diversification, said the collaboration “proves that the appetite for Aston Martin’s design language extends far beyond four wheels when paired with Brough Superior’s unparalleled engineering.” It is the same executive who presented the Dreadnought, the V12 tactical SUV Aston Martin designed for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, as a gateway for a younger audience.
Founded in Nottingham in 1919, Brough Superior counted T.E. Lawrence among its riders, and he owned seven of its motorcycles. More than a century later, each AMB 002 will leave Toulouse with an engine designed, machined and assembled in-house by the marque. At the center of all 300 motorcycles sits the same 5 kg (11 lbs) titanium spine.