Models Produced

This chart is an updated version of Barry Robinson’s summary of surviving works records, first published in the Club’s quarterly journal first printed back in 1974.

( Many thanks to Mike Leatherdale for supplying and updating this original document. )

By clicking on the production years across the top of the production chart, you will be linked to information about yearly changes to motorcycles specific to that production year, including specials and one-offs.

1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940  Total
MK1 O.H.V. JAP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 EST   100
MK1 S.V.  JAP 0 0 3 79 32 14    + 7  MACHINES WITH NO DATE ON RECORD CARD 0 0 0 0 0 135
MK2 MAG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 EST 200
MAG STRAIGHT FOUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
V- 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SS80  JAP 0 0 0 24 87 176 99 48 43 19 22 41 32 15 13 1    +6  WITH NO DATE ON CARD 626
SS80 MATCHLESS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 150 110 100 67 1 460
SS100 JAP 0 0 0 0 0 5 69 46 38 35 29 21 9 11 7 6 2 1 0 2 0 0 281
SS100 MATCHLESS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 18 32 32 4 102
680 O.H.V. JAP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 144 100 88 69 67 24 16 18 13 2 0 0 0 0 547
680 S.V .JUNIOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0      RECORDS INCOMPLETE EST 20
680 S.V.  5-15 JAP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 EST 200
750 O.H.V.  JAP                       RUMOUR OF ONE MOTORCYCLE BUILT – DATE UNKNOWN 1
750 S.V.  JAP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 EST 20
OVERHEAD  500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
500 SINGLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
B.S.  4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
DREAM 4 CYLINDER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
11.50  JAP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 78 47 18 45 23 19 5 308

A few machines survive (or have been identified) for which there are no individual surviving works record cards although the club has record cards for the majority of that model. This includes the Mk1 SV, SS80 JAP, SS100 JAP (including most works racing machines), OHV 680, SS100 Matchless and the 11-50 JAP. Based on the known percentage of surviving machines, this probably represents at least another 100 machines. An estimated total of about 3048 motorcycles were produced in total. The records for the cars produced are missing, – however, about 50 each of the 6 cylinder and 8 cylinder cars were made between 1935 and 1939 and 1 each of the ‘Meadows’ car, the 6 cylinder (S) model and the V-12 model.

The earliest dated works record card is a Mk1 SV that was ex-works on the 16th November 1921 (Frame No. 281). The lowest frame number known is 253 on a Mk1 OHV registered in Sept 1920, -this did not survive. We do not know the number or exact date of the first Brough, but this was probably not sold until early 1920. Even if the very first machine was numbered 250, and if every frame in the first frame number sequence represents a complete Brough Superior, (this sequence seems to have ended around 762), then our estimates for 1920 – 1923 could be several hundred motorcycles light! (or were there deliberate gaps in the numbering sequence?)