Aston Martin Is Making a Motorcycle that Costs [Eyes Explode]
Today Aston Martin, maker of beautiful cars for people who have serious opinions on yachts, showed off its first ever motorcycle. Dubbed the AMB 001, it...well, it costs $119,559. That's the most important thing to know. The least expensive Aston Martin car, the Vantage, starts at $152,820, which sounds like a goddamn steal when you consider that it comes with two more wheels, a roof, another seat, and the option of wearing an entirely leather outfit rather than the requirement.
Only 100 AMB 001 bikes will be made, so that partially explains the price. So, too, do the details. Like the 180-horsepower turbocharged V-twin engine—an absolutely overkill amount of power to put down on a public road, which is why the AMB 001 is track-legal only. That's not a problem, because if you have AMB 001 money, you either have access to a racetrack or the ability to get local department of transportation laws overturned in your favor.
Everywhere you look at the AMB 001, it's carbon fiber, titanium, and billet aluminum (a.k.a., the fancy aluminum), with design cues pulled from Aston's cars. Squint just right and the shape of the tank mimics a key body line on the Vantage. The seat—or as Aston calls it, the "saddle"—is crafted from hand-stitched Oxford Tan leather.
The front fairing features winglets to keep the rider from flying off into the atmosphere, and the titanium ridge bisecting the tank lets everyone know which edition out of 100 they're staring at.
The whole deal is hand-assembled in France by Brough Superior, a revived boutique motorcycle builder from the turn of the (20th) century. It even says so, right there on the engine:
Lucky AMB 001 buyers will take delivery at the tail end of 2020, so for now they'll have to sate themselves with these photos, and also all the other cool, beautiful, rare things they own.
A supercar for the weekend, a cush SUV for the family, and an S-Class for being driven to the office is nice—but nicer? All of it, now, at once, in a single set of wheels.
Originally Appeared on GQ
