<p class="ingestion featured-caption">AMB 001 by Aston Martin and Brough Superior.Aston Martin</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>The AMB 001 is an upcoming bike created by Aston Martin and Brough Superior.</li><li>It has a turbocharged motor, which is very unusual for a production motorcycle.</li><li>Only 100 will be made and the starting MSRP is 108,000 Euros, or approximately $121,000.</li></ul><p>The words "cheap" and "Aston Martin" don't typically go together, so it's of no surprise that the upcoming Aston Martin motorcycle is ludicrously expensive. </p><p>Aston Martin teamed up with the motorcycle company Brough Superior to create the upcoming AMB 001. It's a sleek, futuristic-looking thing that seems way more appropriate for the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIcTM8WXFjk&tmp;t">upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 video game</a> than our lowly reality. </p><p>The two companies are currently in the testing stages for their new bike. The specifications aren't yet final, but a <a href="https://media.astonmartin.com/dynamic-testing-of-amb-001-by-aston-martin-and-brough-superior-is-underway/">Wednesday press release</a> says that the bike will produce a claimed 180 horsepower from a turbocharged, 88-degree V-twin engine. </p><p>The turbocharged aspect of the AMB001 is especially interesting, as the majority of production motorcycles — save for a few attempts by Japanese companies in the 1980s — are not turbocharged. There are a couple of reasons for this. </p><p>First, as <a href="https://www.thedrive.com/motorcycles/34078/turbocharged-motorcycles-are-a-terrible-idea">The Drive</a> reports, packaging a turbocharger into a motorcycle is a difficult job. They add extra power and weight the bikes weren't originally designed for. Turbos and all their related parts are bulky things and it's not easy to fit them nicely on a bike.</p><p>Second, a turbocharged engine tends to produce very sudden torque. Cars, with four wide tires, are more suited to handle this. Bikes are not, so a sudden burst of power is more likely to spook the back tire and cause it to break loose uncontrollably, explains <a href="https://www.cycleworld.com/what-is-driving-suzuki-turbo-motorcycle-engine-patents/">Cycle World</a>. </p><p>Aston Martin, in response, <a href="https://www.astonmartin.com/en-us/our-world/partnerships/brough-superior">says that</a> the "modern turbine with low inertia is avoiding the turbo lag that was damageable on the Turbo motorcycle attempts from the '80s."</p><p>Aston Martin and Brough Superior will make just 100 examples of the AMG 001. They will start at 108,000 Euros, which is approximately $121,000. </p><p>Keep scrolling to see more.</p>