Broom Development Engineering is a British

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 motorcycle

Motorcycle

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 manufacturer, and provides research and development services to the automotive and aerospace industries. Established in 1982 by engineer, Hesketh test rider and motorcycle racer Mick Broom, The company is based at Turweston Airfield near Brackley

Brackley

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, Northamptonshire

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 not far from the Silverstone racing circuit

Silverstone Circuit

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 and have continued to improve the Hesketh V1000

Hesketh V1000

The Hesketh V1000 is a British motorcycle originally designed and built by Hesketh Motorcycles in Daventry, Northamptonshire. Lord Alexander Hesketh had been planning the production of a new British motorcycle since 1974 and began talks with engine specialists Westlake in 1977 about the development...

 engine and frame performance as well as updating earlier motorcycles to the latest specification have each year produce about a dozen new V1000 EN10 motorcycles which are the V1000 with oil cooling improvements including an oil radiator to cool the rear cylinder. They have also produced fifty Hesketh Vampire tourers to customer specifications . In a bid to attract a change of ownership in the marque, Mick Broom put the Hesketh

Hesketh Motorcycles

Hesketh Motorcycles is a British motorcycle manufacturer, based in Daventry and Easton Neston.The company was formed by Alexander, 3rd Lord Hesketh, in 1980, then after his two ventures went bust from 1984 onwards, the marque has been maintained and improved by Broom Engineering, now based at...

 business on the market in September 2008. The Hesketh motorcycle side of Broom Development Engineering has now been taken over by Mr Paul Sleeman who will relocate the business south of London and intends to continue the long line of improvements to the present models , back up and spares to the present Hesketh owners and in time introduce new models.

Model range

Model	Production	Notes
Hesketh Vulcan	2004 onwards	Latest evolution of the V1000 model with restyled body, more options and larger capacity hand built to order
Hesketh V1000 Hesketh V1000 The Hesketh V1000 is a British motorcycle originally designed and built by Hesketh Motorcycles in Daventry, Northamptonshire. Lord Alexander Hesketh had been planning the production of a new British motorcycle since 1974 and began talks with engine specialists Westlake in 1977 about the development...	200 (1982 to 2010)	EN10 updates of original V1000
Hesketh Vampire	50 (1984 to present)	Touring version of V1000
Hesketh Vortan	1 (1986)	Single seat european styled with preproduction V1200 engine