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Documentary on John Britten
By Ben Cope on 04/01/2013 09:15:28
Genius is an overused word but not when it comes to describing this man
I've seen countless pictures of the Britten V1000 and every time I see one, I get the same awe-inspiring feeling I got the first time I saw it. I can lose half an hour poring over the bike's details and design but I still don't know much about
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Britten Racer - on board TT lap
By mark forsyth on 05/08/2010 10:44:57
A rare treat, a rare bike...
18 months after this video was shot, I went out to New Zealand to ride this Britten racer around the much tighter Ruapuna race circuit on the outskirts of Christchurch on NZ's South Island.It blew my socks off.With over 170bhp at the back wheel
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Ecosse ES1 race bike prototype ready by end of '08
By Visordown News on 08/05/2008 08:45:47
Design team win award for aerodynamic racer which looks remarkably like the New Zealand-built Britten
Expect to see the ES1 for real by the end of this yearA TEAM of electrical and electronic engineers have won a prestigious award for their involvement in the Ecosse ES1 racebike project and believe the first prototype will be ready for testing at the end of this year.Amrit Sharma...
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Ducati to build a frameless motorcycle?
By Visordown News on 21/03/2010 13:38:25
Ducati has filed these diagrams in a recent patent application
to constrain said engine to such front directional group.”Will the next Ducati superbike use the engine as a fully stressed member, as seen on the Britten V1000 back in 1995?
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'Plane crash' for Brookes at Oulton Park
By Visordown News on 03/05/2011 14:39:17
Relentless Suzuki rider has second major crash of the season
, sliding away from the machine, the Suzuki GSX-R1000 took a more violent turn. The Relentless by TAS machine first cut across the grass into the path of Stuart Easton before flipping through the air across Brittens Chicane and nearly over the head
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20 Questions: Ross Clifford
By Visordown on 27/03/2008 09:54:20
Former Marketing Manager for Micron exhausts reckons he's like an MZ250
. What would you do with your last gallon of fuel?Lap Phillip Island on Mick Doohan's NSR500 until it conks out11. What bikes would you own if money were no object?Marlboro RD500LC, Britten V1000 and an NSR500 to start with12. What's the maddest thing you
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The most memorable motorcycles
By Visordown on 24/11/2010 09:51:57
We all remember our favourite bikes, and they usually hold a special place in our heart. But it's not just mortals like us - even racing's elite have a soft spot for the bikes that mean the most to them
alongside HRC's finest ever 500cc two-stroke."I flew to the other side of the World to ride the V1000 and lived with its creator for a week. It wasn't a disappointment. For a dozen blokes working out of an old railway sidings building, the Britten V1000
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BSB: Sykes takes double victory at Oulton Park
By Visordown News on 21/07/2008 11:33:41
Race results and rider comment from this weekend's action at Oulton Park
one on lap 10 I clipped the kerb with the engine cases at Britten’s and went down out of second place. It was annoying but I got straight back on and recovered to a sixth place finish, which obviously wasn’t what I wanted. I have to congratulate Tom
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Burt Munro's Speed Obsession
By Stuart Barker on 10/09/2010 14:16:16
From a small shed in a small town in a small country at the very bottom of the world came an old man and an old bike - to capture the most remarkable world speed record ever
to give a true picture of the time I've spent on my cycles," Munro wrote in 1970. "The last 22 years have been full time. For one stretch of 10 years I put in 16 hours every day, but on Christmas Day took the afternoon off."Wayne Alexander of Britten
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