The rarest motorbike in the world. John Britten figured out aero dynamics of motorcycles 37 years before motogp. To call John Britten a genius doesn't do him justice.
@TheMickvee5 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to meet John Britten on the Isle of Man in the early 90's. He was charm personified! I bought a Tee shirt and a badge off him, both of which are still with me, and highly prized. Top bloke. RIP
@LabRat66195 жыл бұрын
A tiny country that has produced some amazing people
@LabRat66195 жыл бұрын
@Des M. 😂😂😂
@lukep86484 жыл бұрын
There is 1 in 100 million people that come along and do something very special though in John's case he was the first and last of a kind 👍👌 what a real life super hero
@verbails4 жыл бұрын
this not the only one left running! i know of two still giving displays in NZ!
@usat425 жыл бұрын
he had quite a few very talented mates who helped a bloody lot
@shanefraser77647 жыл бұрын
proud kiwi right here, A whole Nation comes with that bike and is a Taonga(Treasure) of our Country, I can see old girl is in good hands Far from Home, look after Johns Creation and show people that dreams can come true ….🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿
@prayanjaltomar7524 жыл бұрын
Hats off to John Britten for his dedication. Love from India 🇮🇳❤️
@markdominikovich99909 жыл бұрын
John Britten never gave up. What a man. Good old Kiwi attitude RIP
@syroncoda6 жыл бұрын
pity his family sold the kiwi icons to yanks
@brittenv10005 жыл бұрын
@@syroncoda there are 10 of them
@musamarcellus69302 жыл бұрын
I dont mean to be off topic but does someone know a method to get back into an Instagram account..? I somehow lost the account password. I would love any tips you can offer me!
@millerstefan21372 жыл бұрын
@Musa Marcellus Instablaster =)
@Bruul6195 жыл бұрын
"His brain was always going at 100 miles an hour and the ideas flowed out of him. He also had the ability to turn his ideas into breathing, living things,'' quote from my grandfather Kevin Mccleary on his friend John at the time of his passing. Kevin also helped with at least a part that I know of
@raikyjin45693 жыл бұрын
John britten was a engineer ahead of his time absolute genius rest easy john💯🤟🏽♥️
@okkie19585 жыл бұрын
Britten, a man and a machine like no other.
@cusdu63495 жыл бұрын
What an engineer, what a talent. Thanks Mr Britten, wherever you are, for having given birth to this incredible and beautiful machine. Bless you.
@tekpar895 жыл бұрын
why are good and talented men always short lived??
@DrDeepstack5 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this bike ride in Assen as a kid, amazing!
@anglerfish10015 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a bloke.
@quentinaskin74414 жыл бұрын
Just like Burt back in the day awesum
@mixerguru5 жыл бұрын
He beat the biggest motorcycle factories his FIRST TIME! Oh and use original designs on every system and component WTF !
@dave78565 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting, I live in Canterbury NZ and went to a Motorcycle speed trial on south Eyer Road where John had the predecessor to this bike there and was testing the top speed and have fond memories of seeing John and the V1000 a few years later at Ruapuna with Arron Stroud racing demo laps for the crowd. Real shame with Johns passing make you wonder what could have been...
@stephensutherland36224 жыл бұрын
Im from cust I knew a bloke who was very close to this bike , he reckoned they had success largely because all the other companies had to have a race bike similar to their st bikes to sell bikes, and that carbon fibre forks thing was because he made them to take force from moving forward ,he did allow for the force from putting the wheel down from the wheelie .
@davisch514 жыл бұрын
Brilliant man. The Britten was in the Guggenheim Museum's Art of the Motorcycle. I saw it race several time in Auckland and attended John's Memorial Service at Pukekohe. His wife spoke from the back of a flat bed...right next to a V1000. John is a New Zealand icon.
@roblee540 Жыл бұрын
Also from Christchurch, it's amazing this near brings tears watching. Loved watching them race on home ground in the 90's. Was there in 2015 right next to them in the tent with the bikes giving a speech on the 20th anniversary of John's passing. This weekend I've drawn two pen Brittens and have heard back today from the Britten motor co to use them on their page and hopefully I'll get them signed by John's wife, Andrew Stroud and his crew.
@ianfluker537910 жыл бұрын
A fine homage to a brilliant man and his incredible achievements ... an inspiration. Thank you for the video.
@Bruul6195 жыл бұрын
Def still one left here, my grandfather was offered a ride around 10 years ago but he was in no state to ride anymore by that time. Still have Strouds gsx1000 at mother's since my father passed away
@Skinannagins5 жыл бұрын
R I P....you gave us pride,you gave us a goal...all new zealands thank you....R I P..
@Aotearoa_Kiwi5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant bike ... brilliant man!
@davec65185 жыл бұрын
Every kiwi knows that beast of a machine.R.I.P John Britten
@WICKEDGIXXERL6 жыл бұрын
This dude's a superhero!!!
@fw14215 жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace John Britten.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@robertkennedy96183 жыл бұрын
Today 4/3/21 I went to a bike show and on display was a Britten. It was an absolutely stunning machine that left me wondering at how much a genius John Britten was. Photographing any Nike at that show was encouraged but physical touching any of the bikes was a taboo. As I was pretending to be photographing a close up of a section of the bike I reached out and touched the bike and it made my bloody day just having even just touched an actual genuine Britten motorcycle. Just that simple little naughty act of touching it was a real highlight for me. I’ve been involved with bikes just bout all my dust life but simple little act meant so much for some silly reason. I still wonder what John Britten would have done with motorcycles if he was still with us today. What a shear genius. RIP John Britten.
@evankelley32442 жыл бұрын
How did he pass away?
@joechancio51777 ай бұрын
Its so great to see the britten getting its props now. One of the best handbuilt bikes ever! And werth a cool million now.
@willstubb49069 жыл бұрын
I love Broz! This bike is, was and will always be something very special :)
@philc85754 ай бұрын
Such an INCREDIBLE story!! Such a sad story! Rest in Peace, Brother! ❤
@gordonpeden62343 жыл бұрын
The "world's fastest Britten" Awesome bike Awesome man!
@howardosborne86472 жыл бұрын
The Indian was second fastest and Cowboy the slowest
@hazzzee7 жыл бұрын
Some engineer Mr Britten, to be able to pull the machine apart, weld/braise the piston liner like he did, good enough so it was fit to race. Obviously the guy was a one off.
@JohnSmith-ip2ed5 жыл бұрын
Braze. It's not a piece of cheap meat.
@Metal-Possum5 жыл бұрын
He didn't really have any other choice. It was either weld it back up and see what happens, or go home knowing the bike could have done better. He was 9000 miles away from his home town, probably on a shoe-string budget, and with very few interchangeable spare parts. Bad idea or not, had he lost an entire engine, he'd just go home and make himself another. But yes, definitely a one off. The very opposite of New Zealand's "Number 8 fencing wire" mentality for building or repairing things.
@gordonpeden62343 жыл бұрын
Have you watched : "The Worlds Fastest Indian?"
@howardosborne86472 жыл бұрын
As sequels go I reckon it is far better than the World's Slowest Cowboy
@tomthompson74005 жыл бұрын
great video ,,, what a bike , what a man.
@samfxnz7 жыл бұрын
That bike racing at Daytona was a home made engine from a garage in Christchurch New Zealand. Every part from the flywheel to the valves (NOT DUCATI). The whole bike was hand made in NZ even the wheels. I think the only thing brought were the rectifier and tires.
@chrisdunham71696 жыл бұрын
That's more or less it, the box internals were GSXR as I recall.
@psk1w15 жыл бұрын
@flip inheck Aero-D-Zero
@mikemurray12023 жыл бұрын
You hit it on the head,the worlds fastest Britten,wicked. Go Johnny Go. Gone to soon my kiwi brother.
@mikemurray12023 жыл бұрын
Hey chris what are u on about, Negative Chris,whats your bike genius.
@hugeeuge8109 ай бұрын
Ok. 6 yr after your comment. I'm watching and had 2 go to comments to check. 100% no Ducati connection other than passing one on the back straight at Daytona on the back wheel. Up the kiwis and up the wahs.
@thamomentum Жыл бұрын
I'm in the engineering field and in this field this man is an absolute legend, if not, the founding father of what it means to engineer from cradle to finish.
@ElysiumNZ4 жыл бұрын
Before people start complaining the earlier bikes John’s team raced before the Britten 1000 used Ducati engines. I’m sure that was stated in a book authorised by John’s wife.
@octoberflores27795 жыл бұрын
Genius.
@everythingman9874 ай бұрын
Bruce McLaren and John Britten New Zealand sure makes some motorsport greats.
@mirandahotspring40193 ай бұрын
And don't forget Shane van Gisbergen when he entered his first NASCAR race, and won it!
@richardbrown87853 ай бұрын
Hugh Anderson, Denny Hulme, Chris Amon, Scott Dixon, SVG, Ivan Mauger, Ben Townley, Liam Lawson....
@mirandahotspring40193 ай бұрын
@@richardbrown8785 Bruce Anstey, Burt Munro, Avalon Biddle, Jim Richards, Steven Richards, Possum Bourne, Graham Crosby, Arron Slight, John Hempleman, Andrew Stroud, Greg Murphy...
@richardbrown87853 ай бұрын
@@mirandahotspring4019 Hi, yes the list goes on, nice.
@rastamonvibrationyeah32384 жыл бұрын
I think i`ll just build a bike with my own hands in my own garage and Take on the whole world HAHAHAHAHA People like John makes me feel so proud to be a Kiwi ... Arohamai John Britton R.I.P
@arkhsm3 жыл бұрын
And WIN !!
@kcmcrae695 жыл бұрын
As a kiwi it's so cool to see a Britten still being ridden 🤘🤘👍
@holdfast76576 жыл бұрын
Ahead of his time and gone too soon.
@mutley7489165 жыл бұрын
Epic bike and epic rider, such a loss.
@BainesAdam6 ай бұрын
Around 2008 I got to shoot (photograph) the Britten's last Kiwi outing with Stroudy on it at Pukekohe Race Course near Auckland NZ. From the pits to the hair pin at the bottom of the 300kph back straight. It was a memorable day out. oh yeah Kevin Swantz was ridding in the classic that day and got a great shot of him push starting a Norton in practice as icing on the cake.
@jsd56705 жыл бұрын
A true engineer, rip.
@2wheels4life1238 жыл бұрын
thats not the only britten that still runs. Most of them are still run.
@Errol.C-nz5 жыл бұрын
John took concepts of low air pressure & flow from Steve Roberts who built the first true monocoque Suzuki powered f1/formula1000 all carbon fiber bikes in 1982-3 for nz Hiscock brothers...Johns engine was based on christchurches Denco Engineering's air cooled V1000 speedway sidecar engine with Suzuki gearbox attached. Still...a truely amazing machine
@pauloshea37415 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this information. These people need to get credit too. They're part of Motorcycle history.
@psk1w15 жыл бұрын
John's first special used a Denco engine. It wasn't fast enough, so he got Jerry Branch to tune it. Based on Branch's recommendations, Briitten then designed his own complete engine. It was not connected to the Denco design at all. But yes, Suzuki gear cluster and clutch used
@brianmckenzie30789 жыл бұрын
It's not the only one running, there is one in New Zealand in full race tirm and going very nicely.
@quakermaas9 жыл бұрын
Brian Mckenzie yeah that's what I thought, there is a few running, they just don't run them that often as there is very limited to no parts available
@voodoobluetaco8 жыл бұрын
+WD-40 keep in mind this was probably recorded in late 2011 or early 2012, not aired for another 6 months with editing, than aired at a even later date.
@Thunda19868 жыл бұрын
he said road worthy
@quakermaas8 жыл бұрын
+Thunda1986 The guy doing the voice over said " only road worthy Britten left", but the mechanics said "this is the only one left running, isn't it ?...yeah" and neither is correct or true.
@HotForgeChaos8 жыл бұрын
+Thunda1986 There is no such thing as a "road-worthy" V1000. They were all track only motorcycles, like the Kawasaki H2R for instance, or the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento. All 10 of them run, its just the owners of them aren't prepared to risk binning a million dollar motorcycle. There were 7 of them at the Ruapuna Sound of Thunder festival last year, which was a John Britten tribute, plus both of the Aero-D concepts he built, which were the Ducati/Denco powered bikes mentioned
@joshuataylor59772 жыл бұрын
From such a small Nation and Country, John Britten from New Zealand was from another Planet, His eye to detail and his look to the Future was put into his bikes, The long days and hours, The good times and the bad, Findly Paid off, Everyone in the Biking industry was scared of him, An in the short time of his Life, He differently showed the World your Dreams and your Vision can come true, R.I.P John Britten you make us Kiwis so proud, But also, I have to say us Kiwis also have a Car called McLaren, That was made by Bruce McLaren that was also Kiwi from New Zealand also, His Dreams and Vision's were on another Level and both these Amazing men, Ideas are still around today, They Designed, They Engineered a Weapon of there time, An they still hold records to this day, They differently have Talent and to Dream big from down under, R.I.P to Bruce McLaren to, You guys put our small Nation and Country on the Map, An we Thank you, Yous two will never be Forgotten 😊😎🙏
@grantmadden68459 жыл бұрын
Yep,lots of errors in the commentary.John's first design used a Ducati engine but that was a long long time before he went overseas.There were the Denco motors before that.Never mind that,it's got my race number on it !!!.I wish I could have taken it for a ride before my body started malfunctioning!!Push started it once with John while Andrew was on board.LOL Chris Haldane was told "No Wheelies!!" but Chris just couldn't help himself.Good job he found the issue while pulling a little low speed wheelie really.Ah,the good old days.Some nice footage here though but really??the "driver" I freakin dont think so!!!That commentator is just not right a lot!!
@Dug66666667 жыл бұрын
Also I think you would find he is using a kiln for heat treating not casting. Not sure if he would have done the casting in house , but I seem to remember he made the patterns for the castings to be made from.
@964cuplove10 ай бұрын
What a great guy, looks like he was an Adrian Newey or Gordon Murray kind of genius AND did with such a small team. And what a dream bike !! That and a Moto Guzzi 500 bicilindria and my dream garage would be complete.
@newENIO117 жыл бұрын
i want to have one of these. but im afraid that my talent level would be an insult to John Britten and the engineering ingenuity that has been done to make it. i hope that the people who owns these would share them to the rest of the world and doesnt let this engineering marvel be forgotten.
@psk1w15 жыл бұрын
Assuming anyone was willing to sell, you would need a lot of money to own a Britten V1000
@quartusbuys6831 Жыл бұрын
I saw a Britten riden by Andrew Stroud about 13 years ago at Puckekoe raceway near Auckland. What a machine and what a rider Andrew Stroyd is.Kevin Swantz was also a guest there riding a 500 Norton Manx.
@BainesAdam6 ай бұрын
A great day, im a photographer, and had pit pass and infield access. I will always remember Stroudy popping at the bottom of the back straight for the hair pin
@Pumba_PIG3 ай бұрын
Three were running in new zealand just a few years ago at the john britten memorial. Wheelstanding, wheelspinning and going well.
@tnelliott24475 жыл бұрын
Gone way to young And we are left with the likes of Kanye and the Kardashian’s It’s a dam crime against humanity
@83j049733rfe45 жыл бұрын
It ain't how long you live, friend. It's what you leave behind you.
@KingCast653 жыл бұрын
Hahaha... OMG IKR.
@raefernandez41155 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure the bike won the ccs heavy weight superbike the week before it was a pleasure to see and hear it run, how far has American motorcycle racing gone from those days.
@vbell79087 жыл бұрын
guy martin rides britten at manfield.New Zealand
@bryanashdown911 Жыл бұрын
There were 3 of these on track at Pukekohe raceway this year for the Classic Festival
@gsparks775 жыл бұрын
fabuleuse aventure ,,,
@mademad27 жыл бұрын
I hope his son has at least one of his dads bikes
@kerynyork61629 жыл бұрын
thumbs down to the thumbs down
@sliperysid6 жыл бұрын
Keryn York i like to think the thumbs down represent the poor documentary lacking in facts. Not the man or the bike himself. A sad loss of a great man.
@ecalzo7 жыл бұрын
omg.. he did great.. and never gone home ..
@FASTNORTON Жыл бұрын
John had a awesome team behind him to say he done it on his own is utter rubbish. But it would not have happened without him a great man that achieved so much and not just in motorcycles in his short life. RIP
@60viking5 жыл бұрын
New Zealand is were that "WORLDS FASTEST INDIAN "movie came from. I'd like to go their so day.
@psk1w15 жыл бұрын
If you want to see Burt Munro's bikes, go to Invercargill at the very south of the South Island. The Indian, and also his 1936 Velocette, are at E Hayes department store. If anyone tells you the real bike is in the US, don't believe them. The Indian at E Hayes has the engine which did ALL the testing and Bonneville runs. The US bike has a later chassis, and an engine made by Burt after he had to stop racing due to his heart condition. It is a genuine Burt Munro bike, but not THE bike....
@60viking5 жыл бұрын
@@psk1w1 I would love to do that. I need to win the lottery to get to do that. Thanks.
@gordonpeden62343 жыл бұрын
Watched the movie last week for the first time "Brilliant" Typical understated ability. all the best from across the "Ditch"
@Slipperygecko3902 жыл бұрын
Thing he's working on catches fire. John: Interesting concept.
@mikemurray12023 жыл бұрын
Mate,bloody legend,, the world got the fastest indian,now wait for the story of John Britten, his story would be inspirational to all bike riders of the world on one mans vision,Chuck Berry made rock n roll, John Britten created a super bike. R.i.p John,i reckon he would be tinkering in a garage somewhere with Burt Munroe ,exchanging ideas and pissing on lemon trees, Ridimg with the angels. Mick Murray goldcoast fan,
@davemckenna85915 жыл бұрын
it was not a $5 cable bought in NZ , it was a imported part , coil i think
@chrisnorman86285 жыл бұрын
It was a rectifier
@gordonpeden62343 жыл бұрын
Capacitor? In the Doco.
@brittenv10009 жыл бұрын
What about kevin grants britten in nz? Thats still running!
@Dug66666664 жыл бұрын
Yep they are talking sh*t. The Britten official video says it was a faulty rectifier that bought an end to their Daytona hopes that year, not a faulty battery cable from a NZ hardware store. Don't know where they got that one from. I think they like to spin a yarn.
@terryyaesu20095 жыл бұрын
i think john had taken inspiration from that other famous kiwi BERT MUNRO
@psk1w15 жыл бұрын
Bert Munro was a brilliant engineer / tuner, but John Britten was on another level. He designed and built a complete bike which was far and away the most radical re-design of the motorcycle in decades (a quarter of a century on, no-one has done anything to beat it conceptually). Almost entirely on his own. Well, with a tool maker and lots of help from his friends......
@psk1w15 жыл бұрын
Ahem, BURT Munro
@AdamKyleAnderson7 жыл бұрын
For those of you saying it didn't use a Ducati engine well you are sort of right. The Britten V1000 used an engine built by John Britten. That said his first bike he took to Daytona, the " Winged Wonder " was his home built frame and it used a Ducati engine.
@psk1w15 жыл бұрын
More than 'sort of right'. The very first Britten, the Aero-D-Zero used a Ducati engine. NO subsequent bike used a Ducati engine - the Aero-D-One used a Denco. Later bikes used Britten's own engine design, made by him.. I think he used piston blanks originally made for Ducatis, but not sure.
@howardosborne86474 жыл бұрын
@@psk1w1 You are right about the piston prototypes John used. It was one of the renowned piston manufacturers like Mahle or other who had suggested this piston design to Ducati. At that time Ducati rejected the new design and John embraced the idea for his project.
@chrisnorman86285 жыл бұрын
Do your homework, the one originally raced by Andrew Stroud is regularly ridden at events here around New Zealand.
@bremCZ7 жыл бұрын
Americans... you don't have the last one running.
@yeahbdy8537 жыл бұрын
Brem they had the only track ready model but I believe that there are some collectors that have let some out for riding
@bremCZ7 жыл бұрын
Brett Coates No, they didnt, there is and always has been at least one, race ready in NZ.
@chryslerjune7 жыл бұрын
Brem let them assume they have the last one while.
@larniete-puki76515 жыл бұрын
Brem - exactly right Go Kiwi - owned by Kevin Grant based in Auckland
@leathelone69725 жыл бұрын
2 running on the track at Pukekohe NZ last weekend, one this color and one black yellow :D
@Chris-NZ3 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure this is not the only one running unless you’ve given it to Andrew Stroud in NZ.
@brandonknight72402 жыл бұрын
Awsome
@SB-Kiwi7 жыл бұрын
Ducati engine my arse. All hand built and designed by John himself.
@bremCZ7 жыл бұрын
The Aero d zero had a Ducati engine but the V1000 didnt.
@AdamKyleAnderson7 жыл бұрын
The " Winged Wonder " used a Ducati engine.
@60viking5 жыл бұрын
Watch the video beginning again it will explain it to you.
@psk1w15 жыл бұрын
Correct. His first special started out as a bevel drive Ducati. Then he built a completely new bike with a Denco V twin engine (a doubled-up speedway engine), made in John Britten's home city Christchurch, New Zealand. It wasn't fast enough, so he sent it to Jerry Branch in the US for tuning. Branch told him what was wrong with the design, and based on these comments, John Britten designed his own engine - and made the casting patterns, and cast it at home. The first iteration had telecopic forks, then he built a new bike with the wishbone front forks and the super-clever aerodynamics. Sadly, it was probably his pioneering work on the bodywork which caused the cancer which killed him.
@60viking5 жыл бұрын
@@psk1w1 thanks for the rest of the story.
@roberts16779 жыл бұрын
Literbike power with the weight of a Ninja 250? Ok. Sounds like fun.
@szymonolechhnowicz25942 жыл бұрын
Greatest bike ever made! Every bike enthusiast would like to touch this white crow ❤️
@barryjackson21972 жыл бұрын
Unbelievable man..Rest in peace
@stivi7395 жыл бұрын
When u have a dream
@idiotic.47252 жыл бұрын
it always doing willy in any gear? imagine how powerful the torque of this bike is, truly a legendary bike
@stanirelandbig5 жыл бұрын
guy Martin is on number 1
@davisch519 жыл бұрын
Britten built his own engine. He did NOT use a Ducati engine dammit! So frickin' annoying.
@bremCZ7 жыл бұрын
He did use a Ducati engine, just not in the V1000, the earlier Aero D Zero had a Ducati power plant.
@mrfishyman6 жыл бұрын
syroncoda yes they are. There's 2 still here
@bremCZ5 жыл бұрын
@@syroncoda There's some in NZ.
@mikeskidmore67545 жыл бұрын
If you can pay attention to the Video he raced a bike with a Ducati Engine then he went home to build his own bike the next year.. he cast his own heads ect but even the Britten Engine had a Suzuki Transmission .. what did the video say .. the Britten had 6,000 home made parts.. V-Twin Class there was a time when Harley was the Brand to beat ..
@kemaldelaney36075 жыл бұрын
Three still owned and run in nz private collection plus the original Aero. they all run in various nz meets.
@morrisanderson8183 ай бұрын
NZ our tiny country has produced some absolutely awesome people,Kate Sheppard, Edd Hillary,Lord Rutherford, Hamilton, Maclaren, Munroe,must be something in our DNA,or because we're so far away,we think outside the ⬛
@nomimalone75203 жыл бұрын
After hearing the whole story I got so nervous when they rode it. Easy guys, its all handmade in those hands are gone. It's cool that it can be ridden, but maybe don't.
@treborif5 жыл бұрын
obviously the commentator has never been to NZ - at the last Britten 20th memorial there were 4 Brittens on the track - all Kiwi bikes ... In the 80's when we were riding bikes and John and his team were building the bike we'd see them at Ruapuna testing all the time. The 'Ducati' engine was a Denco V twin speedway bike made by a chap in Chch. Available to any speedway rider in NZ. Denco was handmade and home built too.
@psk1w15 жыл бұрын
Close, but get the sequence right. John Britten had a Ducati, made his own chassis for it, then sold the bike. Then he got Denco Engineering to make him a V twin based on their speedway engines. Then he made his own engine with no Denco connections at all
@brittenv10009 жыл бұрын
You cant beat the 1100 on open pipes. The muffler on this strangles the noise!
@timpate785 жыл бұрын
Te Papa The Museum of NZ had one. Definitely not a private collection.
@xx-bg2dj5 жыл бұрын
It was loaned to them
@timpate785 жыл бұрын
@@xx-bg2dj They still have cause they own it.
@howardosborne86474 жыл бұрын
@@timpate78 is that the one in Cardinal livery that is suspended from the ceiling by wires?
@adrianaugustus28152 жыл бұрын
His wife's kiln... darn I need a wife like that
@240z20119 жыл бұрын
John Britten made his own engines. Not a Ducati engine
@mcduck59 жыл бұрын
The first bike he built he didnt build the engine....
@wackenthaljef6 жыл бұрын
He maybe poisoned himself with all those dangerous products!...But what a genius he was!
@viveremilitareest92815 жыл бұрын
That's what i wonder. He appeared to be very youthful and healthy. So yeah, i do wonder if he came into contact with too many chemicals. It's an absolute damn shame.
@Metal-Possum5 жыл бұрын
Died of skin cancer, which is common here in New Zealand due to the high UV exposure we've suffered thanks to the Ozone hole all you other fuckwits are responsible for. :)
@LabRat66195 жыл бұрын
@@Metal-Possum you don't make friends like that buddy
@psk1w15 жыл бұрын
@@Metal-Possum John Britten was pasty white. Not much sun exposure there. He probably died of chemical exposure
@psk1w15 жыл бұрын
@stoeger 2 Yes, I know about that. I was thinking that as JB had avoided a tan, he had avoided the exposure that causes skin cancer - but some people are VERY sensitive to exposure. I remember the days when lots of Kiwis had nut-brown tans. Those days are long gone, the owners dead of skin cancer, and a mild tan is best. In the last few days, there has been publicity of the fact that factories in China, and perhaps elsewhere, are making lots of CFCs and using them to blow insulation into walls of buildings. It's slowing the repair of that ozone hole.
@dfcvda5 жыл бұрын
hat a man 45 ys not enough
@ntshembo8 жыл бұрын
Now I'm left with a question... Why isn't anyone in MotoGP scavenging this genius? or are the rules too restrictive and a bike has to have the tradition shape/ form?
@woobilicious.8 жыл бұрын
He's dead, plus I don't think the any bike maker stood by idlely without following his innovation.
@MasterChief-sl9ro7 жыл бұрын
Because they band it from Moto GP just after it come out and started winning. The Factories said it had to be Mass produced.....
@Malibus_Most_Wanted7 жыл бұрын
Master Chief 00117 yup but MotoGP is bs becuase Honda uses a v4 but you don't see them making new rfv for sale only the Cbr is their flagship sport which uses a inline they only make the rc213 for this reason which given if john had more time easily could of done but Isle of Man tt is the true test of a bike the Isle is true stress test of a bike very few circuit tracks where you see bikes going so fast over hills and rises that they take off into the sky
@MasterChief-sl9ro7 жыл бұрын
Groovy Panda I agree. As the RC213V five cylinder was never Mass Produced.. It also was limited to Factory Team riders and not all of them got one either... This was always the issue with Honda. They hired the best riders and if you started losing they gave your bike to someone that was winning..Just the nature of the sport when they toss millions into it. The Isle of Man TT is a totally different beast.
@Malibus_Most_Wanted7 жыл бұрын
Master Chief 00117 yeah im curious as to why they don't use a v4 they know from past models they are extremely reliable and competitive at the long high rpms and speed for the tt but they are using fire blades now
@jeffduncan88783 жыл бұрын
The only one still running.....? The two I see doing demo laps in New Zealand must be a figure of my imagination.....
@Hmlspider9 жыл бұрын
im pretty sure that there are 3 still left running
@HotForgeChaos8 жыл бұрын
+Hmlspider All of them run, but very few are actually fired and run. #001 and #002 (Stephen Briggs and Andrew Stroud's bikes respectively) are fired and run at least once a year. I actually saw #002 yesterday at the Paeroa Street Races, still absolutely perfect
@rossi6754462 жыл бұрын
Um get facts right this is not the only running Brittan
@25gwolfable5 жыл бұрын
I can see we're Eric buel got inspire from
@user-ue5bx3qh5t2 ай бұрын
Britten didn't make the whole thing the engine was a denco speed way engine he added water cooling these engines were already very popular in speed way if you could get one
@SevenDeMagnus3 жыл бұрын
If only physics simulator like Ansys were already made then, the downtube wouldn't have broken.
@chubscub5 жыл бұрын
Always confused me how a bike built more like a classic MotoGP prototype was allowed to race against production street machines.
@psk1w15 жыл бұрын
Briitten Superbike - bikes entered in that series have to be production-based bikes. Britten entered in Battle of the Twins, which does not require entrants to be production-based. He beat works Ducati prototypes. From his little shed. Not fair? !!!!
@gordonpeden62343 жыл бұрын
@@psk1w1 Amen! You got that right!!
@julianalderson69966 жыл бұрын
What about the riders testing, front end falls off n he goes its a setback, rekon was for the rider 2' wicked tho,
@RogerBarraud5 жыл бұрын
WAT?
@autonomousindividual77805 жыл бұрын
This video should be corrected. It was not a Ducati engine at all. He designed and cast those cylinders along with 99% of everything else. The gearbox was indeed a Suzuki as well as pistons...thats it.