Britten Motorcycle
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In a poll compiled by the world’s leading motorcycle writers to rank the Motorcyclist of the Millennium, John Britten was placed equal with the four founders of Harley Davidson.
Britten an engineer
from New Zealand designed and built a motor
bike in his backyard shed from scratch. He not only developed an entirely new
fabrication system using space age kevlar and carbon fibre, but designed the
complete engine, making the patterns for casting himself.
His Britten motorcycle won races and set numerous speed records on the
international circuits, and astounded the motorcycle world in 1991 when they
came a remarkable second and third against the factory machines in the Battle
of the Twins at Daytona, USA.
His motorcycle went into limited production and the one pictured is on permanent display at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, in Wellington.
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