jr
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Ive posted pics of this before, and seen vids but never this documentry
its in 5 parts
http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/britten-backyard-visionary-1993
its about the legendry John Britten and him building and taking on the world with his home built bike that turned on its head the way performance bikes were built
my favorite bit is in part 3 iirc "So your telling me you cast the engine yourself" 
for the sad members like myself it really is very intresting
[Edited on 20-10-2009 by jr]
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jimmy 2.1
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I remember watching an On Bike TT video and this being one of the bikes strapped with a camara. Sounded immense.
IIrc it had a lot of success in the states at the Daytona 200
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Graeme
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where is that?
looks like loades of bikes on display?
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Stu
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That was a top documentary!!!!
Nice one JR 
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sand-eel
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quote:
Originally posted by Graeme
where is that?
looks like loades of bikes on display?
I can't see any bikes anywhere.
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Ollie_B
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the videos take hours to load, done 1 and 2 waiting on three 
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jr
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it was proberly ok before it got posted on a few sites 
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sand-eel
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Finally managed to watch it all, bloody amazing TBH.
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sigibbons
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That guy has some serious talent, absolutely amazing.
Casting engine comonents!Can you imagine trying to work out engine sizes, specs how it will all work together!
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sigibbons
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Oh did anyone hear that dozey yank commenting on the bike at that party saying they were from "England". LOL
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jr
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unfortuatley John died in 1995 btw at 45 
[Edited on 20-10-2009 by jr]
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Graeme
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quote:
Originally posted by sand-eel
quote:
Originally posted by Graeme
where is that?
looks like loades of bikes on display?
I can't see any bikes anywhere.
that being sarcastic? I'm refering to the pic!
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Ollie_B
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Great videos! sad that he died though
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jr
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the pic graham is from barber motorcycle museam, alabama
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sand-eel
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quote:
Originally posted by Graeme
quote:
Originally posted by sand-eel
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Originally posted by Graeme
where is that?
looks like loades of bikes on display?
I can't see any bikes anywhere.
that being sarcastic? I'm refering to the pic!
sarcastic indeed
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sand-eel
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How did he die?
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jr
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skin cancer iirc
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sand-eel
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What a waste.
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sigibbons
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Really puts the old saying into practise.
"You can do anything if you put your mind to it"
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ianofbhills
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Amazing to watch. The bike still looks revolutionary even today.
Great documentry
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Dan295
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blimey i remember this, i was proper young when my dad showed me this video, it gave the manufacturers such competition compared to a bloke who built it all himself
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SVM 286
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What an amazing creation. 
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Daimo B
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I remember my old man going on about this bike, how amazing it was etc.. But I was in my early teens and didn't pay much interest.
Now im old like he was/is I appreciate the finer things. Having watched this now shows what that bike and that man gave to motorcycling. Carbon wheels, carbon front end, hub central stearing, carbon bodywork, lightweight home made engine.
I knew it was special back then, but never knew HOW special it was.
Ironic how the bits that failed were not home made either.
Still, it was epic, but no wonder it oblitorated the poor Ducati 888's (888cc) down the straight with over 1100cc. Even Ducati themselves, and KTM are only just getting passed that stage of cc, but thats mainly down to WSB rules.
Amazing creation, and simply stunning to look at.
cheers JR, superb find!!!!!!
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jr
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188 MPH at the TT in 1994
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