A Look Inside The Britten

This is possibly the best Britten video I've seen yet.

[video: https://player.vimeo.com/video/115385119]

The mechanic in the video, David Koban, is the head mechanic at my local Honda dealer, and has been for about 20 years.

Small world!

What a  bike .

It's a shame John Britten died so young.

Imagine what else he might have created. :sleep:

I actually got to hear and witnesse his bike race at Laguna Seca way back when. Sounded awesomeness
Couldn't get the video to work.
Thanks for bringin that memory out of the cob webs.

I got to see... and hear a Britten at New Hampshire during some exhibition laps back when the AMA used to go there back in the early 90's. I forget who rode it. Amazing bike. When you see bikes race in person and can compare the riders and bikes it's pretty obvious witch ones are struggling for speed and witch ones have it figured out. That said... watching the Britten was interesting. It was like effortless fast. Hard to describe but it was obvious this bike is special.  

I love John's devotion and drive but the owner's memory is a little fuzzy... I can only find these race results

of the John's Britten at the IOM...

TT94 Formula 1 Nick Jefferies speed 0 DNF

TT94 Senior TT Nick Jefferies speed 0 DNF

TT96 Formula 1 Shawn Harris speed 0 DNF

TT96 Senior TT Shawn Harris speed 107.26 time 2.06

Hey Larry, the problem with results is you have to finish & back then, only the time keepers kept practice times !

John had some amazing ideas, but the Japs don't like to copy. So his legacy is ignored & every single race bike except the Vyrus/Rage & Suspensionsmith from PBmag forum (that I know of), is just another UJM. RCV2xx is a great UJM but still just a UJM, no cutting edge like the old ELF bikes, no nothing really, just a highly refined UJM. If it wasn't V4 IT would truly be UJM, but V4's were built in the 1930's son not exactly cutting edge.

Very cool video.  What a bike!  ... thanks for sharing!

I love John's devotion and drive but the owner's memory is a little fuzzy... I can only find these race results

of the John's Britten at the IOM...

TT94 Formula 1 Nick Jefferies speed 0 DNF

TT94 Senior TT Nick Jefferies speed 0 DNF

1993

[video: http://youtube.com/embed/cNVRo6CXAsI?html5=1&fs=1]

And I was there!

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