Two Wheeled Sculptures
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Re: Two Wheeled Sculptures
If I could afford a Britten I'd make damn sure I rode it a bit and thats the same for most of the bikes on this thread so far.
This one however I can't see my way to riding about, for reasonably obvious reasons.
This one however I can't see my way to riding about, for reasonably obvious reasons.
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Re: Two Wheeled Sculptures
There was one out on track doing demo laps at the circuit at Invercargill when I was there in 2019 for the Burt Munro Festival of Speed. Andrew Stroud was riding it.Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 12:41 pm Britten V1000
I think you'll only ever find one in a glass case anyway.
I've got pics somewhere.
FWIW, Andrew also has a 'fake' Britten built around a VTR1000 as a road bike.
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Re: Two Wheeled Sculptures
I've seen Brice Anstey doing laps at Jurby, before it broke down.
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There were two of them on track at the Jurby festival Classic TT the other year,I'll try & dig out some photo's I took.Dodgy knees wrote: ↑Sun Dec 26, 2021 4:32 pm I've seen Brice Anstey doing laps at Jurby, before it broke down.
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Just found some photo's of one of the Brittens at Jurby,it was popular
I think the other one was a yellow & white bike brought over by an American BOT racer,I'll have a look if I have any images of it
I think the other one was a yellow & white bike brought over by an American BOT racer,I'll have a look if I have any images of it
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Re: Two Wheeled Sculptures
I must be one of the few people who don't understand or care about it at all
I'd rather have my mt07
I'd rather have my mt07
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Re: Two Wheeled Sculptures
I'd swap my 09 for one.
Shouldn't need a mudflap either. Nice.
Shouldn't need a mudflap either. Nice.
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Re: Two Wheeled Sculptures
A 1960s Honda racer- TBH it could be almost any of them as they are all beautiful but the RC162 would be my first choice;- it's significant to me as it was the bike that won Honda their first TT with Mike Hailwood aboard and that was in the year I was born- this one would be perfect
- it would join its younger little brother which already lives in the house on the upstairs landing
- it would join its younger little brother which already lives in the house on the upstairs landing
Re: Two Wheeled Sculptures
I spent a couple of hours chatting to the race mechanics at the team headquarters in Carlisle Road (Street?) in Christchurch in December 1995.Bustaspoke wrote: ↑Sun Dec 26, 2021 6:03 pm Just found some photo's of one of the Brittens at Jurby,it was popular
I think the other one was a yellow & white bike brought over by an American BOT racer,I'll have a look if I have any images of it
They told me they were racing at Manfield Park in Palmeston North the following week, and to pop in to see them if I was there. So I went
I have lots of footage of the bike being raced (two wins and a second), but all still on VHS tapes.
A great bike, probably the best two wheeled sculpture ever made. But what do I know, except that art is a personal thing?