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[[Image:1995-Britten-V-1000.jpg|right|thumb|1995 Britten V 1000]] | [[Image:1995-Britten-V-1000.jpg|right|thumb|1995 Britten V 1000]] | ||
Designed and | Designed and almost completely hand-built by New Zealander John Britten and his team, the Britten V1000 was one of the world's most exotic and brilliantly engineered motorcycles. It was powered by a 60 degree v-twin. The liquid cooled, fuel injected engine also served as the V-1000's frame, with the Kevlar and carbon fiber rear swingarm and girder style forks mounted directly to the engine. | ||
Revision as of 21:16, 31 January 2007
Designed and almost completely hand-built by New Zealander John Britten and his team, the Britten V1000 was one of the world's most exotic and brilliantly engineered motorcycles. It was powered by a 60 degree v-twin. The liquid cooled, fuel injected engine also served as the V-1000's frame, with the Kevlar and carbon fiber rear swingarm and girder style forks mounted directly to the engine.
When John Britten tragically died of cancer at the age of 45, the motorcycling world lost one of the people with the most vision to change it.