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[Human Epic Jolt]

Britten: Backyard Visionary - Television | NZ On Screen

please back-link.

[al415]

Wonderful story, thanks for posting! A genius, in the truest sense of the word and a real loss that he's gone.

[maunahaole]

That Britten moto is still smoking hot.

[Tristan]

One of the remaining Britten's is in the local museum - a beautiful bike and worth a look if you're in New Zealand.

This book is worth the read:
Amazon.com: John Britten (9781877333088): T. Hanna: Books

[Rhys]

One of the remaining Britten's is in the local museum - a beautiful bike and worth a look if you're in New Zealand.

Every time I'd walk past Te Papa I'd go up for a coffee at the cafe just so I could sit down and look at that bike.

[Honus]

One of the coolest motorcycles ever made. Many of his concepts weren't new but he was one of the first guys to combine a lot of forward thinking concepts into a competitive machine that could take on the factory bikes. The fact that is was done with limited resources makes it all the more impressive. I was visiting a friend who worked in the same office as Cycle World magazine the day John Britten passed away. I was floored when the editor came in and told me.

Here's a drawing I did of the V1100 in '94.

[Tristan]

Real back-yard engineering too...the book tells a story of him heat-treating the engine block and quenching it in a bathtub of water. The water kept evaporating so they had to keep filling it up from the back-yard swimming pool.

Amazing drawing Honus!