Comments on: Britten V1000 http://www.bikeexif.com/britten-v1000 Custom motorcycles and cafe racers Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Florin http://www.bikeexif.com/britten-v1000#comment-11817 Florin Tue, 08 Feb 2011 03:14:00 +0000 http://www.bikeexif.com/?p=5326#comment-11817 Correct spelling is KONIG I believe?

]]> By: Cryan http://www.bikeexif.com/britten-v1000#comment-10463 Cryan Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:07:00 +0000 http://www.bikeexif.com/?p=5326#comment-10463 In my years of bopping along with my friends on motorcycles we all take a collective pause when the conversation turns to “The Britten”. I have worked in the machining industry and showed coworkers pictures of The Britten. They all stare amazed at the craftmanship. The beauty. Most of the people I surround myself are of the “man and machine types”. They all breath a little slower and pay more attention when looking at this machine. It almost demands an emotional responce. For me it does.

]]> By: tim hanna http://www.bikeexif.com/britten-v1000#comment-8186 tim hanna Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:49:02 +0000 http://www.bikeexif.com/?p=5326#comment-8186 Hi Petta,
I will have a new website up in a few days at http://www.timhanna.co.nz. If you could contact me through this it would be great.

]]> By: tim hanna http://www.bikeexif.com/britten-v1000#comment-8150 tim hanna Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:32:28 +0000 http://www.bikeexif.com/?p=5326#comment-8150 Hi Petter,
If that is an invitation then I guess I’d better come.
I’ll be in touch.
Tim

]]> By: Petter R http://www.bikeexif.com/britten-v1000#comment-8145 Petter R Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:19:11 +0000 http://www.bikeexif.com/?p=5326#comment-8145 Tim

I got your book as a present this summer and have just started to read it, I just love it.
And the story about Newcombe is also great, a friend knows Rod Tingate so I have heard quite alot about it, amazing.
About your event tour, do you have any plans to come to Scandinavia?
I might be able to help you with arrangements etc, I am also a friend of John Shand that i guess you know.
Feel free to contact me for any kind of help.

Best regards
/Petter

]]> By: Tim Hanna http://www.bikeexif.com/britten-v1000#comment-8119 Tim Hanna Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:33:59 +0000 http://www.bikeexif.com/?p=5326#comment-8119 Hi Sen,
I am going to relaunch the book in the near future and I’ll post something about that when the time comes.
Glad you enjoyed the book. It was an absolute labour of love and an honour to write it. I spent a lot of time at the factory – watched bikes number nine and ten get built from the beginning until they were wheeled onto the dyno. It was a great tragedy that the team was broken up and that it all faded away.
Still, the record stands and on the whole it is most impressive. It was built as a Bears bike and in that arena it ended up being unassailable.
My new book on Kim Newcombe will be available from Amazon as will my new film and an electronic version of the book. It’s a great story about grand prix motorcycle racing in the early seventies when two strokes were beginning to threaten the MV Four strokes and none more so than Kim on his Koenig powered special.

]]> By: Sen Heng http://www.bikeexif.com/britten-v1000#comment-8108 Sen Heng Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:30:50 +0000 http://www.bikeexif.com/?p=5326#comment-8108 Tim, if I can get your book in Japan, those guys in the US should have no problem.

I got mine from Amazon JP.

What I really loved about the book was all the detail about designing the engine and the first prototype, stuff that wasn’t in the video. Of course, the photos are amazing too.

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