Motorbike photos
Posted by: Cbr600 on 10 January 2013
Hopefully used by interested bikers of the leather clad type (rather than the Lycra), no offence.
Here goes with an earlier bike I used, but now sold on
No "motorcycle-dreaming" thread is complete without this. The best "backyard" bike of all time. We will never see anything else like it again. John Britten's visionary and revolutionary masterpiece.
Winky,
Care to elaborate on the bike details?
Or even more details on the background !
From Wikipedia....
"The Britten V1000 is a handbuilt race motorcycle designed and built by John Britten and a group of friends in Christchurch, New Zealand during the early 1990s. The bike went on to win the Battle of the Twins in Daytona, USA and set a number of world speed records.
The bike was designed from first principles and hosts a number of innovations including extensive use of carbon fibre, the radiator located under the seat,double wishbone front suspension, frameless chassis and engine data logging.
A total of 10 Britten V1000s were produced by the Britten Motorcycle Company and now exist in collections and museums around the world.
Renowned motorcycle journalist Alan Cathcart said of the bike:
"It’s an easy bike to ride, in the sense it’s got a very wide power delivery, but to really get top performance, you have to ride it like a grand prix bike."
And having ridden all the superbike contenders in the world today, I can say that the Britten is the closest to a grand prix bike. It’s incredibly ironic that instead of Europe or Japan, the most sophisticated and technically advanced motorcycle in the world comes from New Zealand,"
A serious question now. I have seen these on the road a couple of times. Has anyone tried one ?
Never ridden one,but they made me a lot of money. The twin disc brake pads were far to small for the size and weight of the bike. Loads of riders were getting thru brake pads in 500 miles. Or better still if they didnt keep an eye on pad wear they would do the discs in,even more money for me. Dont know if the latest versions have beefed up pads as i have been out of the game for 5 years now.
Mista h
Piaggio looks ok to me
You have to look twice !
You have to look twice !
It's time I got myself a bike like that !
One of my golden oldies
Suzuki Nuda, GSX-R750 powered concept. I remember being astounded by this in '86. Twin single sided swing arms, shaft drive and hub-centre steering (Bimota Tesi anyone?) Side mounted surface radiators and a tilting seat... it still looks fresh. Shame it never blossomed into the Katana successor
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I always thought that more could have been made from the Yamaha GTS. If only they had put a single sided swing arm on it, tucked the pipes under the seat and made the styling a bit more futuristic.
It looked like this naked ....
One of my golden oldies
Nice.... Pity they never released the X75
My brother used to own a 1973 RD350 similar to the one above which he lovingly used to call "my little black widow". Fortulately, he's still around.
My brother used to own a 1973 RD350 similar to the one above which he lovingly used to call "my little black widow". Fortulately, he's still around.
Hi Tony,you're right saying so:I use sometime ride my friend's RD 350 in late '70s.Always scared!
My brother used to own a 1973 RD350 similar to the one above which he lovingly used to call "my little black widow". Fortulately, he's still around.
Hi Tony,you're right saying so:I use sometime ride my friend's RD 350 in late '70s.Always scared!
Fabio,
Indeed, my brother used to change his "under garment" everytime he rode the 350. It must have scared the living daylights out of him, like a wild horse but he loved it.
I always thought that more could have been made from the Yamaha GTS. If only they had put a single sided swing arm on it, tucked the pipes under the seat and made the styling a bit more futuristic.
It looked like this naked ....
Interesting front suspension geometry !
One of my golden oldies
Nice.... Pity they never released the X75
Never seen that before. Too americanised for my taste
My brother used to own a 1973 RD350 similar to the one above which he lovingly used to call "my little black widow". Fortulately, he's still around.
Hi Tony,you're right saying so:I use sometime ride my friend's RD 350 in late '70s.Always scared!
Fabio,
Indeed, my brother used to change his "under garment" everytime he rode the 350. It must have scared the living daylights out of him, like a wild horse but he loved it.
They were killer Archie's alright, but let's not dwell on the down side, keep positive (as the battery terminal said)
The Benelli 750 six cylinder
The widest bike of it's time
Not sure about the handling capabilities of this though ?
