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lanci

5th September 2009, 15:07

lanci

5th September 2009, 15:26

Does anyone know if they still sell the merchandise via the website?

Big Zappa

5th September 2009, 17:24

ah yes, the manliest pink and purple bike, with an exhaust that looks like an octopus copulating with a v-twin.

legendary :niceone:

Sparky Bills

5th September 2009, 17:44

Yeah I think it would look much better displayed in my garage... :whistle:

pzkpfw

5th September 2009, 18:00

On a sidenote, not sure if I like the display position that Te Papa have placed the bike in.

Cafe racer?

quickbuck

5th September 2009, 18:07

On a sidenote, not sure if I like the display position that Te Papa have placed the bike in.

Ummm,
You may well find that is the stance the bike took when Mr Stroud was exiting Dunlop on Manfeild.....

JacksColdSweat

5th September 2009, 19:53

Yeah I think it would look much better displayed in my garage... :whistle:

I think it would look better displayed between my legs...

I mean...

... erm...

never mind.

Mully

5th September 2009, 20:17

One can only imagine the bike capabilities now if he hadn't been taken away all too soon.

Indeed. Mr B was pissing over the world's best at that stage - I would have loved to have seen what he would have been up to now.

Kickaha

5th September 2009, 20:23

Indeed. Mr B was pissing over the world's best at that stage

He wasn't even close to doing that

slowpoke

5th September 2009, 20:45

Indeed. Mr B was pissing over the world's best at that stage - I would have loved to have seen what he would have been up to now.

He wasn't even close to doing that

Yep, amazing creation that it was, comparing the Britten to the Ducati's etc that it was beating is like comparing a MotoGP bike to a Superbike......and to make matters worse the MotoGP bike has a capacity advantage, even over the other twins. Still an amazing effort though from a very small underfunded team.

jade

5th September 2009, 21:10

A kiwi bloke at my work was on that team, he's not very skilled though

quickbuck

6th September 2009, 00:13

Talking to a bloke today who was on the team too... in fact he rode it....

Kiwi Graham

6th September 2009, 07:36

Luckly bugger, what would I give to have a squirt on a Britten! Our very own Mr Harris.

SS90

6th September 2009, 07:51

He wasn't even close to doing that

That's right, however, let's put it all in perspective.

No one else in the world at that time had assembled a more dedicated group of enthusiasts THAT ACTUALLY ACHIEVED SOMETHING.

It may not have been kicking as much arse as some of us want to remember, but people all over the world still know what the bike was, and the fact it came from Christchurch New Zealand.

I guess you will be trying to buy one to steal the engine and put in an a "GO CART" or sidechair or someshitlikethat.:weep:

ynot slow

6th September 2009, 08:09

First impressions when I was asked to help push it onto the stage area at the NZ tent in 2000 at the Dorkland viaduct,was what to grab and shit it's light and balanced.At the time to get up close to the beast, when the roped area was 5 mts from the bike was awseome.

MDR2

6th September 2009, 17:48

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On a sidenote, not sure if I like the display position that Te Papa have placed the bike in.

It's the only position the bike was ever in between corners (front wheel aloft that is ;) )

Pixie

7th September 2009, 08:25

Got pics of this... Really really cool :calm:

One can only imagine the bike capabilities now if he hadn't been taken away all too soon.

On a sidenote, not sure if I like the display position that Te Papa have placed the bike in.

He was a fuggin' genius.If he was still around his bike would piss all over anything in MotoGP.And all done with volunteer labour.That would show the big companies and their hundred million dollar budgets.
And it's not true he "borrowed" all his concepts for other designers and gave no credit for it.

Kickaha

7th September 2009, 17:34

lanci

7th September 2009, 21:23

Who know's!!! I'd like to think that they'd still be chugging along building bikes that could compete with the big boys and that it'd still be an independent...

Regardless genius of a man who dared to dream and follow through with it.

F5 Dave

8th September 2009, 10:33

yeah look at those rough ports, imagine how it would have gone it he'd polished them. :whistle:

slowpoke

8th September 2009, 15:11

He was a fuggin' genius.If he was still around his bike would piss all over anything in MotoGP.And all done with volunteer labour.That would show the big companies and their hundred million dollar budgets.
And it's not true he "borrowed" all his concepts for other designers and gave no credit for it.

I wish I had such nice dreams, reality is a lil' less comfortable.