Britten rebuild video

[Bender]

Thought you thrillseekers might enjoy this video which features the rebuild of the Crepaldi Britten V1000 (the black/chequer yellow customer one).

I found it mesmorising - had to pause every few seconds for a good study of the bike (and enjoyed the obvious nervousness of the rebuilder regarding the "$50,000 crankshaft.")

Never fails to blow me away, that bike. Enjoy.


Britten Black Beauty on vimeo (http://vimeo.com/115385119)

[nzspokes]

Thought you thrillseekers might enjoy this video which features the rebuild of the Crepaldi Britten V1000 (the black/chequer yellow customer one).

I found it mesmorising - had to pause every few seconds for a good study of the bike (and enjoyed the obvious nervousness of the rebuilder regarding the "$50,000 crankshaft.")

Never fails to blow me away, that bike. Enjoy.




Thanks man thats very cool.

[Tazz]

Classy as hell roller starter too

[unstuck]

Awesome.:2thumbsup

[ellipsis]

...Seven of them to be at this years SOT...

[Kickaha]

(and enjoyed the obvious nervousness of the rebuilder regarding the "$50,000 crankshaft.")
50K sounds excessive, I would have thought you could do a billet crank for less than that, where's Swarfie when you need him?

...Seven of them to be at this years SOT...
I've seen them often enough they don't hold any great attraction, how many of them will actually be running at the event (parade or otherwise)

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, how many of them will actually be running at the event (parade or otherwise)

...been wondering that myself...I haven't seen that many together before though...

[jellywrestler]

...been wondering that myself...I haven't seen that many together before though...

The te papa bikes not there at the moment, maybe it's getting freshened up to run there too?

[Kickaha]

...been wondering that myself...I haven't seen that many together before though...

I can't remember how many were there but the John Britten memorial meeting had a quite a few on display

[Grumph]

No idea how many will - or can - still run. Kevin Grant's one has just had a new(ish) set of cases. Actually one of two sets which were rejects but got kept as spares. The foundry patterns were lost post quake....

The crank ex Crower cost about 6 grand from memory. Pretty sure the rest were made in house. Couple of guys in ChCh would do you one for about 4 grand.

Last time I asked, the majority of the bits for the second "wideline" early version still existed - less engine. One for the collection Spyda ?

[husaberg]

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Just the strip down video only

[quickbuck]

Classy as hell roller starter too

Sure is.....

[quickbuck]

The te papa bikes not there at the moment, maybe it's getting freshened up to run there too?
I though that one has a hole in the crank case that Andrew S put in there at Manfeild?
Not likely to run again unless they can find some more cases? I would say they can't as John himself never got it running again...

Makes a fine static display though, so most likely be at the Festival as a non-runner.

[quickbuck]

I've seen them often enough they don't hold any great attraction....
Maybe not to you, but I can tell you that the kids (Young racers in particular) who weren't even around when these bikes were ridden in anger, hang off your every word when you talk about them...
Well it may be just me... But I encourage you to engage with the future of our sport Kick.

They are actually genuinely interested in the history... Sort of makes sense, look at how many young guns rode at the Barry Sheene at HD.

[jasonu]

I though that one has a hole in the crank case that Andrew S put in there at Manfeild?
Not likely to run again unless they can find some more cases? I would say they can't as John himself never got it running again...

Makes a fine static display though, so most likely be at the Festival as a non-runner.

But that guy Flettner of Uniflow fame on the Buckets forum seems to be able to cast just about anything in his back yard. If he can cast YZ250 cases why not Britten cases given summat to copy from?

[quickbuck]

But that guy Flettner of Uniflow fame on the Buckets forum seems to be able to cast just about anything in his back yard. If he can cast YZ250 cases why not Britten cases given summat to copy from?

Will take a bit of reverse engineering as the original plugs have been lost, but not really my field, so I guess he may be able to??

[jellywrestler]

I've seen them often enough they don't hold any great attraction, just wait till the day they're gone. it was the only bike you could hear going through bradden bridge at the tt from the start line grandstand and while i've seen/heard them more than most people as i do a lot of meetings i will still never get sick of the sound or the people who love it.
think of how many people follow morotcycling in new zealand purely after seeing or hearing a britten?

[willytheekid]

That bike is so beautiful...it Brings tears to ya eyes:cry:(LOVE the "made in NZ" sticker on her...makes ya proud)

...20yrs on, and that thing is still a friggin weapon!

[Grumph]

If the demand was there everything can be remade. Two groups in NZ - Auckland based group looking after Kevin Grant's one and the guys at Auto Restorations in ChCh. Auto restos do anything from making bronze Webers from scratch to new Alfa Romeo brakes in magnesium via new cranks for anything vintage and expensive...
But it costs.....

[Bender]

That bike is so beautiful...it Brings tears to ya eyes:cry:(LOVE the "made in NZ" sticker on her...makes ya proud)

...20yrs on, and that thing is still a friggin weapon!

^^^^

This.