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Thread: The Britten V1000/1100 - What happened?

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    Quote Originally Posted by GD66 View Post
    Make no mistake, in spite of the team image portrayed, the Britten race project only ever had a solitary figurehead with one focus.
    Impressive though the bikes were, Tim's book reveals the cost the concept took in terms of personal dealings between Britten and his contemporaries.
    The video made it out to be a man alone, it was far from that. Some very clever & knowledgable people took Johns concepts & made them work ,he could not have done it without them, they did not have the vision but they shared in his. It is fair to say he burned a few out along the way.
    So much was right but so much was also wrong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by trustme View Post
    The video made it out to be a man alone, it was far from that. Some very clever & knowledgable people took Johns concepts & made them work ,he could not have done it without them, they did not have the vision but they shared in his. It is fair to say he burned a few out along the way.
    So much was right but so much was also wrong.
    Succinct & tactful thankyou.

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    This is exactly what I am talking about. If Vyrus can adapt their frame and centre hub steering to develop a Moto2 chassis then surely the Britten tech can be developed in the same way.

    KiwiBitcher
    where opinion holds more weight than fact.

    It's better to not pass and know that you could have than to pass and find out that you can't. Wait for the straight.

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