Bros- Britten replica for sale on trademe

[98tls]

He had the bike on the back of a ute at the Britten races held in Chch a couple of years ago. Kristeen thought it was great and Andrew Stroud signed it for him, wasnt painted as good as now. What was surprising was the number of people who looked at it and told he was so lucky to have a Britten! Clearly its not nor ever will be, but was unreal how m,any thought it was .....
I always thought he should offer a kit for say, a VTR1000, bodywork and exhaust and paint, paint the front guard and bodypan flouro pink and the bodywork Britten blue, it would be bloody good!
If you had a VTR would you pay say $10K for a kit?

Maybe not $10k but youve got me thinking

[Ivan]

Its insanely awsome and all you haters should stop hating and think this guy did a good job how many of you could do the same?

[avgas]

Hey look!! Heres a dude that hasnt ridden a 1098!!

You make it sound like they are the greatest sounding thing on 2 wheels?
Sorry but i love the concept of the motor, i love the engineering, but its sounds like a berlina sewing machine.
Its a shame really as the rest of that bike is near perfect. After market pipes sound good on em - but its still no 2Brothers TL noise wise........

[98tls]

You make it sound like they are the greatest sounding thing on 2 wheels?
Sorry but i love the concept of the motor, i love the engineering, but its sounds like a berlina sewing machine.
Its a shame really as the rest of that bike is near perfect. After market pipes sound good on em - but its still no 2Brothers TL noise wise........

Finally.

[avgas]

"Vincent" tribute bike with a Bros; or a Ducati 1098 replica with a Hyosung GTR650?

What ever you do don't google "black shadow honda"
its a fantastic sexy bike that never got full production.

I find you comment really pointless when you consider all the flattracker, cafe racer, sport racer etc reps out there.
People build bikes, not corporations.
Look at all the Bonneville look alike Honda GBs, Kawasaki W650s etc out there. Most are better reps than what Jon Bloor produces.

[98tls]

Fwiw if you guys want to see some awsome reps go buy the latest English "Classic Bike" mag.Some great stuff and no "what would John think" bullshit to put up with.Bet hes wishing he met all the people that knew what he would think in his life.

[imdying]

Shame he isn't going to finish it . Good effort

Agreed!

[Moki]

What ever you do don't google "black shadow honda"
its a fantastic sexy bike that never got full production.

I find you comment really pointless when you consider all the flattracker, cafe racer, sport racer etc reps out there.
People build bikes, not corporations.
Look at all the Bonneville look alike Honda GBs, Kawasaki W650s etc out there. Most are better reps than what Jon Bloor produces.

Err.....yes, your correct, people do build bikes. I would also say that there most definitely IS a difference between what comes out of American Chopper and the likes of what John Britten and, perhaps, Michael Czysz (www.motoczysz.com) have created. Both were/are visionaries who had ideas that were way ahead of their times. Now, if your interested in a kiwi punching well above their weight-against the corporates-look no further than Kim Newcombe and the Konig.

Not losing site that the original topic of this thread was around a Britten tribute bike-it is a fine personal expression of one's enthusiasm for a particular bike and legacy. Obviously, much work has gone into creating this and this must be applauded.

[avgas]

Now, if your interested in a kiwi punching well above their weight-against the corporates-look no further than Kim Newcombe and the Konig.

Actually there are a few out there, was just reading recently of a guy who made a 750 triple 2-stroke from the ground up

[gunrunner]

Dont know what all this nonsense is about John turning over in his grave is about.

I would think John be pleased that he had inspired someone to have a go at buildng a bike in their garage,
albiet on a much smaller scale.

You just have to look at the photo showing how he made the moldings for the bodywork to see he was not
just throwing this together one sunday afternoon for a quick sale.

Its not bad for a replica , but thats what it is a replica . Not a bad attempt tho. LONG LIVE THE ORIGINAL
The V1000 120kw 145kg rocket no wonder it was #5 in the worlds best motorcycles of all time list ..... Ducati who ? And of course made in NZ

[wharfy]

Looks good to me -- Instantly recognized it as a Britten copy which is all its supposed to be.

I don't think John Britten would be offended to quote some body

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"

[FruitLooPs]

Judging from "one mans dream" about John B and how he is such a regular down to earth bloke I reckon he would be pretty stoked someone went to all the trouble to make a tribute.

Tis a pitty its not a faster bike in it's own right, ah well still a nice bit of DIY work. Reckon he'd be pretty sad nobody else took up his fork idea for race bikes for years (well till motoczysz afaik)

They should've made a run of official bikes for road use, tune them to be less lethal but still impressive superbikes. Would've sold like hotcakes, and they had the moulds and everything for production runs sorted

[Maki]

Judging from "one mans dream" about John B and how he is such a regular down to earth bloke I reckon he would be pretty stoked someone went to all the trouble to make a tribute.

Tis a pitty its not a faster bike in it's own right, ah well still a nice bit of DIY work. Reckon he'd be pretty sad nobody else took up his fork idea for race bikes for years (well till motoczysz afaik)

They should've made a run of official bikes for road use, tune them to be less lethal but still impressive superbikes. Would've sold like hotcakes, and they had the moulds and everything for production runs sorted

The fork was not Britten's idea.

Who are those "they" who should have made an official run for road use? Britten and his band of helpers made labor intensive, hand made racing bikes that needed to be mollycoddled by experts 24/7 to keep them running properly. They were never near anything that would have been remotely suitable for mass production.

[Nonbeliever]

Im going to squeeze out a big turd and make a tribute to a GN250 out of it.

[CHOPPA]

i reckon he done a good job with what he had to work with, a couple of years ago i made a computer mock up of a bit of a bastard child between a britten/buell it looked pretty cool.......