Ultimate test: Britten vs Ducati

[98tls]

apparantly John Britten was a arsehole as well

Eh?Says who?Some family money there for sure but why an arsehole?Not having a crack Jimmy just curious.

[lostinflyz]

Eh?Says who?Some family money there for sure but why an arsehole?Not having a crack Jimmy just curious.

read the book by Tim Hanna. Arseholes probably a bit harsh but i imagine he got called it more than once by several individuals.

[98tls]

read the book by Tim Hanna. Arseholes probably a bit harsh but i imagine he got called it more than once by several individuals.

Will do,cheers.

[mikeey01]

apparantly John Britten was a arsehole as well

My 2 cents worth in two and a bit paragraphs.

Not really, he was a man on a mission, he almost always came across as his brain was doing 100mph and more often than not never just chatted, he simple didn't have the time!

On the other hand if you had knowledge on something he wanted to know about, or were willing to help, then he had time for you! and would chat about that subject for ages.

He was a man on a mission, never told anyone what he was going to do, he just set out and did it. Yes he needed some skilled folks around him, this said he wasn't scared to give anything ago either!

[98tls]

My 2 cents worth in two and a bit paragraphs.

Not really, he was a man on a mission, he almost always came across as his brain was doing 100mph and more often than not never just chatted, he simple didn't have the time!

On the other hand if you had knowledge on something he wanted to know about, or were willing to help, then he had time for you! and would chat about that subject for ages.

He was a man on a mission, never told anyone what he was going to do, he just set out and did it. Yes he needed some skilled folks around him, this said he wasn't scared to give anything ago either!

Yep good post,often such people are considered arrogant,ignorant etc reality is they have so much going on they barely notice distractions,those trying to gain there attention on matters that to them matter not take there reaction to heart.

[LBD]

Imagine what would be the result if JB had access to today's CNC milling technology, during the development!

They did, NC and CNC. Mace engineering in Chch on Barbados? were very well set up to mass produce complex pieces....

[Kickaha]

I dunno what you all are on about. The Britten clearly dominated the Ducatis on the day by wheelying past them at Daytona. End of story. No more what if's.. it was done and dusted.

Thankyou John Britten and Andrew Stroud.

And at Manfield

As witnessed by a large and cheering WSB audience

I don't think it ever dominated a proper factory built WSBK Ducati though

Aynone got any lap time comparisons between the Britten and the WSBK Ducatis from Manfield?

[koba]

I don't think it ever dominated a proper factory built WSBK Ducati though

Aynone got any lap time comparisons between the Britten and the WSBK Ducatis from Manfield?

Just what I was thinking as I read through this thread!

I found this:

"While an Italian-made machine, the awesome blood-red Ducati 888, wrapped up the world superbike title for the third year running, Britten was content merely to compare lap times. He noted the times set by his motorcycle, making its New Zealand debut, alongside those set by the leading internationals at Manfeild.

Palmerston North's Jason McEwen, who was racing a Ducati 900cc in Australia's Superstreet series last season, piloted the Britten at Manfeild over the superbike weekend. his lap times were good enough for the Britten to finish among the top ten of the international superbikers. "I'm quite pleased with how the bike went," he said. And so he should have been, the Britten/McEwen combination easily won the two support races for twins."

[Swoop]

They did, NC and CNC. Mace engineering in Chch on Barbados? were very well set up to mass produce complex pieces....

Interesting. That would make production of more bikes much easier.
Hopefully someone will have the resourcing to make this possible one day. Look at what easy, accurate repetition has done to (globally) assisting the warbird rebuilding business.

[wbks]

Yea a lot of the things he does described in the book could give people the impression of him being an asshole I guess but if you read more it certainly lets you look past that and see a lot more to him than either the backshed worker that seems to be how people think of him or the asshole others apear to think of him...