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Old 07-23-2016, 11:53 AM   #48
b44   b44 is offline
 
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Originally Posted by FastDoc View Post
I see you also appreciate the work of one of your most brilliant fellow Aussies. Britten was WAY ahead of his time and had he lived longer he could have really changed things in motorcycle engineering. a visionary.

Haha he is actually a kiwi but thats allgood, John britten like Burt Munroe,kim Newcombe & the konig, bruce McClaren, rod millen, they are are blokes that don't follow the usual rules of conventional thinking, John britten in particular
A great quote from his documentary
"Alot of people idolize owning ferrari etc, but if you get stuck in you'd be living your own dream not someone elses"
A guy who handmade a complete motorcycle with virtually no financial backing beat the world's best ducati /honda etc is every bike/mechanics dream he did it,


 
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