Motorcycle
The Britten V1000 and Britten V1100 are rare machines with only 10 plus 1 prototype having been constructed.
Highlights include:
- Carbon fibre body work including rims, front suspension fork and swingarm
- Hand cast, 4 valves per head alloy engine
- Frame-less chassis with engine acting as a stressed member
- Radiator located under the riders seat
- Carbon fibre fasteners (joining body work together)
- Rear suspension shock located in front of engine
- Engine data logging
Non-Britten Components:
- Tires
- Brakes
- Steel cylinder liners
- Gearbox (sourced from a Suzuki)
- Suspension shocks
- Various electrical components
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Famous quotes containing the word motorcycle:
“Kicking the heart
with pain’s big boots running up and down
the intestines like a motorcycle racer.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Actually being married seemed so crowded with unspoken rules and odd secrets and unfathomable responsibilities that it had no more occurred to her to imagine being married herself than it had to imagine driving a motorcycle or having a job. She had, however, thought about being a bride, which had more to do with being the center of attention and looking inexplicably, temporarily beautiful than it did with sharing a double bed with someone with hairy legs and a drawer full of boxer shorts.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)
“Today, only a fool would offer herself as the singular role model for the Good Mother. Most of us know not to tempt the fates. The moment I felt sure I had everything under control would invariably be the moment right before the principal called to report that one of my sons had just driven somebody’s motorcycle through the high school gymnasium.”
—Mary Kay Blakely (20th century)