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http://silodrome.com/britten-backyard-visionary-documentary/ (http://silodrome.com/britten-backyard-visionary-documentary/)

Make sure you click the video.  [bow_down]

Thanks for sharing.
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so, now I understand the desire of Ducati with the frameless. they were getting their ass handed to them by one.  [bow_down]

great, always loved the britten. thanksjavascript:void(0);

Thanks  kopfjager  [thumbsup]
Love the story.

I have drooled underneath the one in the Barber Museum looking over some of the detail and work he did....it is foooking impressive what he did to say the least....

Inspirational,with determination we can achieve anything we set our minds to.
thanks for sharing...

Britten was one tenacious sumpregnant dog. [bow_down]

John Britten was an engineering genius ...not unlike Burt munroe,
Also from new Zealand.  The solving motorcycle museum has one
For anyone in so-cal.

Solvang? ???

Incredible... thanks for sharing!  [thumbsup]

Yup ... Sorry for the typo.

A true gent had the good fortune to meet the man in a pub on the island in the mid ninetys thanks for sharing.

Thanks for sharing that was awesome [bow_down] [drink]

(http://verydemotivational.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/demotivational-posters-punctuation.jpg)

Thanks for sharing that link!! 

Watching it makes me wonder yet again... Why haven't more of John Britten's (and for that matter, Michael Czysc') ideas made it into race & production bikes?

I'm particularly interested in fork design. Tubular forks have some real limitations compared to the Britten & MotoCzysc designs (which should be MUCH easier to tune for different flex characteristics front to back & side to side) or hub steering as done by Bimota and others. I've seen nothing but rave reviews from the test riders who've gotten to put them through their paces, but outside of Britten's runs at Daytona, hardly any teams are willing to think outside the tubes.

Is it a matter of rules? Patents? Traditions?

Mostly that.

Riders are very much tuned to expect how telescopic forks perform.
And they're essentially conservative.
In reference to the 'rider psyche': http://www.motomatters.com/opinion/2013/01/03/why_price_caps_are_the_best_way_of_cutti.html (http://www.motomatters.com/opinion/2013/01/03/why_price_caps_are_the_best_way_of_cutti.html)
Relevant comments start in paragraph 5.

Britten's front end is a 'Hossack' style, though nobody else, AFAIK, has done one in CF.
More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle_fork (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle_fork)

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Tried quite a few alternate systems myself and can't get on with them. There's a good possibility that decent tubes just give the best feedback on that front contact patch. Note that not even BMW currently races with any of their goofy front ends although that would be good for PR. After all, you won't find an F1 car with FWD or AWD. ;) Some things just work.

I rode this bad boy for about 10 minutes in ~1987.
Felt OK, but didn't push it at all, as repercussions from dropping it would have been severe...

(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/morsa03/alt-RADD_MC2.jpg)

 :o :o :o   8)   [beer]

Why can't I see it? ???

I think I fixed it.... posted it from my phone, sometimes it doesn't cooperate.

Yup.  [thumbsup]

Just up on MCN:

Exclusive: MCN ride the Britten V1000 | First Rides | Motorcyclenews.com (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MbvMqNAFVY&feature=youtu.be#)

A friend (and a missing-in-action member here):

(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5130/5264748548_dc1f7de8e1.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigiain/5264748548/)
Lil on the Britten (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigiain/5264748548/#)

I was 2 years old in '87.

What in tarnation is that?

I remember seeing that in the magazines during HS.
RADD MC²
I had to look up the details to refresh my memory. Yamaha 750 based

I was into the Yahama Genesis bikes, can't remember if that was the same time frame.
The Honda Hurricane was another.

The the RADD front end was certainly very cool

Here's a more recent prototype, with more pics:
 http://www.ultimatemotorcycling.com/gsx-radd-hub-center-steered-motorcycle-suspension (http://www.ultimatemotorcycling.com/gsx-radd-hub-center-steered-motorcycle-suspension)

Best video I've seen in weeks.

Britten is a hero, an absolute genius. I wish the world didn't lose him, but I am equally disappointed that nobody followed upon his work.

I mean only now do we have the Panigale, which is only 5% as revolutionary as the Britten was 20 years ago.

I get this message when I clicky your linky...

The Yammyhammer G bikes were around '93-'94.

Had two Hurricanes. Both '87s... one 600, the other the 1000.

just looked it up
The Genesis FZR bikes were the 80's as well.
FZR250,400,600,1000
the FZ750 was the basis for the RADD MC²

Thought I remembered it was all about the same timeframe

That's odd, I get it too, but it worked yesterday.  ???

How about this, pretty much the same info:
http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/features/122_0801_gsx_radd_p3/viewall.html (http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/features/122_0801_gsx_radd_p3/viewall.html)