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General Category => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: tagordon on September 15, 2007, 11:14:27 AM

Title: Lemans style race pics
Post by: tagordon on September 15, 2007, 11:14:27 AM

The race started with riders lined up across track. Starting gun fired, riders running to bikes, push start & running mount.
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This is one bike with pink I would trade my house for. Other known 11 are in museums. This is only ridden Britton. So I am told.
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Title: Re: Lemans style race pics
Post by: nhmaf on September 16, 2007, 10:19:21 PM

Nice pics !

Thanks for sharing - it is always so much fun to watch bike racing in person rather than on the tube.
I'm surprised that someone was racing a Britten - I've read about them in bike mags going back many, many years.
Too bad that John didn't get the funding to get through to a more mass production level- the bike design
still had some quirks, but he had some really great design ideas in that bike.  I know that I certainly wouldn't have the
cashola to spare for using one of these rare birds on the track..

 :)

Title: Re: Lemans style race pics
Post by: tagordon on September 17, 2007, 06:25:22 AM

The Britton did not race. Only did a few laps for show. Sorry I did not say it was on display & not in the race.

Title: Re: Lemans style race pics
Post by: NC Steve on September 17, 2007, 08:09:43 AM

So if the Britton didn't race, that means the R65 finished in what, 5th place?

Not too shabby!  ;)