Talk:Britten V1000
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Performance Figures
editBritten's website reports impossibly slow 1/4mi time of 134kph, but motorcycles of this stature achieve 1/4mi speeds of greater than 134mph, rather than kph - a 257% increase in kinetic energy. The standing start mile record was also impossibly marked as kph.
I changed the 1/4mi and standing start mile records from kph to mph, as these are at least more in line with what would be expected, but all of the records are questionable, since the only known source has some incorrect values. http://www.britten.co.nz/history/racehist2.html Viperman5686 (talk) 20:46, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
Hardly seems odd
editSomeone should mention the comment that such an advanced 'cycle came from NZ is really not so odd, as Burty Monroe also hand-modified his old Indian in Invercargill. It is rumored, if he had had machine tools, he could have seriously rivaled the Jaopanese Invasion of the '60's. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.129.180.228 (talk) 16:10, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
Pre stressed motor
editAlso it would be important to mention the Britten used the motor as a pre-stressed part of the frame, something tried as far back as the Vincent, and 1910 Indian. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.129.180.228 (talk) 16:11, 23 March 2017 (UTC)