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Originally Posted by Ron Earp Saw that bike at Daytona and Charolette - cool machine with the awesome blue headers. Nice people too, said a couple words to him and his crew dudes, really friendly. Early to mid-90s, in the US you can walk into the pits at a bike race and there isn't a soul in sight - Harley guys don't go to races in Daytona despite it being bike week! |
I had the 'honor' of having the garage across from the Britten team for the Daytona 200 Superbike race in 1995. I had no idea then but I was looking at 60% of the the total Brittens ever built at that event.
That was cool, awesomely engineered bikes (still my favorite) and that Mrs. Britten was not too hard to look at either!
Almost made it OK that the engine blew in second qualifying round after I was safely in on my first session time. Shoe string budget, traveled all the way across the country, no spare engine, thousands spent just to sit in the infield to watch the race....never made the trek again.
I'm a wuss -
Burt Munro ROCKED!