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Originally Posted by stk0308
Cost is one reason. Another might be out of respect, as the family is still involved with refurbishing the existing ones.
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Actually I was was thinking that there must be engineering drawings for most of the hard parts for the bike's design. Imagine another builder teaming with the Britten family to produce a series of recreations. Making another 25 bikes, for example, wouldn't really diminish the real V1000's, but allow well-heeled enthusiasts a chance to get their hands on one.
My guess is that most of the current owners of the 10 bikes would also buy a recreation for track use, if for nothing but keeping the real bike out of harm's way.
While it would also probably never happen, imagine a manufacturer teaming up with Britten family to produce a bike inspired by the original bikes, only with fiberglass bodywork and aluminum wheels and suspension arms. Designing an engine which passes emissions would be expensive but not impossible to keep the overall design architecture of the bike.