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Originally Posted by sburns2421
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.
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Oh I agree, some regular runners would be awesome. I cringed when there was word years ago that the Britten engine was supposed to be slated for use in the reserection of Indian
I'm so glad that died quietly.
So much of what John did was one off that it's really hard to reproduce without the dedication he had to it. As I understand the family is VERY picky about who does anything with the existing bikes, I can't imagine how picky they are about continuations of John's work. I read once that they were sitting on drawings and a partial prototype of a new single he was working on when he died. Typical mad genius, he didn't leave enough notes behind to outline his intention, and it's beyond many who have looked at trying to finish it. Such was the mans work. That's why I love it, lol
Then again I'm one who just salivates at the ideas of an updated Norton 588 too
