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John Britten

Since his tragic early death from cancer in 1995, John Britten has deservedly taken his place as an original New Zealand hero. He was the man who, with a small dedicated team in Christchurch, designed and built from scratch the extraordinary Britten V-twin motorcycle. For a time this beautiful, revolutionary machine was probably the fastest four-stroke bike in the world, a motorcycle that could wheel stand at 150 miles per hour simply by opening up the throttle.

After five years of research, Tim Hanna has finally been able to give due credit to the man and his achievements. This meticulously written biography details his early life, the development of his vision and the early prototype motorcycles, and then the grueling cycle of unbelievably hard work, setbacks and failures before the Britten V-twin finally was able to beat the world's best.

His bike enthralled legions of fans worldwide, captured by the elegance, originality and power of the machine, but also by the romance of his story - an individual taking on the power and might of some of the world's biggest and best motorcycle manufacturers, and winning. John Britten is a book with appeal far beyond the motorcycling fraternity, for it has a universally inspiring theme - that extraordinary things are possible when a person can turn their dreams into reality.

ISBN	978 1 877333 08 8
Stock code	540
Pages	500
Description	36 colour photographs
Size	160 x 240mm, 885 g
Format	Softcover
Published	October 2003

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Always the Sound of the Sea Helen Beaglehole | Angelina: From Stromboli to D'Urville Island Gerard Hindmarsh | Answering Hark Colin McCahon/John Caselberg: Painter/Poet Peter Simpson | As If Running on Air: The Journals of Jack Lovelock David Colquhoun | Backroads Sam Hunt | Black Milk Douglas Wright & John Savage | Charles Fleming Mary McEwen | Dave Dobbyn: The Songbook Dave Dobbyn | Doubtless Sam Hunt | East Stanley Palmer | Encircled Lands Judith Binney | An Illustrated History of the Treaty of Waitangi Claudia Orange | Into the Light David Eggleton | In/visible Sight Angela Wanhalla | John Britten Tim Hanna | John Pascoe Chris Maclean | Kahurangi Calling Gerard Hindmarsh | Letters on the Go Jessie Munro | Max Gimblett Wynstan Curnow & John Yau | The Nature of Things Edited by James Brown Photographs by Craig Potton | Nelson Art Guide Nelson Bays Arts Advocacy and Marketing Trust | The New Zealand Wine-lover's Companion Karl du Fresne | Ngai Tahu: A Migration History Edited by Te Maire Tau and Atholl Anderson | No Other Home Than This John Andrews| Our Favourite Poems Introduction by Iain Sharp | The Prophet and the Policeman Mark Derby | Ready to Fly - The Story of New Zealand Rock Music David Eggleton | Real Art Roadshow Real Art Trust | Samoan Art and Artists Sean Mallon | Send Me a Postcard William Main | Soundtrack Grant Smithies | The Story of Suzanne Aubert Jessie Munro |Swamp Fever Gerard Hindmarsh | Taonga Puoro - Singing Treasures Brian Flintoff | Te Kerikeri Judith Binney | This Thing in the Mirror: Self Portraits by New Zealand Artists Claire Finlayson | The World of WearableArt Craig Potton | Wrestling with God Lloyd Geering

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