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Mi sono appena sparato il storia di john britten.... mentre convertivo in digitale la cassetta che mi ha passato il buon marietto voronoff.... mio meccanico del duca e da sempre meccanico della britten di crepaldi... una delle tre costruite 
beh che dire.... che john britten fosse stato un personaggio geniale lo sappiamo... ma dopo aver visto questo video posso anche affermare che era veramente un grande.... dovreste vederlo mentre nel suo garage costruiva questi capolavori...sembrava un bambino con i suoi giocattoli..... MITICO!!!!!!!
Water cooled 999cc 60 deg V-Twin quad cam 4 stroke.
4 valves per cylinder, belt driven.
Compression ratio 11.3 : 1.
Bore x stroke 98.9mm x 65mm.
Piston, flat top slipper.
Titanium conrods with oil feed to little end.
Titanium valves Inlet ?40mm Exhaust ?33mm.
Wet cast iron cylinder sleeves./ opt silicon carbide coated alloy sleeves.
Composite head gaskets.
Back torque dry clutch.
Wet sump. Oil feeds to bigends, gudgon, camshaft lobes & gearbox shafts.
Programmable engine management computer with history facility.
Fuel injection - sequential, 2 injectors per cylinder.
TRANSMISSION
Gearbox, 5 speed constant mesh / opt 6 speed.
Primary ratio 1.97.
Gear ratios 1st 2.5, 2nd 1.77, 3rd 1.38, 4th 1.125, 5th 0.961.
Fully stressed engine with ducted under-seat radiator. Top chassis, girder & swing arm all constructed in carbon/kevlar composites.
Front Suspension: double wishbones with girder.
Rear Suspension: swing arm with adjustable three bar linkage.
Shock Absorbers: Ohlins
Rake: adjustable
Trail: adjustable
Front Wheel: 3.5" x 17" in-house carbon composite
Rear Wheel: 6.0" x 17" in-house carbon composite
Front Brakes: Twin 320mm cast iron rotors with opposed 4-piston Brembo callipers
Rear Brakes: 210mm rotor with opposed piston Brembo calliper
DIMENSIONS
Wheel base 1420mm
Weight 138kg
Fuel Tank Capacity 24 litres
166 HP @ 11,800 RPM
Maximum safe engine speed 12500rpm
Maximum speed 303 km/h
beh che dire.... che john britten fosse stato un personaggio geniale lo sappiamo... ma dopo aver visto questo video posso anche affermare che era veramente un grande.... dovreste vederlo mentre nel suo garage costruiva questi capolavori...sembrava un bambino con i suoi giocattoli..... MITICO!!!!!!!
Water cooled 999cc 60 deg V-Twin quad cam 4 stroke.
4 valves per cylinder, belt driven.
Compression ratio 11.3 : 1.
Bore x stroke 98.9mm x 65mm.
Piston, flat top slipper.
Titanium conrods with oil feed to little end.
Titanium valves Inlet ?40mm Exhaust ?33mm.
Wet cast iron cylinder sleeves./ opt silicon carbide coated alloy sleeves.
Composite head gaskets.
Back torque dry clutch.
Wet sump. Oil feeds to bigends, gudgon, camshaft lobes & gearbox shafts.
Programmable engine management computer with history facility.
Fuel injection - sequential, 2 injectors per cylinder.
TRANSMISSION
Gearbox, 5 speed constant mesh / opt 6 speed.
Primary ratio 1.97.
Gear ratios 1st 2.5, 2nd 1.77, 3rd 1.38, 4th 1.125, 5th 0.961.
Fully stressed engine with ducted under-seat radiator. Top chassis, girder & swing arm all constructed in carbon/kevlar composites.
Front Suspension: double wishbones with girder.
Rear Suspension: swing arm with adjustable three bar linkage.
Shock Absorbers: Ohlins
Rake: adjustable
Trail: adjustable
Front Wheel: 3.5" x 17" in-house carbon composite
Rear Wheel: 6.0" x 17" in-house carbon composite
Front Brakes: Twin 320mm cast iron rotors with opposed 4-piston Brembo callipers
Rear Brakes: 210mm rotor with opposed piston Brembo calliper
DIMENSIONS
Wheel base 1420mm
Weight 138kg
Fuel Tank Capacity 24 litres
166 HP @ 11,800 RPM
Maximum safe engine speed 12500rpm
Maximum speed 303 km/h
)... mi ha raccontato di quando andavano in giro con il black moby.... il pullman di crepaldi... di quella volta al castellet.... o di quell'altra a vallelunga... oppure di quella volta che al tt... oppure...oppure.... ragazzi.... a volte mi considero proprio fortunato ad avere la possibilit? di dialogare con persone come lui.... 
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