You are here:

Britten: Backyard Visionary

Television, 1993

 Britten: Backyard Visionary

  • Comments (3)
  •  
 
 

 Synopsis

During the late 1980s, Kiwi inventor John Britten developed and built a revolutionary racing motorcycle. He pursued his dream all the way to Daytona International Speedway, where, in 1992, as an unlikely underdog, he proceeded to beat the biggest and richest manufacturers in the world. Britten: Backyard Visionary documents the maverick motorcycle designer that Guggenheim curator Ultan Guilfoyle described as "the New Zealander who stood the world of racing-motorcycle design on its head."

 Credits

 Allan Baddock
 Ian Taylor
 Harry Ruffell
 Marilyn McArthur
 
 

 Produced by

 Source

 Collections

Part of the Speed Collection, August 2009

 

 Background

A perspective by Costa Botes | 21.09.2008

Guggenheim curator Ultan Guilfoyle, describes inventor John Britten, as "the New Zealander who stood the world of racing-motorcycle design on its head" and in a poll compiled by the world's leading motorcycle writers to rank the ...

Read more ›

 
 

Related Titles