NAC but one of the most amazing stories in motorsports...

thejimrose thejimrose at gmail.com
Mon Feb 23 09:11:47 PST 2009


you bet Dave! I didn't even realise they omitted the end of the story
- thanks for finishing. I guess it's too embedded in my psyche. =)

i saw the bike at the gugg exhibit in vegas. to see it in person was
just unreal/surreal/hyperreal. to see the craftsmanship is
mindboggling - the true scope of the achievement becomes apparent. i
have the poster framed in my bathroom. GF has learned to love it.. ;-)

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:07 PM, Dave <dave.eaton at clear.net.nz> wrote:
> jim,  thanks for posting this.  it brought back many many memories. john
> britten is an absolute hero to me.  and a tragic loss when he died of
> cancer, he was only in his mid-40's...
>
> to complete the story, the bike won daytona in 1994 and was 1, 2 & 3
> @daytona in 1995, the year of john's death, in which i believe it won every
> round of the "bears" world championship...
>


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