The extraordinary Britten V1000 will take to the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit for some unique demonstration laps planned during the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship next weekend (20/21 July) as spectators can get a unique glimpse of the iconic machine.

Only ten Britten V1000s were ever produced after it was innovatively designed and built by John Britten and a group of friends with limited resources in a home workshop in Christchurch, New Zealand during the early 90s. Their dream was to build the motorcycle from scratch and turn it into a winning machine which they achieved as it later went on to win the Battle of the Twins in Daytona, USA and set a number of world speed records.

The machine has been brought to the UK by New Zealand motorcycle enthusiast and collector Ken Grant. Ken's machine is the actual World Championship-winning bike, which won the 1996 World BEARS (British, European & American Race Series) title. It won at Daytona, took second place at Monza and then won again at Thruxton, Zeltweg, Brands Hatch and then Assen.


The Britten V1000 will be ridden by Scott Smart and features a number of innovations including extensive use of carbon fibre, the radiator located under the seat, double wishbone front suspension and frameless chassis and this will be a unique chance to see it on track with many now owned by private collectors and museums around the world.

For video footage of the Britten V1000 in action please click here and another here


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