Britten V1000

• Wheelbase 1420 mm • Weight 138 kg • Fuel Tank Capacity 24 litres • 166 HP @ 11,800 rpm • Maximum safe engine speed 12,500 rpm • Maximum speed 303 km/h Engine • Water-cooled 999 cc 60 deg V-Twin quad-cam 4-stroke • 4 valves per cylinder, belt driven • Compression ratio 11.3 : 1 • Bore x stroke 98.9 mm x 65 mm • Piston, flat-top slipper • Titanium conrods with oil feed to little end • Titanium valves Inlet Ø40 mm Exhaust Ø33 mm • Wet cast-iron cylinder sleeves / opt silicon carbide–coated alloy sleeves • Composite head gaskets • Back torque dry clutch • Wet sump. Oil feeds to bigends, gudgeon pins, camshaft lobes & gearbox shafts • Programmable engine management computer with history facility • Fuel injection - sequential, 2 injectors per cylinder Transmission • Gearbox, 5-speed constant-mesh, sequential manual transmission, chain-drive / opt. 6-speed • Primary ratio 1.97 • Gear ratios 1st 2.5, 2nd 1.77, 3rd 1.38, 4th 1.125, 5th 0.961 Chassis • Fully stressed engine with ducted under-seat radiator. Top chassis, girder & swing arm all constructed in carbon/kevlar composites • Front Suspension: double wishbones, Hossack suspension. • Rear Suspension: swing arm with adjustable three-bar linkage • Shock Absorbers: Öhlins • 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 320 mm cast-iron rotors with opposed 4-piston Brembo callipers • Rear Brakes: 210 mm rotor with opposed-piston Brembo calliper ==Racing Achievements==

1991 • 2nd and 3rd Battle of the Twins, Daytona, USA 1992 • 1st Battle of the Twins, Assen, Netherlands • 2nd Pro Twins, Laguna Seca Raceway, USA • DNF Battle of the Twins, Daytona, USA 1993 • Fastest Top Speed at the Isle of Man TT • 1st (BEARS) 2nd (Formula 1) Australian TT Bathurst • 3rd Battle of the Twins, Assen, Netherlands • NZ Grand Prix title • FIM Flying Mile World Record (4 December 1993) • Jon White set the world flying mile record for motorcycles under 1000cc in 1993, reaching 188.092 mph (302.705 km/h) on a Britten V1000. White also held the NZ 1050cc Flying 1/4 Mile record at 188.092 mph for 28 years until W. Rands-Trevor broke it in 2021 in Reporoa. In 2022, Rands-Trevor claimed the NZ Open Flying 1/4 Mile record from Hepburn. • MNZ National Speed Records Flying kilometer (4 December 1993) Jon White set the NZ 1050cc Flying Kilometer and NZ Open Flying Kilometer records at 188.092 mph on December 4, 1993, in Christchurch New Zealand. Both records remain unbroken. • World standing start -mile (400 m) record (1000 cc and under) • 134.617 mph • World standing start mile record (1000 cc and under) • 213.512 mph • World standing start kilometre record (1000 cc and under) • 186.245 mph |none 1994 • 1st Battle of the Twins, Daytona, USA • 1st and 2nd New Zealand National Superbike Championship 1995 • 1st World BEARs, rider, Andrew Stroud ==References==