“One Man’s Dream – The Britten Bike Story” is a documentary film that was made in the mid-1990s about one of the world’s most innovative motorcycle engineers – John Britten. Britten was one of those staggeringly talented designers that comes along once in a generation, he was a man who designed an engine in 2 weeks, built it in 6 weeks and tested it shortly after.
I won’t go into too much detail here as I don’t want to ruin the story for those who haven’t seen it, the film is 1:30:00 long and is highly recommended – it’s one of those stories that’ll blow your mind.
Ben Branch has had his work featured on CNN, Popular Mechanics, the official Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, and many more.
Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with millions of readers around the world and hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
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