PEOPLE
The words genius and tragedy are often overused, but it is surely beyond question that New Zealander John Britten was an engineering genius, and that his death from skin cancer in September 1995, aged 45, was a tragedy of significant proportions for the world of motorcycling.
Though a crowded existence meant he had to combine two full-time careers as commercial property developer and hands-on two-wheeled visionary with family life, John Britten's achievements have received just acclaim the world over.
The motorcycles he developed, by their technological excellence and avant-garde engineering, would have been sufficient
