room 12 homework term 1 week 4 danielle taylor
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John Britten‘Dare to Dream’
An Assignment by Danielle Taylor
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Question 1• Why is he famous• John Britten is famous for being a
‘backyard inventor’. Using his skills and passion to produce an experimental and innovative motorcycle that went on to win a number of races and hold several land speed records.
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Question 2
• What things did he create/invent?
• John Britten is famous for his development of the Britten V1000 motorcycle.
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Question 3• What can we learn
from him?• That with a dream and a
persistent attitude, amazing things can be done.
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Question 4
• Why might we call him an innovator?
• John Britten had a dream to build the fastest motorbike in the world and fr5om his garage-workshop he produced an entirely new design that was leap forward in motorbike design and engineering.
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Question 5• What sort of things do you think
he might have though about when he was creating?
• During the course of his creative process, I believe that he would be constantly thinking of the objective, providing a target or goal on which to strive.
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Question 6
• What else could you add to this research that you think is missing?
• The assignment concentrates on his achievements as a designer/innovator, however does not provide any insight into John Britten as a person. I understand that he was a very nice person with a family, and died when he was quite young.
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Bibliography
• Britten Motorcycles website (britten.co.nz)
• Wikipedia – ‘John Britten’• TePapa website – Britten V1000
motorcycle.