Hey - thanks for the kind words, guys.
The bike is actually a resin copy of the original kit (heavily modified and detailed) and was produced by The Britten Motorcycle Company in New Zealand. If you want one for yourself or are interested in Britten merchandise, go to:
http://www.britten.co.nz/store.php3
The kit was like $300AUD (the proceeds went to help support the factory racing budget) and it was made of pewter - all the original masters were carved from brass by master modeller Jim Wylie of Christchurch (I think that's where he's from!) - and then the pieces were cast using the lost wax casting method.
I figured the kit would be a collector's item one day, so I made RTV latex molds and cast copies in resin - the screen I vac-formed using a home made vac machine. I didn't think ahead - and ended up spending a fair amount of money for the RTV and the resin necessary to make my copy. Oh well......
Many original bits were rather awful - like the exhaust - so I cast multiple copies and cut the individual pieces apart, cleaned them up, and reassembled them.
The clutch basket is a case in point - as are the handlebars, footpegs, shock absorbers - the bars were originally a two piece affair in the kit - I ended up with 42 individual pieces in my handlebar assembly. Visually, it makes a real difference.
The paint was mainly Tamiya acrylic and Metalizers - with a Tamiya Laquer for the seat/tank/fairing - and the pink was a Gunze acrylic paint - fluoro pink - all coated with Future. The brake rotors were rubbed with graphite from a pencil using an artists smudger.
This project was really quite an obsession for me.......I love the bike - it's an incredible machine - weighs 300lb and pumps out more than 150hp - I've seen one race (an earlier type) at a BEARS race here in Melbourne - it kicked the crap outta all the other competitors.
Anyway - glad you like it.
Thanks again.