Speaking of Kiwis, take a look at this
http://www.geelongspeedtrials.com/news/BrittenStory.pdf
There is a video and a book about the John Britten story called One Mans Dream and I highly recomend it even if you have little or no interest in superbikes. What John and a group of his friends created was truely awsom. If you can, get a hold if the video and have a look, you wont regret it.