Meatball, vintage Triumphs, and SoCal chaos.
If you were hanging around motorcycles in the late 2000s, Brittown was basically required viewing. This cult Brittown motorcycle documentary from the Choppertown crew follows “Meatball,” the underground Britbike whisperer behind Hell On Wheels in Anaheim. The film trails him as he lives and breathes British iron, turning a tired 650 Triumph Bonneville mill into a snarling road racer and squeezing every ounce of fun out of SoCal’s vintage scene.
You get Meatball hammering his old BSA around vintage MX tracks, blasting desert runs with the No Gooders, ripping down the Willow Springs straightaway on his Norstar, and wrenching like a man possessed. The movie drops you right into the grit and charm of Southern California’s Britbike culture, with dusty racetracks, dirt ovals, custom street machines, and even the oddball events that somehow fit perfectly in this world.
Part homage to On Any Sunday, part garage hang, part character study. More than a decade later, it still rips.
If you haven’t seen Brittown, do yourself a solid and queue it up. Just don’t be surprised if you start browsing for a crusty Triumph project by the time the credits roll.
