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Little by little we continue going ahead with the BOTT XR-1 project. As we already mentioned, the oil cooler will be located behind the front number plate, beside the headlights. In this way the bike will have a more clean aspect. In order to locate the radiator in such a small place, we had to build a custom one, that we will sell as an option in our XR-1 building kit. We are also building the secondary fueltank, wh

In Bottpower we think that the Buell engine and the XR-1 chassis are a very good base with a lot of possibilities for creating funny bikes. Here you have three proposals. Hugo van Waaijen has created proposals #1 and #2. Hugo is a Dutch designer (currently living in Germany) that has participated in most of the Bottpower projects, since we started doing things at the end of 20th century… :-) The third design ha

While we continue working in the BOTT XR-1 construction (the bike is already on its wheels), here you have some renders showing some aesthetics details we are studing. Besides the first black version that we already showed, we tried another 2 colour schemes. A red/orange with white numberplates based on the classic XR 750 racers, and another black and white one. In the poll we made about the headlight design, option

While we find a rider to race the CEV with our Moto2, we keep working in the bike development. During the last days we spent quite time working on the dyno, testing several things, life for example several exhaust systems. We will probably change our exhaust, we will dedicate a post to explain it with more detail. Meanwhile here you can see one of the dyno tests. Testing exhausts on the dyno. from Bottpower on Vimeo.

We are working on four ideas for the XR-1 headlights. These are the four proposals made by our designer Hugo van Waaijen. Which one do you prefer? Number one: Number two: Number three: Number four: Help us to choose the coolest one!

Our previous post about the BOTT XR-1 was covered by a lot of webs and blogs, these are some expamples: The kneeslider, Hell For Leather, trendsnow.net, autoblog.com, asphaltandrubber.com, visordown.com, etc. The XR-1 also appeared in Spanish paper magazines like Motociclismo or Solomoto30. Spanish magazine Formula Moto is also writing a good article about the XR-1, that will appear in their next issue. The project g

Probably the final resoult will be quite different to what you can see in these images, but looking at them you will have a good idea about what’s going on with the BOTT XR-1 project. The BOTT XR-1 is a bike based on a Buell, who acts as a donor of wheels, suspensions, brakes, engine and swingarm. The intention is to create a motorbike with flattrack aesthetics, based on the Harley XR 750 racers. To build this

One of the things that I like more to do is to design and build motorbikes, for this reason it is always exciting to start a new project. In this case it is a street bike designed and built for a customer. The project is very interesting because I think it opens a new path for Bottpower, to design and build special bikes for customers, and even at a given moment we could build small series or kits for the street. If

When designing the BOTT M210, we have tried to use solutions that facilitate the work of the mechanics. The most important aspect of a race bike is beeing fast on the track, but it is also very important that the mechanics can work on the bike quickly and safely. Good race bikes are full of small details that can greatly facilitate the work inside of the box. In that sense I feel very fortunate to work closely with J

The airbox intake is one of the M210 parts that was not designed yet. In most race bikes this part is made using carbon fiber (CF). By the moment we have designed it to be fabricated using  Selective Laser Sintering (SLS). Fortunately for this task we have the support of Ineo, a Spanish company specialized in rapid prototyping. Using SLS technique allows us to have the part fabricated in a few hours, without having t