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BOTT XR-1, work in progress.

Date: 21 Jul 2011
By: David Sánchez
Comment: 12

As you can see in the pictures, the BOTT XR-1 project continues going ahead. The base of the bike is already built and currently we are working on the fibers (fueltank, seat and front numberplate).


BOTT XR-1, first prototype.

BOTT XR-1, first prototype.

Now we enter a phase of the project in which details are very important. The final version of this BOTT XR-1 first unit will have a lot of special parts: a silencer coming from the race kit (the unit of the photos is the standard one), we will change the handlebar, wheels, brake pump, brake lines… etc.


BOTT XR-1, first prototype.

BOTT XR-1, first prototype.

If everything goes all right, the bike will be ready in autumn. Meanwhile we will keep explaining the project advances. You can see more photos at higher resolution in our Flickr gallery.

  1. mike chandler July 21, 2011 at 9:34 pm
    how much are you guys pricing just the frame so i can build a bike around it.
  2. David Sánchez July 22, 2011 at 7:58 am
    Hi Mike, we think that the basic kit (frame + subframe) will be around 3000 euros.
  3. Yann July 23, 2011 at 8:19 am
    Nice ! But how it works with the numbers we have on the frame in France ? Is it legal to put this frame in France ???
  4. David Sánchez July 23, 2011 at 10:33 am
    Hi Yann, you must homologate the bike, like a one-off motorbike.
  5. Yann July 29, 2011 at 5:20 pm
    Hi David So it will be vert hard...
  6. David Sánchez August 4, 2011 at 3:05 pm
    Hi Yann, In the following months, Ramón, the owner of the BOTT XR-1 we are building right now, is going to homologate the bike as a prototype here in Spain. I don't think that this is going to be a very hard process. We will inform about this process in our blog.
  7. Jake Halden August 10, 2011 at 5:06 am
    Can you hang an older Evo rigid mounted off your frame with swingarm
  8. Charlie September 9, 2011 at 3:35 pm
    You should contact a TV show that is running in the US called Cafe Racer. It is a weekly series that runs on HD Discovery channel and follow builds from old to new bikes of cafe racer type bikes. (Not chopper like.) Most of it is in the US but some of it in England. I think this project would be interesting to them and the motorcycle culture in Spain would also be interesting. Their site: www.caferacertv.com
  9. David Sánchez September 9, 2011 at 6:27 pm
    Hi Jake, I don't know for sure, but in principle I don't think so... Hi Charlie, thank you for sharing your thoughts, we will try it, it is a good idea... :-)
  10. kevin December 10, 2011 at 8:31 am
    What is the rake on that bike compared to the xr1200/
  11. David Sánchez December 10, 2011 at 9:17 am
    Hi Kevin. They are completely different bikes. The Harley has a rake of 29.3º, and the BOTT XR-1 has 21º.
  12. Stefan Elmgren January 13, 2012 at 1:32 pm
    Hi David You may already have answered to this question. I have an old (92) Sportster engine that is bored out to 1475cc (90ci) and equipped with Buell Thunderstorm heads. Would it be possible to fit this engine to your frame? What modifications would be required to the engine?

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