We start 2016 with a new project, a more racing version of the BOTT XR1, which will be named BOTT XR1R and will be intended to be used exclusively on the track. We will use this bike to test and develop several components like the titanium frame, the new electronics or a new swingarm. The […]
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Finalmente, después de publicar muchos renders y varios posts sobre el estado del proyecto, hemos acabado la primera unidad de la BOTT XC1 cafe racer y podemos mostrar algunas fotos de estudio. Los que nos leen habitualmente ya saben que esta moto comparte muchos componentes con la BOTT XR1 (chasis, depósitos secundarios, toma de aire
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Finally, after publishing many renders and different assembly status photos, the first unit of our BOTT XC1 cafe racer is finished and we can show some studio photos. Like most of our usual readers know, this bike shares many components with the BOTT XR1 (frame, secondary tanks, air intake, footpegs, etc). The bike geometry is
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The book “The Ride 2nd gear” has been released in September, and the BOTT XR1 has been featured on it. Currently this is the reference book in the world of handmade motorcycles. If you want to know which are the current trends and what it is going on in the world of custom motorbikes, we
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Finally, the first unit of our new BOTT XC1 (we also name it “cafe racer”) has been finished. During the next days we will take some photos and will release it in our website. Meanwhile, here you have some of the components we have developed for this bike. This is the fueltank, available both in
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Finally we have ready the first prototype of our titanium frame, valid for both the BOTT XR1 and the new cafe racer. The difference in weight between this new titanium frame and the steel one that we use normally is very big. Titanium has 57% of steels density (this means that it weights almost half)
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We had several weeks without publishing any post. Here you have a summary of the main events that happen in Bottpower since our last post. Paradise Moto, our French dealer, exposed a BOTT XR1 in the Bikeshed (one of the most important custom motorcycle shows nowadays) in Paris. A few weeks later, RetroMoto Engineering, our
On our free time we keep playing with our new cafe racer (we already have 2 units almost finished). Here you can see some renders made to test how it would look with a classic fairing. What do you think? Do you prefer it with or without the fairing?
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Hoy os presentamos una XR1 construida por Eric Villot, de Francia. Eric fue uno de nuestros primeros clientes. Eric no compró el kit completo, ya que pensó en diseñar y fabricar él mismo algunas de las piezas para construir una XR1 completamente a su gusto. Y tal y como muestran las fotos, el esfuerzo ha
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Here you have another BOTT XR1, this one has been built by Eric Villot, from France. He was one of our first customers. Eric didn’t buy the complete kit, because he wanted to design and fabricate himself some of the parts in order to build a XR1 fully customized to his taste. As you can
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