Motorcycle blog

Bottpower XK1 concept based on a KTM Superduke.

The Road Not Taken: The XK1 Project Story

When we competed in Pikes Peak in 2017, we realized our biggest rivals were the KTM Superdukes, particularly in terms ...
Latest Progress on the Morlaco project

Latest Progress on the Morlaco project

It’s been some time since our last update on the Morlaco project, and we’re excited to bring you the latest ...
Mike Visser did his thesis on motorcycle dynamics at Bottpower

Mike Visser did his thesis on motorcycle dynamics at Bottpower

During the first half of the year, Mike Visser, a Dutch automotive engineering student was at Bottpower carrying out his ...
New fork design for the Morlaco

New fork design for the Morlaco

From time to time we are contacted by engineering students who are interested in doing their final degree project with ...
Yamaha XR9 Carbona sliding

Yamaha XR9 Carbona test and videos

Our friends from PowerArt have published a new video on their Youtube channel, dedicated to the Yamaha XR9 Carbona project.The ...
Bott XR9 Carbona kit for Yamaha XSR900 and MT09

YAMAHA XR9 CARBONA PROJECT

On December 21, Yamaha Europe presented the Yamaha XR9 Carbona, a motorcycle that we have created within the Yamaha Yard ...
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Video explaining the BOTT XR1 carbon fiber parts

We just published a short video on YouTube explaining some characteristics of the main carbon fiber parts that we use ...
BOTT 1000 Morlaco

The Morlaco project keeps moving forward

We had some time without updating the blog and I want to apologize for that. Those of you that follow ...
BOTT 1000 Morlaco fuel tank details

BOTT 1000 Morlaco fuel tank details

In this post, we will explain how we have built the Morlaco fuel tank.On the one hand, we decided to ...