95Racer

Some days ago, reviewing the last posts of The kneeslider, I arrived to 95Racer’s blog, and I found a project with a very interesting approach, and moreover, very well carried out by 3Up-Racing, a group of people who have been involved in club racing in the UK for many years.

Lately a lot of people is talking about the new course of current 250 GP category. The only thing we know for sure is that the new category will use 4 strokes engines. 3Up-racing planned to design and build a 4 strokes motorbike, with a performance level similar to a 250 cc. 2 strokes GP motorbike. They chose “95Racer” as a name for the bike because they wanted to build a bike with a dry weight of 95 kg. and 95 HP at rear wheel.

After analizing several possibilities, they chose a Kawasaki ER-6 650 cc. paralel twin. They designed and build a steel trellis frame. The design of the swingarm is very interesting, they made an aluminum tubular structure, and after that they covered it with aluminum sheetmetal. The front suspension comes from a Yamaha R6, and the bodywork from a Honda RS-250RW Speedfiber kit.

As you can see in the photo, they also built their own carbon fiber airbox, with a single central intake that goes through the headstock.

In their blog you will find very interesting stuff, for example they removed the start engine, it allowed them to reduce the battery size and weight. They created an external starter that acts directly on the engine’s crank. With these modifications, they saved arround 10 kilos..
You can see it in the following video and, by the way, enjoy the sound…

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s-nrtiqoiA[/youtube]

Photos and vídeo: copyright 3Up-Racing.

[tags]95Racer, prototype, 3up-racing, ER-6[/tags]