Based in Valencia, Spain, Bottpower is a motorsports engineering company that specialises in custom-built motorcycles. It is managed by a mechanical engineer David Sanchez.
The XR1R uses the Buell's air and
oil cooled 1203cc "Thunderstorm" V-Twin, which produces more
than 100bhp and 110Nm of torque. The custom-built chassis,
made of Titanium, has been designed by built by Bottpower
themselves. A Showa fork (from the Buell 1125R) and an
Öhlins monoshock handle suspension duties, while the Bott
XR1R rolls on 17-inch wheels, shod with 120/70 and 180/55
slicks. In deference to its Buell roots, the bike uses a
single 375mm brake disc up front, with a 6-piston caliper.
Fuel tank capacity is 13 litres and the XR1R weighs about
165-170 kilos.
"We see this bike as big and quite radical supermoto, which
feels at home on twisty tracks," says David. "This XR1R unit
is a Bottpower laboratory bike, which we are using to test
and develop new solutions for our bikes and customers. In
fact, we have a very good customer who ordered a Bott XC1
cafe racer with titanium frame and racing electronics, and
the first target of this XR1R is to develop those
components," he adds. As of now, the Bott XR1R is already
Euro 4 compliant and packs advanced electronics, including a
launch control system an adjustable traction control system,
three different engine maps and a speed limiter for the pit
lane. There's a full race-spec data acquisition system and
in the quest for weight reduction, even the electric started
has been removed. "As culmination of the project, we are
already working to race with the XR1R in 2017 Pikes Peak
race," says David. "Our target with this bike in race
configuration is to achieve a power to weight ratio better
than 1:1. This is, more than 150bhp and less than 150kg," he
adds.
