Archive for January, 2011

Honda CR450R SuperMoto

Posted January 31st, 2011 in Honda, Race Bikes.

Lee Rudd runs well in the British SuperMoto championship and his Mugen-tuned Honda CR450R has been in for a fuelling and ignition set-up on the Dyno. Interestingly, an HRC kit ignition adjustor was used in conjunction with a Power Commander PCV purely for fuelling. He’s gone away very happy with the power output and power [...]

Ducati 860GT carb set-up

Posted January 28th, 2011 in Ducati, On the Dyno.

The BSD workshop reverberated and rumbled to the sound of a real motorcycle this week – a beautiful Ducati 860GT was in for a carburettor set up on the Dyno and grown men were seen weeping in its presence. The owner uses it for sprinting and added to a tall first gear its new 40mm [...]

Triumph Tiger 800 on Dyno

Posted January 26th, 2011 in New Bikes, Triumph.

The new model year bikes are filtering through the workshop now and a few weeks ago BIKE magazine bought the new Triumph Tiger 800 in for a quick Dyno run. It was the road-biased bike, not the XC, and the power and torque curve are quite something; linear, no lumps bumps or dips anywhere. And we mean [...]

The wrong crash bungs…

Posted January 26th, 2011 in Parts News.

…will wreck your engine. Look closely at the picture below; this is a late model R1 engine that suffered a low-speed (just out of the driveway) spill. What should’ve been a cheap, if annoying tip-off turned into an expensive nightmare – because the ‘crash bung’ fitted on a mounting plate punched a neat crack into [...]

BSD Performance Package!

Posted January 25th, 2011 in Parts News.

Exhaust/Power Commander/K&N BSD Performance Package, here’s the deal; buy your Yoshimura (or Akrapovic or Arata) exhaust or end-can, Dynojet Power Commander and K&N Filter from us and we’ll not only give you a 10% discount on all of the hardware’s RRP, we’ll fit it all and include a full Dyno set-up for £120 + VAT [...]

2011 Kawasaki Z1000SX on Dyno

Posted January 20th, 2011 in Kawasaki, New Bikes, On the Dyno.

Strapped on our Dyno a few weeks ago, bought to us by those nice chaps at BIKE magazine was the new Kawasaki Z1000SX; the jury seemed out on the way it looks as it’s basically a Z1000 with a slightly bulbous fairing and lowers attached… which is either totally useless on a streetfighter-type tool or [...]

Yoshimura Street Triple Tri-Oval!

Posted January 13th, 2011 in Parts News.

Making the Triumph Street Triple’s strong motor even stronger Yoshimura have developed a pair of EEC-approved Tri-Oval dual exit slip-ons, available in a variety of sleeve finishes and offering considerable weight savings over stock. Performance is increased even with the dB-Killer in place; peak power and overall torque are improved and once the dB-Killer’s removed [...]

Have you seen our mule?

Posted January 12th, 2011 in Uncategorized.

No, it’s not the latest K11 Suzuki GSX-R, it’s BSD’s BEC (Bike Engined Car) Mule, otherwise known as the Fen Chopper… so it’s not really a bike at all. It helps us really test, and tune engines on our Dyno once they’re out of their cars. BSD tunes a whole array of bike engines that [...]