Archive for February, 2011

2011 ZX-10R on the dyno

Posted February 28th, 2011 in Kawasaki, On the Dyno, Road Bikes.

The new 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R recently made an appearance here, slightly behind schedule after its ‘technical delay’. BIKE Magazine fetched up with it as part of their 2011 litrebike group test, so it was duly strapped down hard on the trusty ol’ Dynojet 250i. In comparison with its peers the press have asked some questions [...]

Ducati 1198 Nemesis ECU remap

Posted February 24th, 2011 in Comedy, Ducati, On the Dyno, Race Bikes.

A Ducati 1198 race bike with an owner possessing a pragmatic sense of humour (see his note to himself taped to the top yoke…). It’s fitted with a Nemesis ECU and was in for a remap on the Dyno; in racing use the Nemesis offers real benefits, including quick shifter, the ability to raise the [...]

Racing in the 848 Challenge?

Posted February 22nd, 2011 in Ducati, Parts News, Race Bikes.

Racing in this year’s 848 Challenge? Then you need this product, trust us. These BSD Performance crash bungs are not cosmetic additions; they were designed on the racetrack to protect your engine from damage – and nearly all engine damage on a Ducati is expensive! The bolts are manufactured from high-tensile EN19 steel, and can [...]

Yoshimura R-77J race can for 2011 GSX-Rs

Posted February 21st, 2011 in BSD Performance Package, Parts News.

Suzuki’s new 2011 GSX-R600 and 750 are hot off the production lines and earning rave reviews in the press; Yoshimura Japan has long ties with Suzuki and fittingly has announced that development of a race slip-on end-can for both machines is complete. The new exhaust has the same appearance as the Yoshimura USA product R-77 [...]

Paul Smart Ducati Nemesis ECU

Posted February 18th, 2011 in Ducati, On the Dyno, Road Bikes.

There aren’t many Ducati Paul Smart Replica Sport 1000s around, but this one made it to us. It had been fitted and (badly) set-up with a Nemesis ECU, so needed a full remap on the Dyno. Nemesis is a very good system and a pleasure to work with; each cylinder is mapped individually and we [...]

XT225 runs on apple juice!

Posted February 16th, 2011 in Eco Fuel, On the Dyno, Yamaha.

Meet 13 year-old Max Farnsworth, who attends Oundle School. He spent a couple of hours in the Dyno room this week with his dad and Mark rejetting a Yamaha XT225. Nothing unusual there, you might say, but when you know the beast runs on apple juice… Max explains; “We started off pressing some apples in [...]

Race 675 Daytona PC III setup

Posted February 14th, 2011 in On the Dyno, Race Bikes, Triumph.

A patriotic Triumph Daytona 675 club race bike with a common problem; it had its Power Commander PC III set up with the emissions ‘open’ (not by us) so its map was completely wrong, with way too much fuel being delivered off the bottom. We’ve ‘closed’ the emissions and remapped it to cure the on/off [...]

Ducati 620 Desmodue race bike

Posted February 11th, 2011 in Ducati, On the Dyno, Race Bikes.

Just through and out the door is this tidy little Ducati; running in the class A Desmodue challenge (for 618cc fuel injected engines) it’s had the benefit of a 1098 Power Commander USB PC III adapted by us (as the actual 620 PC III isn’t much good). This means each cylinder could be mapped individually, [...]

GSX-R1000K7 quickshifter fit

Posted February 9th, 2011 in Race Bikes, Suzuki.

Sometimes the jobs coming through the BSD workshop are straightforward; this is top club racer John Griffiths’ Suzuki GSX-R1000K7. It was recently in for some attention to the wiring harness and fitment of one of the new Cordona PQ8 quickshifters, complete with strain gauge.

Superstock Kawasaki ZX-6R

Posted February 7th, 2011 in Kawasaki, Race Bikes.

Over the course of a year’s racing a 600 will ‘go off’ – due to the nature of the high revs run they tend to wear piston rings and lose compression as a result. Top end horsepower is affected, but much more is lost in the mid-range and your punch out of corners really suffers. [...]