Ten Kate Honda - bring a check for 140K [Archive]

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08-24-2007, 07:36 PM

White Power suspension - I thought that was the worst stuff to come with a KTM http://www.speedzilla.com/forums/images/smilies/confused.gif these boingers must one off the stock motor is so good it’s a great basis for tuning up to this level without sacrificing reliability and it’s still very rideable. :bow saw this little TK Honda snippet on CW... LONG-TER Cycle World Staff Blog M LONG SHOT 08.24.2007 Our 2007 Buyer’s Guide is filled with everything the motorcycle industry has to offer consumers. With the go-ahead to get a new long-term test bike to torture for 10,000 miles, I scoured the BG backward and forward. There are so many bitch’n bikes—and so many different (but all good) reasons to choose them—my brain’s overload switch tripped. I flipped on the TV to numb my mind. Yes! World Superbike from Brands Hatch was on, with James Toseland getting away from my man Haga in race 2. And it hit me. Toseland’s Team Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR must be an awesome bike to ride, and if JT is getting away from Nitro Nori it must be the bike to have. Gerrit ten Kate began his mechanical meddling on his father’s farm in Holland when he was 12. Now 48, ten Kate says, “I started messing with mopeds and scooters and found each one fascinating.” In his youth he went on to compete in motocross, and other racers were so impressed with his bike preparation that he was soon selling 50 to 60 bikes a year. In 1993 he was introduced to roadracing and now leads a 24-member team in an assault on the World Superbike title. His 600cc Supersport bikes won four consecutive world titles from 2002-05, and in 2007 his Hondas are leading the points in both WSB and Supersport. The Hannspree Ten Kate (the team’s major sponsor is a Taiwanese consumer electronics firm) Honda CBR1000RR’s performance is up 45 percent over the showroom model with no official help from factory racing giant HRC. “We’ve done quite a lot of work to achieve this performance,” says ten Kate, “but the stock motor is so good it’s a great basis for tuning up to this level without sacrificing reliability and it’s still very rideable.” The difference is in the “putting,” as in putting the power down to keep the rear Pirelli hooked up. Thanks to our electronic-aided age, a thumbswitch located on the left handlebar allows the rider to select between different traction-control settings—from a non-spin start to a late-race setting designed to combat tire wear. And of course all the telemetry data is downloadable to figure out what needs to be worked on. On the outside, there’s AFAM running gear, carbon-fiber engine covers, a full-titanium Arrow exhaust, WP suspension and PVM wheels. Inside the reworked high-compression cylinder head, ten Kate’s own connecting rods are pinned to custom two-ringed Italian-made pistons. Race cams—different for fast or lower-speed tracks—and an ATM slipper clutch smooth the power. And I’m in luck! I can buy the same bike from Ten Kate Racing for a mere $140,000. I’m convinced I need it; now I just gotta work on persuading the boss.


R1-Forum.Com > Technique, Racing and Stunt Discussion > World Superbike > Ten Kate Honda - bring a check for 140K PDA Ten Kate Honda - bring a check for 140K GAMBLER 08-24-2007, 07:36 PM White Power suspension - I thought that was the worst stuff to come with a KTM http://www.speedzilla.com/forums/images/smilies/confused.gif these boingers must one off the stock motor is so good it’s a great basis for tuning up to this level without sacrificing reliability and it’s still very rideable. :bow saw this little TK Honda snippet on CW... LONG-TER Cycle World Staff Blog M LONG SHOT 08.24.2007 Our 2007 Buyer’s Guide is filled with everything the motorcycle industry has to offer consumers. With the go-ahead to get a new long-term test bike to torture for 10,000 miles, I scoured the BG backward and forward. There are so many bitch’n bikes—and so many different (but all good) reasons to choose them—my brain’s overload switch tripped. I flipped on the TV to numb my mind. Yes! World Superbike from Brands Hatch was on, with James Toseland getting away from my man Haga in race 2. And it hit me. Toseland’s Team Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR must be an awesome bike to ride, and if JT is getting away from Nitro Nori it must be the bike to have. Gerrit ten Kate began his mechanical meddling on his father’s farm in Holland when he was 12. Now 48, ten Kate says, “I started messing with mopeds and scooters and found each one fascinating.” In his youth he went on to compete in motocross, and other racers were so impressed with his bike preparation that he was soon selling 50 to 60 bikes a year. In 1993 he was introduced to roadracing and now leads a 24-member team in an assault on the World Superbike title. His 600cc Supersport bikes won four consecutive world titles from 2002-05, and in 2007 his Hondas are leading the points in both WSB and Supersport. The Hannspree Ten Kate (the team’s major sponsor is a Taiwanese consumer electronics firm) Honda CBR1000RR’s performance is up 45 percent over the showroom model with no official help from factory racing giant HRC. “We’ve done quite a lot of work to achieve this performance,” says ten Kate, “but the stock motor is so good it’s a great basis for tuning up to this level without sacrificing reliability and it’s still very rideable.” The difference is in the “putting,” as in putting the power down to keep the rear Pirelli hooked up. Thanks to our electronic-aided age, a thumbswitch located on the left handlebar allows the rider to select between different traction-control settings—from a non-spin start to a late-race setting designed to combat tire wear. And of course all the telemetry data is downloadable to figure out what needs to be worked on. On the outside, there’s AFAM running gear, carbon-fiber engine covers, a full-titanium Arrow exhaust, WP suspension and PVM wheels. Inside the reworked high-compression cylinder head, ten Kate’s own connecting rods are pinned to custom two-ringed Italian-made pistons. Race cams—different for fast or lower-speed tracks—and an ATM slipper clutch smooth the power. And I’m in luck! I can buy the same bike from Ten Kate Racing for a mere $140,000. I’m convinced I need it; now I just gotta work on persuading the boss.