Touratech 'Competition Line' sportsbike suspension kitsThe new 'Competition Line' suspension range from Touratech is designed to "provide ambitious amateur racers with the equipment they need for fast lap times".
The company says that their ready-to-fit complete kits for forks and shock absorbers bring road-going superbike suspension systems "up to a winning standard", and that in the future the aim is for the range to offer options for all the major supersports models.
"Our Competition Line is designed to appeal to ambitious racers who want the perfect suspension so they can squeeze every last drop of performance out of their bike", says Lars Würdemann, Head of Suspension at Touratech.
Kits for the BMW S 1000 RR and Suzuki GSX-R 1000 are already at an advanced stage of development. For the BMW, there will be both a mechanically adjustable variant and an electronic version of the suspension kit for bikes with factory-fitted DDS. "Ever since our revolutionarily simple solution with 'Plug & Travel' components for BMW's ESA and DDA models in the Adventure segment, it has been a standard feature of Touratech Suspension products that customers do not need to make any improvised modifications – all the original plug connectors are retained and used", Würdemann says.
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| Touratech's Jo Glaser, suspension Product Manager, left, with Tom Glazemakers of Tractive Suspension, development partners for the Touratech suspension programme |
Having successfully tested components on a Suzuki GSX-R 1000 at the Sachsenring racing circuit, Touratech Suspension has taken an important step towards expanding the range of 'Competition Line' suspension kits to include Japanese superbikes. "Our fork cartridges work on the 'closed cartridge' principle, delivering a massive improvement in performance, especially on the Japanese super sportsbikes with their big-piston forks.
"You simply swap out the original standard fork internals and fit the cartridges. Because their internal friction is substantially lower, the handling feels more precise. In addition, three parameters – spring preload, compression and rebound damping (each on one side of the fork) – have a far wider range of adjustment than the factory product. The damping performance remains constant over a much longer period of time".
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