SRT 500 V4 Factory

From MCN, the world's number one motorcycle publication
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MotoGP/500GP chassis and engine-builder Suter Racing is launching the bike it says fills the gap where a ‘real bike’ should be – for well-heeled trackday addicts. Pitching it as the ‘two-stroke Desmosedici’ – a factory GP machine for public – the bike will feature a new injected 500cc V4 producing over 200bhp, in an evolution frame based on the gorgeous Ilmor X3. Counter-rotating crankshafts will kill vibration and gyroscopic resistance to turning, and customers will be able to spec the bike up to include carbon wheels, WSB forks and full titanium exhaust.

According to boss Eskil Suter the bike will be: “Powerful but easy enough for everyone to ride – until you try to squeeze the last few seconds of laptime out of it”. Traction control will not be necessary: “If you have a nice torque curve and throttle connection you don’t need it. It’s more for bikes with damaged torque curves, like highly-tuned four-strokes.”