Q: Hi Noddy and congrats to Greg and yourself on winning the SA super bike title once again on a BMW S1000RR, which I also have.
I’ve seen your bike race and it looks so fast and therefore I was wondering if you could tell me what you’ve done to Greg’s bike or is it a typical ‘race secret?’ If you don’t want to pass on the information I can understand why but I, and others, would be very keen to know?
Ian Collins Jo’burg SA
A: There really is nothing special about Greg’s bike. The engine is sealed out of the crate to prevent tampering, so nothing is done to the insides of the motor.
The bike does have a full Akrapovic exhaust system from the BMW race parts division and a Power Commander to set the fueling to suit. We also fitted a genuine HP BMW ECU from Germany that allows us to fiddle with traction control and ignition curves, etc, which is around R8,000. We also change the gearing to suit the track and fit full race tyres and that’s about it.
The stock bike made 170hp at the wheel on my Dynojet dyno and after these mods we got it to 188hp. Torque also went up from 104Nm to 113Nm. Now you know all our secrets.
