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SBS Friction: The Danish brake pad and discs manufacturer’s race credentials are the stuff of
legend - with some 40 World Championships won by riders and teams using its products over the
last 20 years. This year saw the company sign an agreement to sponsor eight rounds of the WSBK
series and announce that its brake pads line is to go “100 percent NRS Safe” by embracing
mechanical bonding for all its ceramic and sintered brake pads, using the NUCAP Retention System
(NRS). In V-twin terms, SBS is the official brake pad of the Vance & Hines presented American Flat
Track Twins Series and deepened its commitment in 2018, partnering with Kenny Coolbeth Jr. Plus a
new series of brake pad fitments for late model Indian Motorcycle Scout and Big Twin models came
to market, along with applications for prior iterations of Indian branded bikes, including for Scouts
as far back as 2001, offered in either sintered or organic compounds. The company’s H.HS is an HH
rated sinter compound for front brake use that delivers a “very high performance that is formulated
for low wear, high thermal stability and excellent lever feel, while keeping brake dust to an absolute
minimum”; www.sbs.dk
National Cycle: Recent new windshield designs from the market-leading Maywood, Illinois based
manufacturer include a choice of VStream windshield upgrades for Indian Chieftain and Roadmaster
models from 2014-2018. Taking its name from its unique patented shape, the advanced “V” profile
and dimensional contours of VStream windshields that push the wind vortex out and away from the
rider’s helmet result in a quieter and less turbulent riding environment. Made from tough, high-
quality 4.5 mm Quantum hardcoated polycarbonate, using National Cycle’s state-of-the-art
manufacturing techniques, the company says that they “provide outstanding clarity, impact strength
and scratch resistance - unmatched by any windscreen maker worldwide. “Quantum hardcoated
polycarbonate is the material of choice for serious motorcycle riders - it is 10 times more abrasion
resistant than FMR hardcoated polycarbonate, and 30 times more than windscreens made from
commonly used acrylic or “aircraft plastic”; www.nationalcycle.com
HyperPro: Recent new products from the
Dutch suspension specialist include the
Constant Safety Control steering dampers.
Internationally well known for its sportbike
and streetbike suspensions, the company has
had Harley-Davidson (and more recently
Indian Motorcycle) model-specific suspension
applications in its line-up ever since it opened
in 1993. The company’s range includes stock
replacement and performance upgrade rear
shock absorbers and rising rate/progressively
wound shock absorber springs, front
suspension springs, full front end suspension
kits and one of the best known and most
widely used steering damper programs in the
market. Stock replacement and performance
upgrade rising rate front and rear suspension
springs are where the company started, and
they are still a major part of its business;
www.hyperpro.com
Thor Motocross: It has been quite a year for
Le Mans in anniversary terms, with both Drag
Specialties and Thor Motocross celebrating
their 50th. The Thor apparel brand was one of
the original specialty MX programs and the
brainchild of well known Swedish MX pioneer
Torsten Hallman (Torsten Hallman Original
Racewear). He started selling race gloves and
boots at the races as a way of supplementing
his income from racing in the late 1960s and
early 1970s. These days the Thor range is
distributed in Europe by Wasserliesch,
Germany based Parts Europe and at any one
times features over 600 individual product
items and designs; www.thormx.com
TechnoResearch: Available in Europe through distributors, including Parts Europe, the
Royal Oak, Michigan based fuel-injection management and performance tuning specialist
is a high-technology company broadly engaged in state-of-the-art electronic hardware
and software development, consulting and Research & Development. Founded in 1992 by
Sandro Scaccia and fellow Magneti Marelli escapees, TechnoResearch is best known in the
Harley aftermarket for the design and development of its award-winning electronic
diagnostic tools program. The company’s ‘VCM-TR4 Performance Dealer Pack’, for
example, is designed for all Harley-Davidson Delphi EFI systems. Ideal for any sized
workshop or dealer, it provides the user with tools to modify the fuel-injection pulse
width, spark timing and other calibration values and then store them in ECU/ECM flash
memory and adjust additional parameters by editing look-up tables. Features include
tuning and modification of ECU tables, fast data acquisitions and display, back-up and
restoration of the original map. The software also enables data monitoring and logging,
auto-tuning with an optional wideband O2 controller, and with its Direct Link flash-tuner,
maximizing the performance of any fuel-injected race or street bike;
www.technoresearch.com
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