Throwback Thursday !!....... not a picture I know, but a good little rant !! At TM UK we have always taken great pride in the fact that we can race at the highest levels on near stock TM Racing machinery, this has always been the same philosophy and driving force behind TM Racing, its importers and the teams using TM machinery. In fact TM Racing themselves, as a factory, go racing to design, develop and test bikes for their customers, to finish their production models so to speak, their Factory bikes are not hugely expensive machines that are specifically built and tailored for one rider to compete in his/her chosen discipline, discarded frequently and replaced countless times throughout a season, they are certainly not changed drastically from the production model it is supposed to resemble/will resemble, especially as far as the engines and engine ancillaries/electronic components are concerned, most of the components are the same as the production models, set-up for the individual.. yes, new / revised parts for the purpose of testing.. yes, but not necessarily replaced with something far more exotic and expensive that will never see its way onto anything classed as production. They are for the most, next years production models in the making, as can be seen in the 2015 range, a great example is the new fuel tank layout on the 4-strokes that have been used in 2014 by TM factory at the MX GPs, World / European Supermotard GPs, and World Enduro Championship with great results. Top Ten (9th) in the MX GPs, World Champions once again in the S1 Motard class and 2nd in the world in the EWC E1 class, not a bad set of results for a factory of around 40 people on a small budget, just goes to show the bikes are up to the job. The new 85cc machine and the revised 125cc/144cc machines in the range, and in the UK the riders we are currently supporting, have caused quite a stir, the bikes being used by the likes of the Hird brothers in the 85cc classes, the 125s used by Jim Davies, Chubbie Hammond and Co, Alex Rach on the TM 300 2-stroke in the Scott Nationals taking it to the big 4-strokes, and Josh Gotts using the 144 EN in the British Enduro Championship and the BSEC in the E2 class, all machines that you can buy. They are not extremely expensive factory bikes, they are not unobtainable, nor are they changed drastically from stock with the addition of many internal and external components and tuned to the point that many stock components, by necessity, are replaced by stronger/higher performance limitation parts at a great expense, we do not need to do that with the TM Racing machines that we use, all that is required is a little set up, suspension, jetting, etc, to tailor the bike to the individual, it is as simple as that. TM Racings competition bikes are designed, engineered and assembled to perform reliably at the higher levels of the sport, the manufacturing, materials and components used by TM Racing to produce their motorcycles is extremely high. TM Racing machines are designed to a specification, not to a balance sheet, TM Racing does not answer to banks, shareholders or investors so to speak, there is one man to account too, TM Racings founder and owner, who himself was a Grand Prix MX rider many years ago, he builds bike his way, because he can. Bikes built by racers.....for racers.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 08:13:06 +0000
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