The Roadson BT550 Superleggera wins in Protwin !
The tenacity of the tiny French structure Roadson has finally paid off: the BT550 Superleggera, the 97 kg prototype built by Jean-François Robert and designed by Yann Bakonyi (Bako), has just won its first race in the Protwin category. !
The tenacity of the tiny French structure Roadson has finally paid off: the BT550 Superleggera, the 97 kg prototype built by Jean-François Robert and designed by Yann Bakonyi (Bako), has just won its first race in the Protwin category. !
After long months of tuning and budget research to develop this racing bike powered by an Aprilia 550 cc twin-cylinder developing 81 hp (read in particular), the Roadson BT550 Superleggera took to the track again to participate in the ultimate event. of the Protwin 2010 challenge at the end of September in Carole (93).
Driven by our colleague David Dumain from Moto Journal, the BT 550 immediately stood out by qualifying in tenth position on the grid, despite the capricious weather and the crew’s lack of driving..
Thanks to a daring choice of tires (slicks despite the downpour just before the start!), The driver managed to win with 15 seconds ahead of the KTM RC8 R of the winner of the 2010 Protwin challenge, Ludovic Loeul.
"This first victory is certainly the result of a choice of tires, but it should not mask neither the talent of the pilot nor the potential of the bike which has become reliable and competitive on a winding circuit", rejoices Roadson, who demonstrates with this first success in racing that lightness and maneuverability are sometimes preferable to pure power alone !
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