Beta EVO MKIII build Part 1

Some major changes in the BEARS club rules meant some major changes for the Beta EVO!

Our Plans:

    •    Install a Hypermotard 1100 engine
    •    Redesigned airbox to make it larger
    •    Set the bike up higher in a new stance

Hypermotard 1100 engine
What seemed like a pretty easy thing. Putting a Hypermotard 1100 engine into the db1 Beta EVO, after all the engine mounts are all the same right? Yes, but some one, aka me forgot that the HM1100 does not have the swinging arm pivoting in the cases. There are no bearing mounts in the HM1100 to support the swinging arm like in the 800M cases. A frantic call to Tim Meiners at ImperialSportsBikes from ebay yielded me a set of 1000DS cases from a Sportclassic.

Meanwhile we dismantled the Hypermotard and had it already for the cases when they turned up.

Hypermotard engine mocked up in the db1 chassis.... Tonnes of room.