The DR Moto. BSB-spec 200bhp Yamaha R1 engine, bespoke chassis, £89,500 price tag. If you think you're the next Valentino Rossi, you'd definitely want one of these...
The UK-based Reynolds Engineering, set up by Dean Reynolds back in 1993, specialise in producing precision-machined components and have worked with a range of demanding clients, including F1 and MotoGP teams. The Company currently builds complete billet swingarms and race-spec chassis components, which they supply to BSB, WSBK, Moto2 and MotoGP teams, as well as a few specialist motorcycle manufacturers.
Back in 2012, Dean Reynolds, apparently a big motorcycle and MotoGP enthusiast, decided he wanted to build a motorcycle that would be eligible to get on the MotoGP grid, and the result is the DR Moto, which is powered by a BSB-spec 200-horsepower Yamaha R1 crossplane-crank engine and features a totally custom-built aluminium beam chassis and carbonfibre bodywork. The chassis has been designed by Barry Ward (who used to work with Kenny Roberts' team in MotoGP), and top-grade components from Brembo, Ohlins, Marchesini and Motec are used on the DR Moto. "Our vision has been to bring MotoGP level technology and performance to a bike for the discerning enthusiast," says a blurb on the Company's website. Of course, since the DR Moto costs all of £89,500 we suppose the bike is only meant for very, very rich enthusiasts.
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