Type Private company Website www.ftrmoto.com Founded 1994 | Products Chassis, Frames Headquarters Buckingham | |
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Industry Mechanical engineering, Motorcycles Founder Steve Bones & Mark Taylor Owner Heads of the Valleys Development Company, the sponsor of the new Circuit of Wales. Parent organization Heads of the Valleys Development Company Limited | ||
Ftr moto 2 prototype
FTR Moto Ltd. is a British motorcycle parts manufacturer. FTR Moto is an acronym for Fabrication Techniques Racing Motorcycles.
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Ftr moto2 pit lane limiter and quick shifter test
History
The company was founded in 1994 as Fabrication Techniques by Steve Bones and in 1995 helped Kenny Roberts and TWR to build the chassis for their Modenas KR3 (later Proton KR3) motorcycle. The firm then supplied several teams in Grand Prix motorcycle racing and Superbike World Championship and in 2001 contributed to the Petronas FP1 chassis.
The FTR Moto brand, related to motorcycle racing chassis production, was launched in 2009. The company constructed a chassis for the first season of the newly established Moto2 class in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. The first victory by the manufacturer was achieved by Karel Abraham in the 2010 Valencian Grand Prix. For 2012 season entered also the then-new Moto3 class and the top class, MotoGP, as a manufacturer. In the 2012 Qatar Grand Prix Maverick Viñales won the first Moto3 race aboard a Honda-powered FTR chassis, while in MotoGP the company followed the Claiming Rule Teams' regulations and supplied its chassis to the Honda-powered Gresini Racing's bike and to Avintia Racing Kawasaki-powered BQR (also named BQR-FTR) machines.
In 2012 the company was sold to the Heads of the Valleys Development Company.