MOTOREX Magazine 2018 113 EN

POWERSPORTS
© R. Steinert and F. Weisse
From racing tuner to performance customizer: Dietmar Franzen of Koblenz, surrounded by his unique Boxer custom bikes.
SPORT-EVOLUTION
FROM RACING
TO CUSTOMIZING
The nature of the work has changed, but the collaboration remains: for over ten years,
a close partnership has brought Sport-Evolution and MOTOREX together.
Extravagant, slim and powered by an unconventional
three-cylinder engine – the Triumph Daytona 675 had
the motorcycling world in an uproar in 2005. But racing
fans were kept waiting as few team owners dared to set
the British newcomer against the established Japanese
competition.
Arne Tode of Germany, #41 captured the IDM Supersport
title in 2008 for the G-LAB-Racing by MOTOREX team.
THE GOLDEN UNICORN OF SUPERSPORT 600
Among the bold few was Dietmar Franzen, mastermind
of tuning shop Sport-Evolution in Koblenz. His ambitious
goal for the 2007 season: capture the Supersport title in
the International German Championship (IDM). Franzen
had rapidly assembled a hard-hitting team. Already in
its debut year, G-LAB Racing by MOTOREX was doing
more than just drawing attention with four wins. But
the season had turned into a brutal battle of engineering.
Achieving adequate horsepower proved impossible
without boosting engine speed, in turn cranking up the
wear on the 675-cc triple engine. The Triumph Daytona’s
crankshaft has just one oil outlet. With insufficient oil
flow, at maximum RPM the lubricant film was simply
slipping away – at the dead centers the engine was
running dry!
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