FEATURE PROJECT R7
Before Chris ‘Spanner' Anderson at MSS Performance could get his mits on the R7 and get rid of all the ‘road poo', as he refers to it, the Bathams R7 had to spend an afternoon at K-Tech for some quality time with James Harpen. James runs the R&D department and BSB race service. He's been at K-Tech since he left school and has probably forgotten more about suspension than most people will ever know. As well as that, he's been building Rutter's suspension for longer than either care to remember. K-Tech is also technical partner of Bathams Racing, so along the way, it's looked after Taylor Mackenzie, Richard Cooper and Dan Linfoot when they all rode for the team in Superstock 1000.
As with any new bike, K-Tech has a process it