Words & photos by Ivan Sansom & Rose Hughes
Speedy’s use up some luck but are heading to a solution.
Mid-season modifications almost caught out Marcus Christiansen and father Claus (Speedy) at the Summit Racing Equipment Internationals in Sweden, but they managed to emerge with their win streak (extending back to 2022) in FIM-E Super Twin Bike intact. Marcus provides the following update and look ahead.
“In Tierp, everything looked very promising with the new pump, and we ran a 6.13 in the opening qualifying round (straight out of the trailer), but as the event went on, we realized we had problems with idle pressure with the new pump.
Our idle bypass system could not bypass the amount of fuel that the new pump supplied. We took a long time to realise that we could not fix it on track. Even though it looked really good from the outside with 4 solid qualifying rounds, the problems began to show in our clutch setup, and we broke clutch parts and a primary belt on Sunday. We won the event by a miracle with our opponents doing worse than us or breaking online – not really the way we want to win races, but a win is a win, and it looks very good for our championship hopes.
Over the last few days, we have tested and built a new idle bypass fuel system. Initial tests show that this new setup will solve our problems and that we will be going strong in Hockenheim. We have serviced the bike and rebuilt all the broken parts. We are back in shape and ready for the next three back-to-back races: Hockenheim for the Nitrolympx, Mosten Raceday [single-lane eighth-mile sprint in Denmark], and Euro Finals at Santa Pod.
If everything works out we are definitely going for that (6.09) record, and we are more motivated than ever.”
The rest of the Super Twin field may have missed their shot at taking the Danes down this season, but the next three weeks could be special for the son and father duo as they look for a fifth title (and the naturally aspirated World mark).
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