Racing team Bertus Folkertsma in Dutch Championship with EBR 1190 RX in 2015
Dutch racing team Bertus Folkertsma is very proud to announce it will be racing the EBR 1190RX in the Dutch Championship for the 2015 roadrace season.
Early November2013 the team contacted EBR Europe to discuss possibilities to race the 1190 RX and develop the bike to run in the Dutch National Superbike championship. At the end of the 2014 season, the team made some testruns on the Assen circuit that gave the team a positive feeling of the bike.
The team bought two EBR’s and will start racing the EBR 1190 RX in the Twin Cup championship. Once the bike is up to speed, the team will enter the bike into the Open Dutch Championship Dutch Superbike, the premier class in Dutch motorcycle racing.
Team Bertus Folkertsma is well known for it’s professional approach to motorcycle racing. The Assen based team has a long history in the Dutch Superbike championship.
Team owner and main rider of the team, Bertus Folkertsma hopes to have the EBR in position for some points scoring finishes in the Open Dutch Superbike championship by the end of the 2015 season.
Bertus Folkertsma: “This opportunity of developing and race the EBR on the Dutch circuits makes me very proud and happy, it’s a new step for our team. We will do all we can to get good results with the EBR. I have a lot of faith in this machine, after all it’s a product created by an icon in motorcycle racing, Erik Buell, who is never afraid of challenges, just like our team.”
Note: the above is a translation of our Dutch press release.
I will try and keep everyone here informed about our progression during the Dutch motorcycle race season.
Cor - data engineer
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