LOT 445
Ex-Sam Lowes 2014 Speed Up-Honda Moto2 Racing Motorcycle Registration no. not registered Engine no. S12-004
Sold for £20,700 inc. premium
Lot 445
Ex-Sam Lowes, 2014 Speed Up-Honda Moto2 Racing MotorcycleRegistration no. not registered Engine no. S12-004
The Autumn Sale - The Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show, Stafford|9 October 2021, 12:00 BST|Stafford, Staffordshire County Showground
Ex-Sam Lowes
2014 Speed Up-Honda Moto2 Racing Motorcycle
Registration no. not registered
Engine no. S12-004
2014 Speed Up-Honda Moto2 Racing Motorcycle
Registration no. not registered
Engine no. S12-004
• Speed Up's sole Moto2 entry in 2014
• 12th in the World Championship
• Part of the Phil Morris Collection since 2017
One step down from MotoGP, Moto2 was introduced in 2010 as a replacement for the 250cc class. Moto2 used a 'control' engine, Honda's 600cc CBR600RR, the tuning and maintenance of the pool of available engines being handled by a specialist contractor. Teams were not allowed to interfere with the sealed engines, but were free to build their own chassis. Tyres were provided by Dunlop while the electronics were limited and supplied only by FIM-sanctioned producers. Carbon brake discs were banned. The result was some extremely close and keenly contested racing, which is just what MotoGP owners Dorna wanted.
By 2014, the Kalex and Suter chassis had effectively asserted themselves, there being 24 of their bikes on the grid that year. The Italian Speed Up team's sole representative was Britain's Sam Lowes, the reigning World Supersport Champion, who had signed a two-year deal. With no team-mate and no other team using the Speed Up chassis, development was often an uphill struggle for Lowes. According to Motocourse: "There would be times when Lowes appeared to be lacking set-up direction from the team, and over-riding as a consequence, but the ever-committed Englishman was soon labelled with f-word: fast."
The season started promisingly with 6th place in the opening round at Qatar, but from then onwards results were increasingly hard to come by. Out of the 18 rounds, Sam failed to finish in ten of them and only bettered his Qatar finish once: at Philip Island in October where he came in 5th. Lowes ended the season 12th in the World Championship with 69 points, which was by no means a fair measure of his talent. Speed Up switched from carbon-fibre to aluminium for its swinging arm in 2015 and Lowes' results improved enormously, leaving him 4th in the World Championship at the season's end.
The ex-Lowes Speed Up offered here dates from 2014 and was purchased by Phil Morris from PCR Performance in 2017 (receipt on file).
• 12th in the World Championship
• Part of the Phil Morris Collection since 2017
One step down from MotoGP, Moto2 was introduced in 2010 as a replacement for the 250cc class. Moto2 used a 'control' engine, Honda's 600cc CBR600RR, the tuning and maintenance of the pool of available engines being handled by a specialist contractor. Teams were not allowed to interfere with the sealed engines, but were free to build their own chassis. Tyres were provided by Dunlop while the electronics were limited and supplied only by FIM-sanctioned producers. Carbon brake discs were banned. The result was some extremely close and keenly contested racing, which is just what MotoGP owners Dorna wanted.
By 2014, the Kalex and Suter chassis had effectively asserted themselves, there being 24 of their bikes on the grid that year. The Italian Speed Up team's sole representative was Britain's Sam Lowes, the reigning World Supersport Champion, who had signed a two-year deal. With no team-mate and no other team using the Speed Up chassis, development was often an uphill struggle for Lowes. According to Motocourse: "There would be times when Lowes appeared to be lacking set-up direction from the team, and over-riding as a consequence, but the ever-committed Englishman was soon labelled with f-word: fast."
The season started promisingly with 6th place in the opening round at Qatar, but from then onwards results were increasingly hard to come by. Out of the 18 rounds, Sam failed to finish in ten of them and only bettered his Qatar finish once: at Philip Island in October where he came in 5th. Lowes ended the season 12th in the World Championship with 69 points, which was by no means a fair measure of his talent. Speed Up switched from carbon-fibre to aluminium for its swinging arm in 2015 and Lowes' results improved enormously, leaving him 4th in the World Championship at the season's end.
The ex-Lowes Speed Up offered here dates from 2014 and was purchased by Phil Morris from PCR Performance in 2017 (receipt on file).
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