SR OFF-ROAD is leading the way in designing a bike fit for a Supermoto champion.

The team, based in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, is targeting the next British Championship race to discover if the new bike is a match for their talented rider Sam Warren.

Warren, of Belper, Derbyshire, is looking for a good result at the British Championships in Sunderland on Sunday 14th August after winning the David Jeffries memorial race in Belfast in July and finishing joint second overall at the British Championship race in Rockingham last week.

SR Off-Road claims the new bike finishes around 2.5 seconds quicker because it handles so much better. The team also hopes to give it more power by increasing its cooling capacity.

"We have designed it for the bigger, faster tracks in the World Championships, but we hope it will improve our showing in the British Championships as well," explained SR owner-manager Mick Spencer.

The teamís excellent results both in Britain and Europe have generated a great deal of sponsorship interest ñ SR is still the only independent team without big money backing regularly finishing in the top three in Supermoto races.

"Everyone in the team puts in a lot of work to achieve these results. With the right backer thereís no reason why this team canít win championships," said Mick.

Mick added that the high standards set by SR mean he is often disappointed at seemingly excellent results.

"We want to win races. If we donít win all we can do is go away and try to do better. With the new bikeís chassis we hope we are getting closer to giving Sam [Warren] a bike he can win on."