DERESTRICTOR

Sarel’s professional career was electronics but for the passion of speed and motorcycles only sent him one way. How can I get more performance? Well that is when he used his knowledge on electronics to design his own modules. Sarel is now manufacturing Modules for bikes. You are welcome to contact him at Bike Addict if you want more power between your legs…

The first electronic module I designed was the flicker module. I designed this in order to make the bike more aerodynamic as I didn’t like the indicators which stuck out so far on the sides of the bike, so we replaced the standard ones on the front with flash mount units and the back flickers we took off to install the flicker module to utilize the existing double brake light to work as flickers. All the lights work as per normal but when the flicker is on, the brake light on that side will do the job.

In 2001 the Jap’s started with the 300 kilometer per hour speed restriction. Most of the big bikes that were capable of doing 300 plus were restricted. My personal bike was a ZX 12 R and so my first derestrictor was for the Kawa. In the restricted form, the bike will hit a rev limiter on a lower rpm than it would do in the lower gears. Different manufacturers do it in different ways. There are also some grey imports and cruisers that are restricted to a lower speed than the capability of the bike. Some are for certain laws in countries and others are for safety purposes where bikes are not designed for high speed. I design and manufacture the derestrictors for most of the popular bikes. The onus is then on the rider to use the bike with safety and precaution.

The next module I then designed was the quick shifter. In order to shift up through the gears with the minimum delay we designed the quick shifter. With this module installed you can change to higher gears without needing to use the clutch or close the throttle. The unit basically cuts the power for a fraction of a second in order to allow the gearbox to change to the next gear, which in turn improves your acceleration.

In the drag racing field, nitro oxide is used to increase performance. We also design a control unit to make a bike easier to ride by managing the Nitro oxide system to limit the power in the lower gears.

We are currently working on the development of a universal traction control unit for bikes, which there are also some new modules in the pipeline for development, and if anybody has any ideas on anything that might improve bikes, they are more than welcome to contact us. Perhaps in some way we could design something to benefit you as the rider.