Terry Shepherd Tuning

Chassis & Suspension Services

Alloy Racing Frames
In 1974, having already made chassis for many bikes, including dragsters, we designed and constructed one of the first alloy chassis to be used in road-racing. It was a cast-alloy monococque frame carrying fuel in the main beam and was used very successfully by a number of top riders, scoring many wins, and second and fourth place in the World Championships. Over 40 were made.
cast-alloy monococque frame
Supermono Frames

DR800 supermono chassis
The DR800 chassis illustrated was built for the 2000 season and weighs in at just 7.2kgs. Constructed of 32mm T45 aircraft grade steel tubing with Tig-welded joints, it is immensely strong, as it has to be with a big 80+ horsepower single thumping at it! It employs a head angle of 23 degrees, trail 92mm & wheelbase of 1340mm.
TL1000 Frames
Now in production is the new chassis for the TL1000 Suzuki made of the same tubing and to the same standards of construction as our Supermono and alloy racing frames. See the TL1000 Tuning page for further details. Pictures below are of a completed race bike with and without fairings.

TL1000 chassis

TL1000 chassis with fairings
This is a customer road bike and a shot of our HUGE airbox.
TL1000 airbox

TL1000 streetbike

TL1000 racebike and streetbike
Suspension Services
We can recondition and re-valve all types of telescopic forks and shocks for any purpose. Bikes can be optimized for road or track use, and handling problems of all kinds can be dealt with either at our shop or at race meetings per your requirements. In addition to the standard Ohlins replacement shocks we offer, we can also supply these units custom built to fit your needs.