Private company

FTR Moto

British motorcycle parts manufacturer

FTR Moto Ltd was a British motorcycle parts and frame manufacturer. The name was an acronym for Fabrication Techniques Racing Motorcycles.2 It ceased to exist in 2023.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1994Founded1
  • Industryautomotive industry1
  • HeadquartersBuckingham1
  • Legal formprivate company limited by shares1
Maverick Vinales Australia 2012
Photo: Andrew Napier, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

FTR Moto Ltd was a British motorcycle parts and frame manufacturer. The name was an acronym for Fabrication Techniques Racing Motorcycles.2

The story

The company was founded in 1994 as Fabrication Techniques by Steve Bones and in 1995 helped Kenny Roberts and TWR to build the chassis for their Modenas KR3 (later Proton KR3) motorcycle. The firm then supplied several teams in Grand Prix motorcycle racing and Superbike World Championship and in 2001 contributed to the Petronas FP1 chassis.

From Wikipedia’s article on FTR Moto, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

  • vehicle frame

Listed on Wikidata.1

The FTR Moto brand, related to motorcycle racing chassis production, was launched in 2009. The company constructed a chassis for the first season of the newly established Moto2 class in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. The first victory by the manufacturer was achieved by Karel Abraham in the 2010 Valencian Grand Prix. In 2011 FTR also paticipated and won the CIV Moto2 Championship with Alessandro Andreozzi. For 2012 season entered also the then-new Moto3 class and the top class, MotoGP, as a manufacturer. In the 2012 Qatar Grand Prix Maverick Viñales won the first Moto3 race aboard a Honda-powered FTR chassis, while in MotoGP the company followed the Claiming Rule Teams' regulations and supplied its chassis to the Honda-powered Gresini Racing's bike and to Avintia Racing's Kawasaki-powered BQR (also named BQR-FTR) machines.

From Wikipedia’s article on FTR Moto, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 2023Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1994Founded Founded1

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