Research and Development
This section is where the most up to date developments will be announced along with the thoughts behind the direction of the products. The newest developments are listed at the top.
May 2009 - Mclarney R500 full bike announced
The first part of this year has been taken up with developing a full race bike. Up to now Mclarney Racing has produced performance parts, now development has nearly finished on the full professional race bike. The RTR kit will include the R500 chassis, Forks, swingarm and many more parts, electronics and wheels/tyres are all you need to get on the track.
This bike is still in full time development but will be available soon.
December 2008 - Horizontal Rear shock and mount
Team McLarney has been testing and developing a new method of attaching the rear shock. Instead of this running from the swing are up to a top mount on the chassis rails, the rear shock will have its top mount on the delrin servo block and the bottom mount will be moved out from the pivot on the swing arm.
October 2008 - New Delrin servo mount
This new development will replace the front CSC chassis plates with a part CSC and part Delrin arrangement. The servos will mount on the Delrin which will occupy the space between the old chassis plates, the design will also have a mount for a horizontal shock.
September 2008 - Longer Fork legs
After recent findings with the new front forks, a new longer fork leg has been developed. It is hoped that the new legs will improve the stability of the bike and improve ground clearances as they will be in excess of 10mm longer.
August 2008 - New tooth options for Sprockets
Development has started on producing smaller (and larger) sprockets for the small gauge chain. This will make gearing the Supersport bikes easier as you don't have to shoe-horn bin lid sized pinions on to the bike. Options will include 26, 27 and 28 teeth.
June 2008 - New Lipo Battery mounts
As a result of lipo batteries being allowed in Supersport class, development has started on a mounting bracket for the Daytona Bike. The mount should consist of a flat piece of carbon-fibre with a quick release Delrin block. The cells can be taped to the plate in any position to alter the CoG.
May 2008 - Delrin rear sub frame for Daytona Type-C
Development has started on replacing the rear tail/sub frame with a more flexible option. This has been prompted by some pilots experiencing failures of the carbon chassis rails cracking when given a knock. This development will consist of two new chassis rails that finish halfway down the bike and the rear part will be flat delrin. The join will be bolted and so make replacement easy if needed.
August 2007 - New Front forks for the Daytona 1/5th scale bikes
Work has begun on designing a set of front forks, the design will be simple and strong and let light so it doesn't alter the balance of the bike.