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More than 10
years ago, Geir Brudeli saw an old Swedish army motorbike with skis,
driving on the icy roads in the forest of Norway. This trigged his
desire for adventure. Coming from a creative family, with his
background in automotive engineering and having a passion for
motorcycles, he thought that this basic idea could be developed
further.
In 2001 Geir founded his own
company with visions of creating a new vehicle in the gap between
motorcycles and small cars. Late autumn 2001 this company was
converted into a public limited company with Geir Brudeli and Kjetil
Eide as major owners. In the same period, the project also received
its first recognition and support from the Government Consultative
Office for Inventors, SVO. This was later followed up by
installation grants from The Norwegian Industrial and Regional
Development Fund, SND.
The development of the Brudeli 625L started summer 2001. February
2003, the first full scale prototype was ready for test rides. The
prototype was based on a Polaris Trail Blazer ATV. The first
challenge for the new prototype was the Norwegian winter climate
with lots of snow and icy roads. These weather conditions really
gave an opportunity to test the stabilizing footboards. It’s a lot
of fun to be able to control a vehicle to that extent. Later, during
the summer, the prototype was also tested on bare asphalt and gravel
tracks. The response and enthusiasm from the test riders has been
overwhelming.
The first prototype was only intended for testing of the tilting
mechanism. The work continued with a new prototype in close
cooperation with Hareide Designmill. This time the process started
from scratch, designing a new vehicle, keeping the test results and
feedback in mind. The next version of the prototype is shorter, the
tilting angle is wider and it has got a unique design. The result
was the Brudeli 625L first shown at EICMA in Milano November 15th 2005.
(See picture below)
Based on the prototype Brudeli 625L, work started on optimization
for production, and that first production model is now ready. It is
based on KTM 690 Supermoto. The new Leanster from Brudeli Tech is
called Brudeli 654L and will be presented first time at the Intermot
in October 2008.
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