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fasterfaster Added a reply to Kurt Nicoll wins Endurocross Vet class on an Alta Electric motorcycle
10/5/2016 7:09pm This was that thing I was being coy about. Practice went well (as someone caught earlier), so we decided to enter the Red Bull Straight Rhythm.
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fasterfaster Added a reply to Kurt Nicoll wins Endurocross Vet class on an Alta Electric motorcycle
10/4/2016 12:44pm Glad to hear it, thanks. I don't have as much time to write this kind of stuff as I used to, which is a bummer. Kurt took 2nd at the Denver EX, BTW, and we'll be announcing some other race efforts tomorrow night. Stoked.
fasterfaster Added a reply to Kurt Nicoll wins Endurocross Vet class on an Alta Electric motorcycle
9/28/2016 10:16pm Got to be careful with torque figures. Unlike HP, they are affected by where in the gearing you're measuring. We're 36ft-lbs of torque at the rotor, which is the measure that is most comparable to convention where gas bikes are measured at the crank. After it goes through our internal gear reduction, you've got 122lbs/ft at the countershaft sprocket. This...
fasterfaster Added a reply to Kurt Nicoll wins Endurocross Vet class on an Alta Electric motorcycle
9/28/2016 3:44pm Ha, okay lots to catch up on. Will try to consolidate it to just a few posts... Bruce372, drop me a PM. Maybe we'll be able to find a few minutes to meet up. Would love to see what you're up to! mx_563, that sounds like Matty if he was also on an '08 250. Yeah, mine is for sale...
fasterfaster Added a reply to Kurt Nicoll wins Endurocross Vet class on an Alta Electric motorcycle
9/26/2016 9:56pm Yeah, we're based in Brisbane, but don't have the capacity to take visitors just yet. We did just drop SM demos at our SF dealership though, so you can street test the bikes there. Exact same drivetrain and chassis. First priority is getting bikes out there door though - people have been waiting a lot longer than we'd like, so...
fasterfaster Added a reply to Kurt Nicoll wins Endurocross Vet class on an Alta Electric motorcycle
9/26/2016 8:47pm We've done a ton of work on the 4CS (things, frankly, WP didn't want us to do). I think you'll be impressed if/when you try it. If it wasn't holding back Kurt...
fasterfaster Added a reply to Kurt Nicoll wins Endurocross Vet class on an Alta Electric motorcycle
9/26/2016 5:21pm Yeah, the inverter is in a real similar location though the orientation was flipped, and it now thermally couples to the rear bulkhead (which also houses the water-cooled motor). In the re-design between the original prototype and the production generation, we were able to pull a lot of material out of the rear bulkhead even while increasing strength about 40%...
fasterfaster Added a reply to Kurt Nicoll wins Endurocross Vet class on an Alta Electric motorcycle
9/26/2016 5:13pm Thanks! Yup, agreed baby steps. We're working on AMA homologation for pro classes, and it will happen eventually, but it's an involved process. In the meantime, we're trying to prove the bikes everywhere we can. We were also at the Santa Rosa GNC Short Track this weekend, running with the 450s. Really fun time. The battery was designed to be...
fasterfaster Added a reply to Kurt Nicoll wins Endurocross Vet class on an Alta Electric motorcycle
9/26/2016 10:32am Hi all, Marc from Alta here. Pretty stoked to see this getting some attention... Some quick answers: - Yup, he won the vet main and yes there was carnage. Lots of it. Part of our goal with this format was to prove the bike is up to any abuse you might throw at it and retire some of the questions...
fasterfaster Added a reply to Have U heard or tested an Alta Motors? (electric MX)
2/26/2015 1:19pm Back at 408MX but with the foot brake. Also, thanks to the quieter running, we can do rider voice-over in real time so you can hear what's going in (Arenacross pro) Jake Locks #35's head.
fasterfaster Added a reply to Have U heard or tested an Alta Motors? (electric MX)
2/7/2015 9:50am Yeah, demos are kind of the most important thing we do. I can post all day, but it's all talk until people have a chance to ride the bikes. We're sorting out the exact dates and locations for dirt demos, but supermoto demos will be available at all of our dealers once the bikes go on sale (currently Q3 this...
fasterfaster Added a reply to Have U heard or tested an Alta Motors? (electric MX)
2/6/2015 5:33pm Power is consistent all the way until reserve, and then reserve is at reduced power. We're still balancing/optimizing when and how the reserve hits. On a US 120V outlet (which is what we expect 95% of people to be using in the first year) it's 4 hours from 0-100%. Battery swap is about 5 minutes with 2 people (battery is...
fasterfaster Added a reply to Have U heard or tested an Alta Motors? (electric MX)
2/6/2015 3:50pm [Is there a way to multi-quote? Can't find it...] Of course we talk with our test riders beforehand. There's a lot that goes into every test. The goal here wasn't to lay down a hot lap. It was to get Dennis oriented to the bike as the first stage of several tests with him and get some feedback on a...
fasterfaster Added a reply to Have U heard or tested an Alta Motors? (electric MX)
2/6/2015 3:43pm We were testing out some new parameters on the electronics and always keep it within a safety factor at first. Remember this was a development test for R&D purposes, not a ride review. Ditto for the hand brake. We always video our R&D work and the rider interviews, and in this case after talking with Dennis, decided to post up...
fasterfaster Added a reply to Have U heard or tested an Alta Motors? (electric MX)
2/6/2015 10:42am @one last comeback, you're right and sorry about that. We've always credited the music in our other videos and dug up the Ginger Baker solo because we have huge respect for him. But we used a new video editor and were in a rush for AIME, and didn't catch that he left out both rider (Jake Locks 35 and Drew...
fasterfaster Started a new thread Favorite moto video game?
4/27/2012 5:44am What's everyone playing when they can't ride? I'm looking for either console or preferably mobile games.
MXGP or MXvsATV?
Trials HD (is there a mobile version yet)?
2XL Motocross or Mad Skills Motocross on the iPhone?
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fasterfaster Added a reply to Favorite moto video game?
3/19/2012 6:05pm Ha, I am neither confirming nor denying that this is what I was thinking...
fasterfaster Added a reply to Favorite moto video game?
3/16/2012 11:36am Did a search and all I could find were press releases on the big video game franchises. Nothing on mobile games and nothing on whether the new games are any good. Can you point me to one of the old threads? Happy to shut this one down...
fasterfaster Added a comment about video Dealer Expo 2012: BRD Motorcycles
3/5/2012 12:11pm
Dan, while an electric motor makes for a pretty perfect trail rig (perfect throttle response and sensitivity, instant torque, no stalling), we feel the range (50mi/2 hours of aggressive trail use) is too limited for us to market an Enduro at this point. Running out of battery deep in the woods is something we don't want our customers to ever deal with.
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fasterfaster Added a reply to New Electric MX: BRD Redshift
2/29/2012 11:19pm okay, that's pretty fuggin awesome.