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11/8/2018 5:56pm
11/8/2018 5:56pm
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11/9/2018 10:32am
As we observed this past year, ALTA’S e-bike was not allowed to complete in in certain events this past season (link below). Additionally, it seems like no one is interested to working with Alta in order to help integrate into the “system” (just my opinion which no one cares about).
Anyway, KTM just released their e 50 which is “designed to mimic the 50cc mini ”. If this is the case will they be allowed to compete in events like LL. I feel like KTM plans to release a mini just to get their foot in the door then in a year or so they will show up to A1 with a big bike and expect everyone to bend the rules for them.
Regardless will anyone say anything if someone tries to show up at a amateur national and race one?
https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/electric-motorcycles-still-banned…
Anyway, KTM just released their e 50 which is “designed to mimic the 50cc mini ”. If this is the case will they be allowed to compete in events like LL. I feel like KTM plans to release a mini just to get their foot in the door then in a year or so they will show up to A1 with a big bike and expect everyone to bend the rules for them.
Regardless will anyone say anything if someone tries to show up at a amateur national and race one?
https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/electric-motorcycles-still-banned…
Now it's Novemeber and Alta is gone and out of business. How are you supposed to have a discussion with an OEM that is out of business?
The new KTM and husky electric bikes are just that - brand new. Lets see what 2019 season brings as I don't think these bikes were common knowledge prior to this week.
I’m personally more curious to see how MX Sports works with KTM and how quickly the “rule book” changes now that the BIG oem have a offering.
My guess is that it gets addressed some time in the future.
Maybe they learned something from when four-strokes came in and took over the sport, and they don’t want to make moves now that have unintended consequences to the sport in the future?
The Shop
If mx sports' goal is to keep something like that from happening then kudos to them.
Research and testing need to be done to eliminate the chance that these machines can be modified to be faster than current models, which are already way too fast for entry level riders.
4 guys from 4 locations around the nation, get together, each rent a track for a day in their local area. Schedule the races a month apart. Call it The Electric Motocross National Championships. Nobody else is using that term that I know of.
Poof. It might be small. It might be kinda bush league.
But, you'd be the first.
However Imo they should make them a Separate class where they race only electric, even at lorretta's
Imo they should just create an electric class anywhere they want to run them including Local
Rather than try to mix them together.
There were several controversies.
One of them was the cobra's homolgation and if they actually had produced the units required or just the paperwork to make it look like it. Nobody could find any machines to buy even though there were claims of enough being produced to meet whatever the minimum was back then. I am thinking it was 500 units.
There was a protest on a top finishing lem based on the overall length. The problem is there was no clear definition of overall length. If it was measured from the back of the rear tire to the leading edge of the front tire the measurement was within guidelines. The problem is that the fenders both stuck out past the tires and that exceeded the maximum. Further complicating it was that it was in a stock class where trimming the fenders would have been another questionable move. After it was all done the protest was over ruled and results stood.
The best thing about all of it was that James stewart who I think was 7, and in his last 50cc race used his amazing skills to win on a pw 50 against machines that were so much faster than his. It was something to see.
Idiots!!!
Pit Row
Let them race. Track the results closely. Make good decisions, repeatedly.
Back in my day you could a rebuild on a 4 stroke for $1800. NOW YOU GOTTABUY A REPLACEMENT BATTERY FOR $7,000. It’s killin the sport I say! It’s why we got 23 rider turn outs!
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