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A few laps at Perris last Thursday night on the electric bike. 
Perris Raceway on my Alta Redshift MXR
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Another moto. This time under the lights with a sick sky!
Having trouble keeping track of the days mate! :-D Looks like Thursday was the better day, it was slamma jamma on Wednesday night...
Fun being able to see the speedo.. you're going 50mph off the big rocky hill jump.
I've owned and ridden e-bikes (currently riding an analog Trek mtb, but a lot of SoCal buddies ride e-bikes), but I'm super curious: what's the plan for spares if something uniquely Alta goes bad or wears out? I'm sure this has been discussed extensively amongst Alta owners, but I'm worried I'd find myself riding at 80% just so I didn't break something. I'm sure suspension, plastic, chains, etc. are no big deal, but I'm thinking electric motor, battery,
Super cool video by the way...I found myself smiling every time you'd go smoking past a 450. Used to get that same satisfaction on my YZ125 when I was racing desert on it...going up against big bore four strokes was fun.
By the way, love my Alta
The community is pretty close and tight nit. Were not going to let these bikes die out. To this day, there still isn't anything close to the MXR/EXR in terms of performance, so we want to keep these things going for a long time.
My Altas get ridden way more than my gas bikes these days. They're always working, never really need maintenance, and always perform 100% every time im on them. Temperature, altitude, etc mean nothing to this bike. It performs the same at 15,000ft at 30 degrees as it does at sea level at 80 degrees.
BTW, riding with a group of Altas is a trip!
Pit Row
Funny I was reading issue of MXA recently that did a whole feature on Husqvarna's Auto bikes from the late 70's thru mid-80's. They won a shitload of offroad titles and even a 500GP race (if I recall correctly). The MXA guys MX'ed them here in SoCal during that time and they talk about how without having to shift or use the clutch, the rider was able to free up some mental space to focus more on the track, lines, riding, etc. And how the auto let them not worry about stalling out anymore in tight corners and all that jazz.
Again, they destroyed offroad and won 5 AMA off road titles in a row during that time.
Reminded me of riding our Altas.
Seriously other than dust what would city councils have to say negative? At some point would be along the lines of skate parks, BMX parks right? What comes to mind is land value for the chunk you would need... doubtful a city would donate land. They sure do for multiple baseball fields, tennis etc. but Moto takes more room. Maybe it starts small with E pit bikes. Oh but the liability factor... SMH. I can dream.
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