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[ZeroBrian]

And another update - our last of the year.  What a wild ride 2021 was!  Hope everyone is staying safe and enjoying the holidays out there!

https://www.lightfighter-racing.com/post/christmas-comes-early-lightfighter-customer-1

[MVetter]

Whoa, that's unexpected and very cool. I want to see what happens when Nick and Troy run head to head. Also, any Seca lap times to share? I understand Nick may not be familiar with the track so I'm not expecting 1:40s or anything. Just curious.

[ZeroBrian]

Whoa, that's unexpected and very cool. I want to see what happens when Nick and Troy run head to head. Also, any Seca lap times to share? I understand Nick may not be familiar with the track so I'm not expecting 1:40s or anything. Just curious.

Thanks!  Nick and Troy won't be running head-to-head on Lightfighters as Nick is going to race twins classes and Troy is racing the 600 classes.  However, Troy will be racing the same classes as Nick on his personal Kramer gas motorcycle.  Nick is just moving up to expert whereas Troy's been racing at the expert level for quite awhile. 

We didn't get any laptimes for Nick during the trackday.  Troy was running 1'35s the last time we were at Laguna. 

[NEW2elec]

Congrats Brian, this sounds like a perfect connection of maker and dreamer.  A regular two wheeled Shelby in the making.

Are you and Troy planning to run a full season next year with just tweaks to V2 or could there be a V3 on the way?

[MVetter]

Troy was running 1'35s the last time we were at Laguna.

Any plans to let Kenyon on it?

[ZeroBrian]

Congrats Brian, this sounds like a perfect connection of maker and dreamer.  A regular two wheeled Shelby in the making.

Are you and Troy planning to run a full season next year with just tweaks to V2 or could there be a V3 on the way?

Thanks for the encouragement!  This year will mostly be refinements to the V2 package.  We have a completely new custom bodywork set that I hope to debut later in the season.  I'll also be adding a fork and shock potentiometer so we can get some more insight into the suspension/chassis setup this season.  I think the overall package is working really well, so apart from additional weight reduction or some improvement in thermal management for the longer races, I'm pretty happy with where we're at. 

I did end up with a couple of the Brammo/Victory RR prototype motors, which are the same diameter, but about 25% more torque & power than the Lightfighter motor owing to being wider (i.e. longer stack).  If anyone's got budget to build a proper Superbike competitor, let me know...

[ZeroBrian]

Any plans to let Kenyon on it?

Kenyon rode v1 early on at a private test. We'll see if there's an opportunity to let him try v2 at some point this season.  He's been pretty focused on making his personal SR/F/S race bike faster.   

[MVetter]

I still can't get over his teletubby GoPro.

[ZeroBrian]

After an exciting first round that saw the bike take a tumble, I got the bike rebuilt and back on track...

https://www.lightfighter-racing.com/post/back-in-business



If you're at Laguna for the CRA, AHRMA, or AFM races, please stop by and say "hi"! 

[MVetter]

Oof, I didn't realize there was a crash. Glad everyone is ok and the bike was salvageable. Since I'm just over the hill from Seca I might pop by.

[NEW2elec]

Sorry to hear about the crash but glad it all went ok.

I'm actually glad the circumstances worked out to where it put you in the saddle.  You should get to feel the results of all your work.
Amazing design.

#First-Place-This-Year

Best of luck.

[ZeroBrian]

Oof, I didn't realize there was a crash. Glad everyone is ok and the bike was salvageable. Since I'm just over the hill from Seca I might pop by.

Yeah, my previous blog post I apparently didn't post here, but you can find it here if you want the gory details: https://www.lightfighter-racing.com/post/things-go-a-little-sideways

Here's a video from a following bike.  You'll see Troy zoom through on the left at the start, move up into second place a couple of corners later, and then exit stage right in the first long left hander...

https://gopro.com/v/G1Mrk57RBd08Q

[MVetter]

Hey Brian, good seeing you and Troy this past weekend. I wanted to share the photos I took of the LightFighter, some in action. I think you'll be pleased with image #7111 in particular. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-8gRP2tcG2cDt1YRdw-6X6IwegJIi9u2?usp=sharing

And yes, you're free to use any of those however you wish.

[NEW2elec]

Man that thing just shoots off the line.  Almost isn't fair.

So...Podium...W?

[ZeroBrian]

Hey Brian, good seeing you and Troy this past weekend. I wanted to share the photos I took of the LightFighter, some in action. I think you'll be pleased with image #7111 in particular. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-8gRP2tcG2cDt1YRdw-6X6IwegJIi9u2?usp=sharing

And yes, you're free to use any of those however you wish.

Great seeing you out there as well and thank you for the photos!  We had an up and down weekend starting with a crash on Friday, but have a few positive take-aways.  It was certainly fun watching Stefano and Troy duke it out and congrats to Energica for taking the win.  Troy had tried to shake Mesa in the first couple of laps and couldn't, so he thought he'd tail him to see if he could learn from him and maybe draft him to the line.  Unfortunately, it back fired as a bagger crashed in the corkscrew, the red flag came out, and they called the race result based on the prior lap.  Oh well.  We'll have another crack at Laguna for the AHRMA weekend in July.  Would be great to see you again then!