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[ZeroBrian]

New blog post up on our first race weekend at Laguna Seca... Enjoy!

https://www.lightfighter-racing.com/post/racing-laguna-seca-part-i

[MVetter]

What a cool weekend! Glad to see Troy and the bike made (another) full recovery and happy to see any photos I took be useful. Man, that GoPro footage, though.

[ZeroBrian]

And Part 2 of Racing at Laguna...

https://www.lightfighter-racing.com/post/racing-laguna-part-ii

[NEW2elec]

Hi Brian, I've seen guys do multiple drag runs or hill climbs without charging and with the lower voltage of each run their time slips more and more.

Do you feel that is happening towards the end of the races?  IOW the gas bikes are able to pull away just a little bit more at the end?

[ZeroBrian]

Hi Brian, I've seen guys do multiple drag runs or hill climbs without charging and with the lower voltage of each run their time slips more and more.

Do you feel that is happening towards the end of the races?  IOW the gas bikes are able to pull away just a little bit more at the end?

We see about a 10% drop in peak power by the end of the race, but the torque remains consistent, so really only top speed suffers.  This is happening while the rider and tires are improving, so the drop of in lap times is often pretty minimal.  For Nick, on his customer Lightfighter, he's typically running his fastest lap on the last lap of the race.  His bike is a bit detuned to run in twins classes, so the drop in bus voltage is much less noticeable.  He's also still figuring out what works for him on the bike from a set-up perspective. 

[ZeroBrian]

Part III of Racing Laguna is up!  Check it out... spills and thrills...

https://www.lightfighter-racing.com/post/racing-laguna-part-iii

[MVetter]

Oof, that poor orange bike can't catch a break. Glad everyone is safe, and congratulations on the impressive lap time! Really good photos and video, too. Thank you for posting these updates.

[ZeroBrian]

Oof, that poor orange bike can't catch a break. Glad everyone is safe, and congratulations on the impressive lap time! Really good photos and video, too. Thank you for posting these updates.

Heh... yeah, it's been a rough season for the factory bike (and owner).  It was great to see us make some progress on the lap times though to give me some encouragement to keep going.  Glad that you're enjoying the updates.  Kenyon also set a PB on his Zero SR/F - a 1:39.0, so progress on the production bike side as well. 

We need an Energica in this photo as well!  Maybe next year? 

[MVetter]

Oh, I have a feeling something is in the works now that there are Moto-E bikes that can't be used for Moto-E.

[ZeroBrian]

Oh, I have a feeling something is in the works now that there are Moto-E bikes that can't be used for Moto-E.

   Do you think it will be a professional/MotoAmerica thing or club-level? 

[MVetter]

  Do you think it will be a professional/MotoAmerica thing or club-level?

I think the dream is MotoAmerica. But, you know, a lot of negotiations and talks would have to go well. Ideally it would be open class electric and gas bikes together.

[ZeroBrian]

  Do you think it will be a professional/MotoAmerica thing or club-level?

I think the dream is MotoAmerica. But, you know, a lot of negotiations and talks would have to go well. Ideally it would be open class electric and gas bikes together.

That would certainly be pretty darn cool.  I'll keep my fingers crossed!  Let me know if there's any way I can help...

[ZeroBrian]

Latest blog post... enjoy! 

https://www.lightfighter-racing.com/post/everything-everywhere-all-at-round-1

[ZeroBrian]

Our race report from the first real race event of the season... Thanks for checking it out! 

https://www.lightfighter-racing.com/post/this-is-the-way-afm-round-2-at-buttonwillow-raceway

[MVetter]

Always great to hear about successful racing without any crashes, especially considering you've been unfairly plagued with bad luck.