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Title: Alta Motors interview
Post by: Alan Stewart on February 05, 2016, 06:29:53 AM

Racer X Online interviews an Alta Motors cofounder:

https://www.facebook.com/altamotorsusa/posts/917608594984077 (https://www.facebook.com/altamotorsusa/posts/917608594984077)

And shouldn't this board be renamed?

Alan

Title: Re: Alta Motors interview
Post by: Alan Stewart on February 14, 2016, 09:34:36 AM

Part two:

http://racerxonline.com/2016/02/07/redux-the-future-just-got-here-part-2 (http://racerxonline.com/2016/02/07/redux-the-future-just-got-here-part-2)

Title: Re: Alta Motors interview
Post by: NEW2elec on February 15, 2016, 10:09:25 PM

High hopes for this as they have been talking about it for awhile.  At $15000 for the SM that's a spicy a meatball.  Based on the battery size and range it's no better than the FXS.  The frame and suspension will have to be a huge improvement or it could be DOA.  I saw the video where the converted FX took on the DRZ400 on the moto track and kept over heating.  I guess they will rematch this summer with the FXS and the IPM motor.  I wish them luck and will be very interested in the real world tests and stats.

Title: Re: Alta Motors interview
Post by: Alan Stewart on February 16, 2016, 08:30:25 AM

If you read the technology page on their website it sounds like it may out-perform the FX and FXS. A 15,000 RPM motor's got to make some kind of an obvious difference. For example, from what I've been reading elsewhere on this forum the FX and FXS can only wheelie under limited conditions. Alta seems to claim theirs can wheelie at any speed. It also sounds like the Alta frames will likely be more rigid. Overall, more race-oriented.

http://www.altamotors.co/technology/ (http://www.altamotors.co/technology/)

Title: Re: Alta Motors interview
Post by: Cortezdtv on February 16, 2016, 11:22:22 AM

interesting

I think there are 2 companies now that think they have the densest....

Title: Re: Alta Motors interview
Post by: rayivers on February 17, 2016, 05:22:31 AM

Here's one of the only videos I could find of the Alta MX with no music track - I agree, that 15K motor & reduction box does make an obvious difference:

2015 Alta MX (https://vimeo.com/118624089)

Ray

Title: Re: Alta Motors interview
Post by: Cortezdtv on February 17, 2016, 05:50:31 AM

I know that guy!! LOL
they didn't post what happened at the end of the day... WOT


I just wanna see it head to head with a new MMX when they make one