West Coast US Events

[Arlo1]

Isn't it possible to create a torque throttle using the CA, at least with the latest beta version3 if not with previous ones?

This thread:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=32599&start=30
has some discussion of it, conclusion seemed to be that at that time (v2?) it was not quite what was wanted, but that it was better than nothing?

Thats what I said I did just above you lol. Works quite well.

[GCinDC]

anything interesting to look for at this weekend's Refuel at Laguna Seca??? looks like zero will be there...

any interesting electric single speeds?

[Alan B]

I've heard some ES people are going to be there. I encouraged some posting in this thread but quiet so far. They're too busy building.

[liveforphysics]

I know of 5 ES'ers who will be on the track at Laguna Seca this Sunday, including myself.

[John in CR]

I know of 5 ES'ers who will be on the track at Laguna Seca this Sunday, including myself.

Have some fun for me too, and everyone stay safe. I do have one question. Are any of you guys going to try to straighten the corkscrew like I used to do going airborne on a playstation during my short stint playing video games last millenium.

John

[GCinDC]

good times at laguna seca?

[Alan B]

Oh Yes:

viewtopic.php?f=25&t=41353

[Alan B]

More racing coming September 15th in Southern California

viewtopic.php?f=25&t=40938

[Alan B]

Low Key Hill Climb in South Bay

October 2012

viewtopic.php?f=25&t=42240

[Alan B]

More racing coming September 15th in Southern California

viewtopic.php?f=25&t=40938

Good Luck at the Races today!

[Alan B]

Palo Alto EV Rally 9/23

viewtopic.php?f=25&t=43775

[Alan B]

Palo Alto EV Rally 9/23

viewtopic.php?f=25&t=43775

This event is tomorrow.

It is at DeAnza College, reportedly.

[Alan B]

Palo Alto EV Rally 9/23

viewtopic.php?f=25&t=43775

This event is tomorrow.

It is at DeAnza College, reportedly.

Yes, tomorrow at DeAnza College, here is the website for this event:

http://eaasv.org/

[Alan B]

Another West Coast US Event [OT]

Yesterday in Berkeley, CA:

[sk8norcal]

Yes, tomorrow at DeAnza College, here is the website for this event:

http://eaasv.org/

thx for the heads up.
i will try to take some pics..

[sk8norcal]

Palo Alto EV Rally 9/23

viewtopic.php?f=25&t=43775

http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-new ... sts-behind

stopped by for a bit at DeAnza.

ELV motors was there with their ebikes,
saw three homemade ebike conversions (2 of the guys are on ES)

Boosted electric skateboard and Gnarboard were there.

Also Lightning with a new production streetbike and the BRD motorcycle. (plus a couple of home made e-motorbikes)

http://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/ ... 91402.html

[Stevil_Knevil]

The poster - formerly known as Bimoped -- is putting on a motorized bicycle event in SoCal in 3 days; the 20th of October.

Anybody here going?

I will not be wasting my time, energy and $$$ ..just curious to know if anyone else still gives a sh!t about his lame attempt to put out a real race series.

[nicobie]

Not me.

It looks like he never wanted ebikes at his races. I think it would have been better if he just would have said that in the first place.

[liveforphysics]

I'm not interested in his bullsh*t races.

Bairdco's events are a hell of a lot more fun, and he isn't an ebike hater.

[sk8norcal]

was thinking about going to socal to visit a friend of mine, and checking out this race...
maybe next time..

http://www.motoredbikes.com/showthread. ... CLE-RACING

[zombiess]

I thinking of dropping by on Friday for a bit if anyone is going to be there. I'm on my way to Ventura to look for a house to rent since I landed a contract job there.

[etard]

Congrats to Will (SoSauty) for his 3rd place showing this last weekend. It looks like only about 25 riders showed up. I had other obligations over the weekend, so unfortunately could not be there. It looks like these Shuttle Buddy guys showed up for this one and cleaned up pretty well. I'll be at the next one, I'm not letting those guys think they are faster than electrics!

[SoSauty]

Missed 'ya Dave. I charged up a passle of 6S lipos and had 'em handy for you at Grange. You had best clomb on to those lipos soon, I started to chunk the $750 lipos into the dumpster at Grange but hesitated. The 10 lipo bricks have negative value to me, just taking up room in my smallish work shop.

There were +-39 bikes. MBR went with simplified scoring, thank goodness, and the DNF's didn't get counted. 11hp class turned 1m:18sec fast lap; 2stroke 1m:23s; mid4stroke 1m:24s; and <50cc 1m:27sec. The 25cc shuttlebuddy's were surprisingly swift, would've lapped the typical <50cc <2K electric, which is why I support racing by top speed (thus enter Ryan's dyno). The entry level street class has been predominatedly 35cc SubaruRobins, then next race mo-peds, next race stock ChinaGirls, last race shuttlebuddy & nuvinci drive. Too many changes from race to race and a hassle trying to adjust to those.

The mope guys, along with shuttlebuddy http://shuttlebuddy.com/ team of ?5 kept the sport alive to race another day. The 2 bikes in front of me were a mo-ped & a honda cycle with a pedal kit that the shuttlebuddy team sells. He rode his little cycle single gear (3rd). I had a stutter in my 9Cont pulling out of turns, but hit 43-4mph in the straight. Lots of folks talking about building and running in the mid-size4stroke. I like it because you can still pedal out of corners, the bikes look clean, classy and functional enough to take fun rides on.

As a proving ground, hard to best this type of racing. The 2strokes have proven most competitive with the $1500+ "ArrowCycle" modded ChinaGirls edging a past dominate Morini; the 2 took turns setting fast lap records. Every class is getting faster, more competitive. While electrics are jumping in around California and the country in various categories, we're sitting on the sideline when it comes to the smaller, commuter size e-bikes.

[sk8norcal]

some videos of the race on that moped guy's channel...

http://www.youtube.com/user/Tomahawktun ... ture=watch

[Alan B]

Received an email of a new post in this thread, but when I get here there is none. That means it was probably spam and already removed. Thanks to the mods for all your hard work!

Have a great holiday folks. Weather here on the West Coast is a bit wet for ebike events. If anyone sees anything related please post in this thread.