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I can't find any press release, but it is stated in this article:
"The team at Alta Motors received homologation for FIM North America competition in the 250 class. This unlocks Canada and propels them halfway closer to AMA Supercross, where they really want to race. They have big plans this offseason. Alta Motors is returning to Red Bull Straight Rhythm and including additional European Supercross events. "
https://thumpertalk.com/articles/electric-motorcycles-are-coming-r722/
"The team at Alta Motors received homologation for FIM North America competition in the 250 class. This unlocks Canada and propels them halfway closer to AMA Supercross, where they really want to race. They have big plans this offseason. Alta Motors is returning to Red Bull Straight Rhythm and including additional European Supercross events. "
https://thumpertalk.com/articles/electric-motorcycles-are-coming-r722/
So many questions...
The Shop
Sounds reasonable.
To Johnny Depp I would ask, if I invented a bike that could accelerate like a railgun, would it stifle innovation to be told that I could only race in the 450 class and not the 250 class.?
How do you define "put your finger on the scale".?
I don't think they should restrict anything, as to not stifle innovation, UNTIL the electric bikes are too advanced to compete fairly with 250's. Then possibably bump them up to the 450 class, or restrict them.
Separate discussion, but I am not an advocate of classes defined by HP or CC so I have no allegiance to protect the Pro Circuit and Geico's( or the sandbagger's) of the 250 class.
They're going to have to restrict the top end power of that thing to stay in line with 250's, that's my take.
Or did they set a precedent with the four stroke introduction to racing that is now hurting them when it comes to electrics. Where Alta can basically say, "hey AMA look how the four stroke technology came into racing why not us?" I might be way off and the current manufacturers could be 100% on board with it, who knows?
Cool news though. Will be interesting to see how they stack up against the 250s in the pro ranks.
Pit Row
Compare this to the light bulb. For decades we were told that bulbs were 60watt bulbs. But then CFLs and LEDs came along and the packages said, "equivalent to 60watt". Those of us that looked further into it found that light output is measured at 800 Lumens for the classic incandescent light bulb we used all of those decades. So Lumens was what we should have been aware of this entire time.
If we stop focusing on motorcycle CCs, what should we be looking at.?
Let's say you have a 10 kW hr battery. Depending on you application, you could draw 10kW for an hour until the battery is dead, or you could draw 20kW for half an hour and get higher performance. By doing it this way, power can be limited since the battery has to last 15 min at full power, which limits how much they can draw during the race. Yes, electric motors can be rated by HP, but that is a pretty bad way to go about it for this type of application.
I'm far from an expert on this but from my engineering background I know a little, so that is my theory about how to go about it. Awesome to see them racing, I'm glad they are making progress and really making a push in other types of racing while they wait on getting into the big show.
does this mean it is ok for GP's?
The blue line of interrupted torque or power delivery with a gearbox is exactly why the Alta works well. No Chassis interruption of traction between gear changes, let alone the power drop.
If I had an Alta the 1st thing I'd do is drop a bunch of teeth on the rear sprocket, with that torque it should pull it like a boss.
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