Zero MX smokes gas bikes at local race...

[Arlo1]

Trev rocks.

Im actually starting to pitty gas bikes.

Its about f*'n time so.... when are we going to get working on that electric drag car?

[Jozzer]

Very nice. Literally left the gassers in the dirt:D
The Zero bikes are really coming on well!

Jozz

[Arlo1]

Jozz

you avitar is bigger then mine. Congrats . Time to up the anti

[The Stig]

I bet the GoPro video would go viral if it was shortened and the part where there is mud on the camera was cut out. Oh people will also want to see from the start how many CCs the other bikes had or the closest contenders.
(lol youtube is down right now "Http/1.1 Service Unavailable")

[Jozzer]

Jozz

you avitar is bigger then mine. Congrats . Time to up the anti

Always time to up the anti:) A heavy vehicle helps..
That was actually a bit poor, it was near 0 degrees in the winter and the pack sagged so bad the current limiter kicked in. I'll try and get up the courage for a full 300kw run now weather has warmed up;)

If you do a shortened version of the vid be sure to keep the clip of the guy stopping and toppling off into the mud. In fact, that deserves to be "giffed" and put on the "funny gif/pic" thread:D

Jozz

[Thud]

Appaerntly, I am the only one who noticed it was a dead engine start LOL!
Trev shouldve have had his battery unplugged to make it more of a race.

A Zero needs to last for a full 15min amature moto. Untill then, it is only a curiosity.

That bike did one lap on the hare scramble course. prolly woulda done better in the dry....but those are 3-hour timed event

I really want to take a few laps on one & see how it really rates.

[emotofreak]

If it woulda been a bit less muddy, he would have made the full lap. The plan was to swap batteries every lap. With the pace he was setting I'm pretty sure he would have dominated the race even with battery swaps. There is another race, weekend after next. We shall see

[Thud]

Cool,
Good Luck. & you have an open invite to Michigan for some real fun!
(oh & Trever shouldn't be picking on the poor c class guys )

[knoxie]

Luke that was #amazeballs very cool, those Zero bikes are great, I love their road bike too they can do no wrong in my eyes and I agree this video if edited up shorter with some cuts to clean photos of the bike and the specs would be very cool indeed, pretty sure that Zero are doing quite well at the moment, they are certainly a pretty big player from what I can tell?

When I win the lotto I am going to have 10 of those bike on my custom track

[The Stig]

Appaerntly, I am the only one who noticed it was a dead engine start LOL!

It's true, electric vehicles start up much quicker and much more consistently! Advantage -> Emoto
The motos don't have their fuel lines or anything unplugged before the start of the race, they're just slow to start

Had he paced him self a bit in the sections where there was traffic he would have made the full lap.

[Bazaki]

Very nice ! How much peak Kw for this zero Mx ? And how much kWh capacity?

[Hillhater]

Trevor smoked 'em out of the gates and lead the C Open class until he ran outta battery just shy of a full lap (~8 miles in 1/2 hour). ..
...Just needed a little more energy(or a little less mud)..

did they know it would run short on battery ?...or was it just more power draining than expected ?
I guess the idea was to show what a "box stock" Emoto can do, but boy it sure would have been nice to finish that lap ahead !

I blame Luke for not giving them bigger, better battery's !

[Ypedal]

What we all need is a smaller " size " battery with more energy in it...

[malcav]

Experienced rider + Awesome equipment makes for one awesome video. Its surprising how well the zero moves through the dirt.

[liveforphysics]

Very nice ! How much peak Kw for this zero Mx ? And how much kWh capacity?

You can get all the specs at

www.zeromotorcycles.com


It's just easier than my typing out everything. lol

[jonescg]

Jozz

you avitar is bigger then mine. Congrats . Time to up the anti

Always time to up the anti:) A heavy vehicle helps..
That was actually a bit poor, it was near 0 degrees in the winter and the pack sagged so bad the current limiter kicked in. I'll try and get up the courage for a full 300kw run now weather has warmed up;)

If you do a shortened version of the vid be sure to keep the clip of the guy stopping and toppling off into the mud. In fact, that deserves to be "giffed" and put on the "funny gif/pic" thread:D

Jozz

Well while we're at it, I'll put my efforts up on the Avatar Mind you this was moments before smoking an Agni...

[The Stig]

Experienced rider + Awesome equipment makes for one awesome video. Its surprising how well the zero moves through the dirt.

It definitely has some interesting advantages over the gassers. Aside from being unstallable and having high torque. Its also that it has a more consistent and much longer torque curve... instant throttle response throughout the torque curve... The motor probably can increase RPMs faster than the gassers, like every time there is a loss of traction and wheel spinning is needed in mud.

[edcastrovalley]

It definitely has some interesting advantages over the gassers. Aside from being unstallable and having high torque. Its also that it has a more consistent and much longer torque curve... instant throttle response throughout the torque curve... The motor probably can increase RPMs faster than the gassers, like every time there is a loss of traction and wheel spinning is needed in mud.

I'm guessing the Zero is a lot lighter than the gassers having the aluminum frame and all. It's amazing how he just "floated" past everyone. Funny as hell though...

[liveforphysics]

There is another race comming up. Trev is gonna be on a Zero MX, Im gonna be on a Zero DS (assuming Im back on the mainland in time, and it doesnt conflict with other races.)

[parabellum]

There is another race comming up. Trev is gonna be on a Zero MX, Im gonna be on a Zero DS (assuming Im back on the mainland in time, and it doesnt conflict with other races.)

Nice, when is next race?
Sorry if this question have been done and un/answered, what nominal Voltage is MX and DS packs? If not a secret.

[liveforphysics]

Nominal voltage is 66v for all 2012 Zeros.

We are going to try to race again in 2days, this Sunday. Same track. Should be dry this time though.

[parabellum]

Thanks. Hope you get dry track and come back with nice videos.