iMovie is what you want.
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Brian Wismann on twitter posted that the Empulse RR bikes were faster around Miller East than the latest literbikes at a
recent CycleWorld test.
Miller West "Exotics":
1:34.94 Aprilia RSV4 Factory
1:35.45 EBR 1190RS
1:35.31 Ducati Panigale S
1:37.10 MV Agusta F4 RR
1:36.58 Honda CBR1000RR
Miller East "Workhorses":
1:40.74 Honda CBR1000RR
1:40.93 BMW S1000RR
1:41.22 Suzuki GSX-R1000
1:41.57 Kawasaki ZX-10R
1:41.84 Yamaha YZF-R1
Indeed, a 1:38.40 best lap for Eric Bostrom is more than two seconds faster than the best literbike (Honda CBR1000RR) tested on Miller East. On the slightly faster Miller West, the higher-spec $23k Aprilia RSV4 Factory and $40k EBR 1190RS bikes are less than two seconds faster than the CBR1000RR.
Different day, different riders, and comparing street-legal (barely) gas bikes to pure race electrics.. but the electrics win.
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Interesting that Steve Atlas was 1.5s slower at Miller. Atlas was 0.6s faster at Laguna Seca than his teammate, though EBoz mentioned that his bike started to slow very soon into the race.
Not sure what else to draw from this. Steve Atlas is a very fast rider. Eric might be faster. Or he might know the track better.
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2011 Miller TTXGP Results:
1 Shane Turpin Motoczysz 1:31.533*
2 Tim Hunt Lightning 1:39.604*
3 Steve Atlas Brammo 1:42.331*
4 Thad Wolff MotoElectra 1:45.472*
5 Ely Schless ProtoMoto 1:58.375
6 Ted Rich Lightning DNF
2011 was done on the Miller West track, which is approximately 4.2s faster than Miller East (per CW's superbike shootout).
That puts the 2012 Empulse RR at around a 1:34.2 laptime - approximately 8 seconds faster than 2011.
The TTXGP report mentions that MotoCzysz's transponder failed during the race and that the laptime was capture manually -
David Herron's always excellent race reports indicate an approximately 1:35 best lap.
Steve Atlas finished 1:04 behind Shane Turpin, or an average of 8s per lap slower.
Tim Hunt finished 0:30.3 behind Shane Turpin, or an average of 3.8s per lap slower.
These two data points point towards a best lap in the 1:34 to 1:36 range for MotoCzysz .. which means the 2012 Empulse is right at that level too. Herron says Shane Turpin is a staggeringly fast racer at Miller, and holds the fast lap record at the track on any bike.
Given the rider advantage to MotoCzysz, you could make a reasonable (if speculative) argument that the 2012 Empulse RR is faster than the 2011 MotoCzysz bike.
Huge improvement for Brammo.
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A fun comparison -- if somewhat stretching -- is the Lightning bike, as it's nominally available for sale. At Laguna Seca, it was slightly faster than the Empulse RR in Steve Atlas's hands. Supposedly Brammo has worked on the bikes since - let's say it's as fast as the 1:38.40 laptime turned in by Eric Bostrom.
$40k boutique Lightning electric vs $40k boutique EBR 1190RS.
Electric wins.
