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Brammofan

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SUNDAY! Laguna Seca 2012
« on: July 29, 2012, 10:59:42 AM »
Brammo's Eric Bostrom got position 2 in qualifying yesterday.  Race is at 11 today PST.
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Re: SUNDAY! Laguna Seca 2012
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2012, 12:28:50 PM »
Sunday, sunday sunday!

TTXGP race pushed back to 12:25 PM PST due to fog. Boo hiss.. but it does let me get lunch without hunching over my phone.
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Re: SUNDAY! Laguna Seca 2012
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2012, 12:45:37 PM »
Shelina Moreda with the Brammo Girls. 
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Re: SUNDAY! Laguna Seca 2012
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2012, 03:00:37 PM »
From http://twitter.com/TTXGP

"Barnes takes the flag. Atlas, Bostrom, Himmermann, Montano.. Kenyon takes it on the line from Rich..."

Woohoo! Brammo takes 2nd and 3rd. Barnes takes first place on a Barracuda Lightning. From the twitter feed, it looked like a close race.

  • -3 mins. Its showtime for Barracuda Lightning and #Brammo. Bostrom and Barnes go head to with #Muench and Himmelmann in the fight.
  • +0 mins. Barnes is off to a trademark jack rabbit start...
  • +2 mins. Barnes, Bostrom, Atlas... 9/10ths of a second spread between 2 and 3. Lead is 1.2 secs...
  • +3 mins. Barnes, Bostrom and Atlas.. 1, 2, 3. .track announcer confused...
  • +5 mins. the 2 Brammo wheel to wheel with Himmelmann in 4th..
  • +6 mins. Montano is 5th, TTX75 and eSuperstock having their tight races. 5 laps to go.. Atlas takes over from Bostrom behind Barnes..
  • +9 mins. Barnes, Atlas, Bostrom, Himmelmann... . 1.4 between 1 and 2. Its a race..
  • +11 mins. Barnes and Atlas now in a duel. @ZeroMC kludge and tedrich head to head on esuperstock. 2 laps to go...
  • +12 mins. Himmelmann on the hunt for Bostrum. Atlas and Barnes fighting for the pole.
  • +13 mins. Barnes, Atlas, Bostrum now on the final lap..
  • +17 mins. Barnes takes the flag. Atlas, Bostrom, Himmermann, Montano.. Kenyon takes it on the line from Rich...
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Re: SUNDAY! Laguna Seca 2012
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2012, 04:30:38 PM »
Congratulations to Brammo, Steve, Eric, and to the Brammo Icon racing crew for your 2nd and 3rd place finishes.
Congrats also to Lightning - did they beat Mission's time from last year?

Thanks to Gavin for great pics and tweets during the whole weekend.

Will post some pix soon. 
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Re: SUNDAY! Laguna Seca 2012
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2012, 04:52:18 PM »
The result:

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Re: SUNDAY! Laguna Seca 2012
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2012, 05:41:48 PM »
Barnes / Lightning was 2.5s off Mission in qualifying and 2.1s off at race pace.
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Re: SUNDAY! Laguna Seca 2012
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2012, 08:27:12 PM »
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Re: SUNDAY! Laguna Seca 2012
« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2012, 08:31:38 PM »
More pics:


Uh oh... he's sitting on Shelina's bike, trying to make you jealous, Empulsebuyer:


Last tweet of Gavin's (so far):  OMG am I tried [sic]... But it's been a great weekend.

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Re: SUNDAY! Laguna Seca 2012
« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2012, 08:50:14 PM »
Quote from: Brammofan on July 29, 2012, 08:31:38 PM
Uh oh... he's sitting on Shelina's bike, trying to make you jealous, Empulsebuyer:

Say whaaat... its working. :D

Gavin, did you get the inside scoop on when these fine machines will hit production? Get some sleep then spill the beans. :)

What the hell happened to this post? hmmm. Well its back i guess, what evs. (First post showed up as an edited post and was placed before I actually posted it.)
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Re: SUNDAY! Laguna Seca 2012
« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2012, 09:20:18 PM »
Well what about riding it??



Sure it is 12 feet in a tent going 2 mph.... But still one of the first ever to "ride" her...

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Re: SUNDAY! Laguna Seca 2012
« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2012, 09:22:26 PM »
Never saw any throttle twisting going on.   :-\
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Re: SUNDAY! Laguna Seca 2012
« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2012, 10:24:40 PM »
Well...

A) not much throttle motion needed to go 12 feet and 2 mph top speed :)

B) I was filming with my iPhone...on Shelina's new toy...so I didn't really get the right framing. Nor was I going to do multiple takes...and when Brian sees this he may revoke my Brammo privileges...

Interesting, though it has a clutch, you can not stall it...I was just sitting there in first gear with clutch out going 0 miles per hour...crazy

But cool..and everybody here this whole weekend was just great.

I did spend basically the whole time working...talking to "customers" in the Marketing tent, being a runner between the paddock and marketing tent...and helping the photographer in the Pits take photos of the bike and Brammo girls...tough job:). But man, on your feet all day...and covering so much ground over and over...tough on the feet.

Too much to talk about ...and I am truly bone tired...it is cold and damp here, and I only brought summer, fingerless gloves...so all the riding, though very fun, has been wearing me a bit too...

I always forget how darn chilly it is here.

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Re: SUNDAY! Laguna Seca 2012
« Reply #13 on: July 29, 2012, 11:14:40 PM »
So if you don't mind me asking, how tall are you?  That looks just about exactly how I want to fit on a bike.  Feet flat to the ground, and not too far to reach down for the bars.  Comfortable for those of us who aren't so young anymore...

I definitely will have to copy what they did to the tail too.  Super clean!




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Re: SUNDAY! Laguna Seca 2012
« Reply #14 on: July 29, 2012, 11:18:02 PM »
5'11 1/2 inches...6 foot in shoes :)

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