Brammo to Laguna Seca this weekend for Refuel event

[Brammofan]

This just posted on twitter by BrammoBrian:

The team's headed down to Seca with the #empulse rr for the ReFuel time trials. Should be fun! #SV_REFUEL

More info on the event.

[protomech]

Twitter updates from @brammodesigner:

Going good at #SV_REFUEL for the #Brammo Empulse RR! A 1:47 in traffic for the first session! Mission came out to play too!

#missionmotors putting the hammer down at #SV_REFUEL! Our own Steve Atlas has his work cut out for him in the official time trial...

@brammofan Heart break as a tech glitch prevented us from posting a time! Congrats to Mission for laying down a 1:43!

Great last practice at #SV_REFUEL with the #BRAMMO Empulse RR. Got work to do to challenge Mission at next months #TTXGP!

[Gavin]

good to see Mission racing...maybe Brian shouldn't have ragged on them so hard   Nah, Mission being called out for being pretty but stationary is all fine as it was true.

That said, doing well at a time trial is not the same as winning a race, so we will see how things go next month at Seca...

Hopefully the Empulse glitch gets sorted and they can increase the top end a bit to get those lap times down around Missions times. It would be great to see a nice close race between Mission and Brammo...and a few others.

Still the great thing about Brammo is that their racing bike is based on a production model vs a one off that will never see production.

And I would still love to see the Enertia TTR competing in the 75 class, but I understand resources are limited.

Actaully I would love to see the Enertia TTR in my garage...I mean if Brammo isn't using it I could give it a good home


Gavin

[Gavin]

ps...euro TTXGP news...

http://green.autoblog.com/2011/06/27/crp-racing-takes-1st-and-2nd-at-ttxgp-euro-race-at-silverstone/

Gavin

[skadamo]

Nice to see Mission on the track and doing well. People were starting to question whether the bike was for show but I guess we have the answer now.

[oobflyer]

From the ReFuel Event:

[protomech]

Do you have a larger picture, oob?

Hell For Leather reports the Mission R did a best lap of 1:43.7 around Laguna Seca, beating the previous year's record of 1:44.4 by the 2010 MotoCzysz E1PC. It'll be a pretty good race when the Empulse RR, 2011 E1PC and Mission R get on a track at the same time.

http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2011/06/a-lap-of-laguna-aboard-the-mission-r/

For comparison, a 1:43 laptime is competitive with a fast street car or a competently (but not professionally) driven street bike - say 750-1000cc. A race replica bike or supercar will be somewhat faster, 1:3x. MotoGP / Superbike times are in the 1:2x range.

http://www.trackpedia.com/wiki/Mazda_Laguna_Seca#Typical_Lap_Times
http://www.motortrend.com/features/laguna_lap/index.html
http://www.southbayriders.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4957

[Brammofan]

Here's another picture.

[Gavin]

zero's bike is TALL....

did anybody find out what the "glitch" was?

Gavin

[Richard230]

Here is an on-board video of the Mission R taking a lap of Laguna. I got a kick out of the title of the article: "Mission R: looks good, goes well, sounds terrible". I have to agree. My ears are still ringing after watching the video. But the bike sure looks fast. See it here:

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news-racing-videos/mission-r-looks-good-goes-well-sounds-terrible/18424.html

[Brammofan]

Here's some footage from one of the electric bicycles.  You can watch the whole video, but I start it right before Mission and Brammo go zooming past.