Juiced
Old Racer
We arrived on Thursday and were given one of the best spots to participate and watch all of the racing, right next to the tower and the start/finish line..
The Mitty is an event full of vintage cars and motorcycles. There is great fun to be had and no slouch in the speed department. They are hitting 180 mph on the back stretch.
We had made many changes over the winter, more batteries, new chargers, (Thanks Headway Headquarters), better brakes, new racing tires, larger cables.. on and on. We were “loaded for bear” and the bike did not disappoint.
One of the new items was the addition of a fan to the motor to fix a heating issue we had at last year’s Savannah event. It seemed to do well but we think on the long straights
The motor was turning so high the internal fan was trying to suck in air faster than the electric fan would let it. In the S turns it worked fine, but I could smell a hint of electric heat (you know what that smells like) on the high speed sections.
4 rounds were run on Friday. The bike ran flawless. The charging went from 10 hours to 2 ½ due to the new bulk chargers. We would charge to 80% (2 hours) and then put on the 2 amp individual chargers for the last ½ hour ensuring a full balance charge for every run.
The motor seem to be handling all of the heat even though I was getting faster at every round as I learned the track and hit all of my marks. The last round of the day I was flying! On the white flag lap at the end of the long back stretch, the bike… “Burped” .
I pulled it in to the pits and smelled that thing us EVr’s hate. After pulling the brush pack (an older model) only two of the 16 brushes were toast and one other one was cracked. The rest look great and no burned connections.
No worries, we carry spares. Broken in spares at that. 15 minutes later I had it on and let it run on the stand to give the brushes a final break in. I even called John at Motenergy about what happened and he, as usual, answered the phone (late on a Friday!) and suggested what we needed to do to keep the motor happy.
The Mitty is an event full of vintage cars and motorcycles. There is great fun to be had and no slouch in the speed department. They are hitting 180 mph on the back stretch.
We had made many changes over the winter, more batteries, new chargers, (Thanks Headway Headquarters), better brakes, new racing tires, larger cables.. on and on. We were “loaded for bear” and the bike did not disappoint.
One of the new items was the addition of a fan to the motor to fix a heating issue we had at last year’s Savannah event. It seemed to do well but we think on the long straights
The motor was turning so high the internal fan was trying to suck in air faster than the electric fan would let it. In the S turns it worked fine, but I could smell a hint of electric heat (you know what that smells like) on the high speed sections.
4 rounds were run on Friday. The bike ran flawless. The charging went from 10 hours to 2 ½ due to the new bulk chargers. We would charge to 80% (2 hours) and then put on the 2 amp individual chargers for the last ½ hour ensuring a full balance charge for every run.
The motor seem to be handling all of the heat even though I was getting faster at every round as I learned the track and hit all of my marks. The last round of the day I was flying! On the white flag lap at the end of the long back stretch, the bike… “Burped” .
I pulled it in to the pits and smelled that thing us EVr’s hate. After pulling the brush pack (an older model) only two of the 16 brushes were toast and one other one was cracked. The rest look great and no burned connections.
No worries, we carry spares. Broken in spares at that. 15 minutes later I had it on and let it run on the stand to give the brushes a final break in. I even called John at Motenergy about what happened and he, as usual, answered the phone (late on a Friday!) and suggested what we needed to do to keep the motor happy.
