After passing several cars in corners with no clear sight he told us that the road only is open in our direction. Funny :-) The nature around the track is really nice, both up in the hills and through the villages. There are bumps, bridges, sharp corners all over and it's unbelivable to hear how they drive here. We came along a narrow road which seemed to end in a big wall. When we came closer we saw that there was a sharp turn to the left. "- You have full throttle in 6th gear to that lamppost, then 5th through the corner and then 6 again" Mats said. The ride was an incredible experience and he should start having it as an attraction for rich tourists.
Later that day me, Lasse, Chris and Mats took the bike for a test run in the hills. This was the first time Chris tested it and he liked it a lot. Even if it is slightly heavier that the bikes he is used to, the handling was really good. Everything worked fine, except we have expected more top speed. The winner last year completed the track in 25 minutes, and after 42 minutes of hard test driving we had a lot of battery left. After that we removed 2 packs which is totally 25kg. Here are some pictures from the test.
We saw our first test run with petrol bikes and it was soooo cool! A very strange feeling where people are sitting and standing close to the track, where bikes are passing in 2-300 kmh and a single mistake will probably be the last you do. Here is a short clip on a old man sitting outside his house in the middle of Douglas. Insane, really insane.
Yesterday we had a test at Jurby airfield where we continued to optimize the settings. The bike has been really good mechanically all the time, it's only setting in the motor controller we have been optimizing. Since the first run we have noticed that the power seems to come and go in different rpms and we have not understood why. After many phonecalls with our suppliers we found out that there are many features in the controller that limits the power to be sure that the motor don't get damaged. That is good in a consumer product, but we want the motor to glow and the controller on fire when we pass the finishline as the winner. Today it is planned to have our first Qualifying run on the track at 17:40 local time. At the moment there is a lot of mist, so we don't know if it will happen or not.
Frank at Amadeusphotography.com has added more pictures to his homepage, take a look here
Over and out.
