Will the Alta last a 2 person scramble?

[effinsiok]

I’m racing the 2 person team “Scare Scramble” at Airway X Motocross Park this weekend. I don’t know much about it other than it’s around 3 hours long, a 5 mile lap and you trade off with your teammate every 1-2 laps.

I only have a standard charger - will the battery last the whole race if my teammate and I ride 2 laps at a time and I put it on the charger between each time I go out? I can win a B class enduro race, and got 155 overall in the 2019 Dessert 100 in WA, just to get an idea of my pace.

 

[Redwolf]

If the race is only 3 hrs long, and you put it on the charger between laps, you will probably make it, especially if you are using a 240v generator.

 

[Matt]

I’m racing the 2 person team “Scare Scramble” at Airway X Motocross Park this weekend. I don’t know much about it other than it’s around 3 hours long, a 5 mile lap and you trade off with your teammate every 1-2 laps.

I only have a standard charger - will the battery last the whole race if my teammate and I ride 2 laps at a time and I put it on the charger between each time I go out? I can win a B class enduro race, and got 155 overall in the 2019 Dessert 100 in WA, just to get an idea of my pace.

I can get about an hour and a half max of hard fast trail riding. Less if slick and that is in map 1. You are better off using map 1 and flowing the best you can to conserve energy. Maybe bump it up to 2 for straits

 

[snydes]

Just in case you aren’t aware (because a lot of people still don’t realize this), the standard charger does do 240v as well. As was stated by Redwolf, if you are charging on 240 I’d say you should be good.

 

[Jayfox911]

Just in case you aren’t aware (because a lot of people still don’t realize this), the standard charger does do 240v as well. As was stated by Redwolf, if you are charging on 240 I’d say you should be good.

I heard of this but have not done it. Do you just wire it hot, hot, ground... no neutral?

 

[Redwolf]

I heard of this but have not done it. Do you just wire it hot, hot, ground... no neutral?

Yep. You might spend some time reading around in the charger section of this form, there's a bit of information and pictures that are informative.

 

[snydes]

Yep, neutral pin on the 240v plug is unused. The standard charger on 240v isn’t a whole lot slower than the “rapid” when it comes down to it.

 

[effinsiok]

Well it ended up not mattering... The course was 5.5 miles long. Everyone did a parade lap and then went straight to the starting line. I did 3 laps in a row (because my teammates bike wouldn’t start). I came in with a little less than 1/4 battery remaining after the 4 laps (I rode all in map 1 to conserve power) and threw it on the charger. But then I went to go back out and my front tire was flat... We ended up just trading my teammates bike to finish the race. I was watching the battery gauge while it was charging and think it may have just barely lasted the race charging with 120V power and the standard charger, but I’ll never know.

 

[Redwolf]

Shame to hear about the tire, sadly those things happen.

If you want another opportunity to see how much fun the alta is to race, we have a team 24hr race coming up Halloween weekend, and we could use another team member.

Link to race thread

 

[effinsiok]

Shame to hear about the tire, sadly those things happen.

If you want another opportunity to see how much fun the alta is to race, we have a team 24hr race coming up Halloween weekend, and we could use another team member.

Link to race thread

I saw this thread and would love to, but I already have plans that weekend.

 

[Redwolf]

Keep it in mind for next year, we will probably have room on the team again. Or we may have enough to fill out more than one team...

 

[Jared]

My main riding buddy would love to do this race with us...but he doesn’t have an Alta, and he is always too broke to buy one when they come up for sale. If he obtains one before next year he can be counted on to race.