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  1. Butch

    Electric Bike Action magazine

    I just saw this publication on a newstand. Yeah, a paper magazine on a rack, for sale. Weird. Old school. It looked interesting. Anyone familiar? Should I subscribe? Electric Bike Action | Welcome to America's first magazine about electric bikes
  2. Butch

    Endless Sphere

    Speaking of DIY, I just joined theses guys, who my pal at Joby says is the shit. Endless Sphere - Index page But you guys knew that. And this site is the shit for Altas.
  3. Butch

    ReFuel, the EV thing at Laguna Seca June 30, 2019

    Way interesting event, with all sorts of geeks like you guys. We should gather, as Alta geeks. Ride Hollister the other day. Maybe camp and have a beer. July maybe? Last year: REFUEL 10 - Clean Power Motorsports Event
  4. Butch

    New to me 2018 EX 006

    Formally Matt Sanders bike. Came with an extra set of plastic, so I am playing around with my vast collection of stickers. Of course BARF bayarearidersforum.com stickers are mandatory for me.
  5. Butch

    Life here on the edge of the Silicon Valley

    Winds of Change, by Jason Johnson Early last week, a thunderstorm rolled in off the ocean and, like a great steam-powered beast, crawled its way across Watsonville. The pressure dropped, the sky grew dark, and the barn was alive with swallows, hurrying back to the chirping fledglings in their...
  6. Butch

    Our History; the first Redshift

    Asphalt and Rubber Article about the delivery of Eric's bike (#005) three years ago... Alta Motors Makes First Redshift Customer Delivery
  7. Butch

    An Alta at the Carnegie Hillclimb today

    Post #18 3rd Annual IRC Carnegie Classic hillclimb - Page 2 - BARF - Bay Area Riders Forum I wish I was there. I went last year. It was very cool.
  8. Butch

    Coyote Creek Sprint Enduro - Oct 14th 2018 at Metcalf

    I am about to enter this: http://timekeepersmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Coyote-Creek-Sprint-Enduro-2018.pdf I am pestering the Alta factory dudes to charge my battery or something. Provide an umbrella girl. Something. This is a good thread: Coyote Creek Sprint Enduro - Oct 14th 2018
  9. Butch

    Josh Hill at Geneva Supercross

    Here's the Josh Hill at Geneva Supercross Alta footage starts at about 1:10
  10. Butch

    Crash Damage

    So I have short legs and pretty much can't touch the ground anyhow... I have been concerned about dropping the bike on a rock in a bad way. Wool, last Monday, I stopped where I could not hold up the bike and dropped it pretty hard on the starboard side, the motor/ gear reduction case hitting a...
  11. Butch

    Liability Insurance

    Shiftless is the first dirtbike I have ever had insurance on. Some years ago some yahoo who hit me by flying across the main trail upon which I was traveling. It could have been ugly including death and dismembersjip. We were lucky. This was at the Hollister State park, where the vehicle code...
  12. Butch

    So I rode an MXR the other day

    It was quick. It was Ty’s bike...
  13. Butch

    I had to ride an ICE bike this weekend

    We went to Stonyford in the Mendocino National Forest and I did not have a generator. Now I have to spend an hour cleaning the TM. I sure like the Alta better. Though I suppose I would still have an Ice bike to clean, as my typical MO is ride it while the Alta is charging.
  14. Butch

    Lyndon Poskitt's entire kit stolen enroute to Erzberg...Alta Motorcycles Content - TELL EVERYONE

    we can reach a lot of eyes https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1269408263193217&id=133067113494010&ref=bookmarks
  15. Butch

    Refuel Electric Vehicle Event at Laguna Seca 7.1.18

    I have been once; it was pretty interesting. I’ll try to go again this year. http://www.refuelraces.com/about.php
  16. Butch

    One of the first Redshifts out in the wild is mine...

    I’ve been riding my Redshift, dubbed “Shiftless”, since November 2016. I rode Eric the Frenchman’s in about April 2016 and put a deposite down then. I rode with Eric again today. He has a new EX. He had the first customer bike MX#005 but he left that in Europe. I have #019, with about 2800...
  17. Butch

    The Alta Factory LHRB

    is pretty nice...
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