HadesOmega
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Its that time of year (2026) again for the Virginia City Grand Prix. This year they eliminated the electric class unfortunately. It is a good thing and a bad thing. They have acknowledged after last year with Zero, Arctic Leopard, and Charge Cycle Works amazing performance that electrics are competitive with the gas bikes and should race against them now. It's bad because riders who can't complete more than 3 laps will need to invest more into extra batteries because they will have to race the full 3 hours on Sunday and 4 hours on Saturday. So the rules for electrics is you can enter any class you think you fit best in and there are no displacement limits. I did see a Stark Varg #7 racing on Saturday's race. They were allowed to swap bikes. So instead of charging or swapping batteries (which isn't feasible on a Varg) they just swapped the whole bike and probably charged the other bike while the other one is on the course.
My plan was to race in the Dual Sport Novice class. This class you need a "purpose built" bike which means it's plated I guess and have a minimum displacement of 650cc. So bikes like a DR650, XR650, KLR650, Husky 701, etc... compete in this class. The WR250R is a dual sport but when it was a gas bike it was a 250cc. HOWEVER since I am not limited by displacement it is legal for me to race in this class. Dual Sport Novice also races on the shorter Red Loop, which means it's the same course that I've been racing for 5 years just I have to race the full 3 hours now. I now have 5 batteries so I'm pretty confident I can race the full 3 hours provided I can complete one lap on a charge. Time to go race against some gas bikes!
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My plan was to race in the Dual Sport Novice class. This class you need a "purpose built" bike which means it's plated I guess and have a minimum displacement of 650cc. So bikes like a DR650, XR650, KLR650, Husky 701, etc... compete in this class. The WR250R is a dual sport but when it was a gas bike it was a 250cc. HOWEVER since I am not limited by displacement it is legal for me to race in this class. Dual Sport Novice also races on the shorter Red Loop, which means it's the same course that I've been racing for 5 years just I have to race the full 3 hours now. I now have 5 batteries so I'm pretty confident I can race the full 3 hours provided I can complete one lap on a charge. Time to go race against some gas bikes!
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