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I just returned from an exhausting but very rewarding trip to VMP drag
strip in Petersburg Virginia. We left the cold At 3:00AM yesterday and
drove right into summer. Virginia was absolutely beautiful, sunny and
in the high seventies. Thousands of motorcycles and their riders were
on hand for Virginia Bike Fest 2009. AGNS and ANGUS gave them a good
show all day long. We started the day with hopes of gettting ANGUS in
the 150 club and AGNS in the 8's. Things turned out unexpectedly but
left the huge crowd blown away and all of us with big smiles.

AGNS was her usual surprising self and almost beat ANGUS to the 150 MPH
punch ripping off 145.58 MPH on her best run of the day. The same run
was her best time at a 9.27. She backed it up with a 9.31@ 143 MPH, and
a 9.35 @ 144 MPH minutes later to finish out an awesome day. Topping
out at almost a buck fifty I figure adding a small fairing can't hurt,
and might just get her that 150 club thing. We are going to make a
small gear change as well and hopefully remove that last .28 seconds to
get her to 8.99. She is definitely the crowd favorite of the two bikes.
No one who looks at her little KTM 65 chassis can believe she is
putting big liter+ rice bikes on the trailer over and over.


ANGUS had us in fits all morning. After his first warm up run, I bumped
up the current a bit to get in one more run with the new tire before we
tried his new wheelie bars. Denis did a real fine burnout and got the
MT slick good and sticky. He left the line and stood all 800 lbs of
ANGUS almost straight up. He brought it back down and hit it again.
Straight up. One more time back down and back in it. Straight up again.
It was an awesome sight. Denis told me after the run that ANGUS acted
the part of a riding bull and that if his tether hadn't pulled out
after the third wheel stand that he was going to ride the wheelie till
the judges rang the bell. We bolted on the bars and made three decent
runs in the low nines and high 8's and hit 149 MPH twice but each time
ANGUS got squirly at about half track. Denis had to get out of it to
straightened the bike out. It is clear that the wheelie bars add a
whole new handling dynamic which we will be adjusting and refining to
in the near future. For her final two runs of the day we decided to
remove the bars, back off the power, race against AGNS, and see if we
could find 150 MPH. We didn't find 150, we found 160. ANGUS left soft
and was looking at AGNS' rear till the 330 ft mark but Denis rolled in
the power and hit 132.05 in the 1/8th and kept climbing to 160.37 MPH
when he tripped the lights at 8.70 seconds. ANGUS skipped completely
over the 150's! We got one more run in minutes later without recharging
and were actually quicker in the 1/8th mile but lost some steam at the
end of the track and finished with an 8.77 @ 154.47 MPH.

I am back home in the snow today, but the AGNS ANGUS road show is on
it's way to Orlando, FL and may make a surprise appearance at Orlando
Speedworld on Wednesday night. Stay Tuned, 7's are getting closer....


Shawn Lawless








Thanks to all the many people who came over to the trailer to ask
questions and show support.

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Congratulations Shawn - absolutely outstanding performance!




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Sent: Monday, April 6, 2009 5:16:16 PM
Subject: [EVDL] Virginia Drag Race Update

I just returned from an exhausting but very rewarding trip to VMP drag
strip in Petersburg Virginia. We left the cold At 3:00AM yesterday and
drove right into summer. Virginia was absolutely beautiful, sunny and
in the high seventies. Thousands of motorcycles and their riders were
on hand for Virginia Bike Fest 2009. AGNS and ANGUS gave them a good
show all day long. We started the day with hopes of gettting ANGUS in
the 150 club and AGNS in the 8's. Things turned out unexpectedly but
left the huge crowd blown away and all of us with big smiles.

AGNS was her usual surprising self and almost beat ANGUS to the 150 MPH
punch ripping off 145.58 MPH on her best run of the day. The same run
was her best time at a 9.27. She backed it up with a 9.31@ 143 MPH, and
a 9.35 @ 144 MPH minutes later to finish out an awesome day. Topping
out at almost a buck fifty I figure adding a small fairing can't hurt,
and might just get her that 150 club thing. We are going to make a
small gear change as well and hopefully remove that last .28 seconds to
get her to 8.99. She is definitely the crowd favorite of the two bikes.
No one who looks at her little KTM 65 chassis can believe she is
putting big liter+ rice bikes on the trailer over and over.


ANGUS had us in fits all morning. After his first warm up run, I bumped
up the current a bit to get in one more run with the new tire before we
tried his new wheelie bars. Denis did a real fine burnout and got the
MT slick good and sticky. He left the line and stood all 800 lbs of
ANGUS almost straight up. He brought it back down and hit it again.
Straight up. One more time back down and back in it. Straight up again.
It was an awesome sight. Denis told me after the run that ANGUS acted
the part of a riding bull and that if his tether hadn't pulled out
after the third wheel stand that he was going to ride the wheelie till
the judges rang the bell. We bolted on the bars and made three decent
runs in the low nines and high 8's and hit 149 MPH twice but each time
ANGUS got squirly at about half track. Denis had to get out of it to
straightened the bike out. It is clear that the wheelie bars add a
whole new handling dynamic which we will be adjusting and refining to
in the near future. For her final two runs of the day we decided to
remove the bars, back off the power, race against AGNS, and see if we
could find 150 MPH. We didn't find 150, we found 160. ANGUS left soft
and was looking at AGNS' rear till the 330 ft mark but Denis rolled in
the power and hit 132.05 in the 1/8th and kept climbing to 160.37 MPH
when he tripped the lights at 8.70 seconds. ANGUS skipped completely
over the 150's! We got one more run in minutes later without recharging
and were actually quicker in the 1/8th mile but lost some steam at the
end of the track and finished with an 8.77 @ 154.47 MPH.

I am back home in the snow today, but the AGNS ANGUS road show is on
it's way to Orlando, FL and may make a surprise appearance at Orlando
Speedworld on Wednesday night. Stay Tuned, 7's are getting closer....


Shawn Lawless








Thanks to all the many people who came over to the trailer to ask
questions and show support.

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In a message dated 4/6/2009 2:23:49 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
xxx@xxx.xxx writes:
> Subj: [EVDL] Virginia Drag Race Update
> Date:4/6/2009 2:23:49 PM US Mountain Standard Time
> From:xxx@xxx.xxx
> Reply-to:xxx@xxx.xxx.edu
> To:xxx@xxx.xxx.edu
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>
>
>
> I just returned from an exhausting but very rewarding trip to VMP drag
> strip in Petersburg Virginia. We left the cold At 3:00AM yesterday and
> drove right into summer. Virginia was absolutely beautiful, sunny and
> in the high seventies. Thousands of motorcycles and their riders were
> on hand for Virginia Bike Fest 2009. AGNS and ANGUS gave them a good
> show all day long. We started the day with hopes of gettting ANGUS in
> the 150 club and AGNS in the 8's. Things turned out unexpectedly but
> left the huge crowd blown away and all of us with big smiles.
>
> AGNS was her usual surprising self and almost beat ANGUS to the 150 MPH
> punch ripping off 145.58 MPH on her best run of the day. The same run
> was her best time at a 9.27. She backed it up with a 9.31@ 143 MPH, and
> a 9.35 @ 144 MPH minutes later to finish out an awesome day. Topping
> out at almost a buck fifty I figure adding a small fairing can't hurt,
> and might just get her that 150 club thing. We are going to make a
> small gear change as well and hopefully remove that last .28 seconds to
> get her to 8.99. She is definitely the crowd favorite of the two bikes.
> No one who looks at her little KTM 65 chassis can believe she is
> putting big liter+ rice bikes on the trailer over and over.
>
>
> ANGUS had us in fits all morning. After his first warm up run, I bumped
> up the current a bit to get in one more run with the new tire before we
> tried his new wheelie bars. Denis did a real fine burnout and got the
> MT slick good and sticky. He left the line and stood all 800 lbs of
> ANGUS almost straight up. He brought it back down and hit it again.
> Straight up. One more time back down and back in it. Straight up again.
> It was an awesome sight. Denis told me after the run that ANGUS acted
> the part of a riding bull and that if his tether hadn't pulled out
> after the third wheel stand that he was going to ride the wheelie till
> the judges rang the bell. We bolted on the bars and made three decent
> runs in the low nines and high 8's and hit 149 MPH twice but each time
> ANGUS got squirly at about half track. Denis had to get out of it to
> straightened the bike out. It is clear that the wheelie bars add a
> whole new handling dynamic which we will be adjusting and refining to
> in the near future. For her final two runs of the day we decided to
> remove the bars, back off the power, race against AGNS, and see if we
> could find 150 MPH. We didn't find 150, we found 160. ANGUS left soft
> and was looking at AGNS' rear till the 330 ft mark but Denis rolled in
> the power and hit 132.05 in the 1/8th and kept climbing to 160.37 MPH
> when he tripped the lights at 8.70 seconds. ANGUS skipped completely
> over the 150's! We got one more run in minutes later without recharging
> and were actually quicker in the 1/8th mile but lost some steam at the
> end of the track and finished with an 8.77 @ 154.47 MPH.
>
> I am back home in the snow today, but the AGNS ANGUS road show is on
> it's way to Orlando, FL and may make a surprise appearance at Orlando
> Speedworld on Wednesday night. Stay Tuned, 7's are getting closer....
>
>
> Shawn Lawless
>
Shawn,You are still taking off large chuncks of time with the
bikes.........It will be great to see your team in the 7s.

Dennis Berube
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Shawn,
You rock! I plan on seeing you in June at Quaker City
Raceway in Salem Ohio, June 27th.


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" He left the line and stood all 800 lbs of ANGUS almost straight up. He
brought it back down and hit it again.
Straight up. One more time back down and back in it. Straight up again. It
was an awesome sight. "

Any video?


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>
> Shawn,
> You rock! I plan on seeing you in June at Quaker City
> Raceway in Salem Ohio, June 27th.
>
>
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Sorry Dave I was too busy trying to breath....

Shawn




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Sent: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 10:44 am
Subject: Re: [EVDL] Virginia Drag Race Update



" He left the line and stood all 800 lbs of ANGUS almost straight up. He
brought it back down and hit it again.
Straight up. One more time back down and back in it. Straight up again.
It
was an awesome sight. "

Any video?


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>
> Shawn,
> You rock! I plan on seeing you in June at Quaker City
> Raceway in Salem Ohio, June 27th.
>
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That is terrific Shawn. Your hard work is paying off. I can feel your
breath on my neck. ;-) 160 mph! deep in the 8's!

It is nice to have some serious competition. You are no doubt feeling
the attitude change at the track from the other competitors. The
comments change from "Cool, I had no idea that an electric could go
that fast." to "Geez, that is a fast bike!" with no added "for an electric."

Folks that don't race think it is just a matter of more HP to go
faster. Once you have that serious amount of HP, it is all about
figuring out how to deliver it to the track.

Setting up a wheelie bar takes a day at test-and-tune with a video camera.

Please join us here at Bandimere on September 27th. Bandimere has the
very best traction in the world. (It is a fact.) For us electrics, we
have 20% less air to push out of the way. You will go your fastest
here at Bandimere. If you come out to Bandimere, I'm sure we will draw a crowd.

Please post some pictures of ANGUS.

Again, congratulations,

Bill Dube'

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Bill,

Thanks for all your help. Our challenges on Sunday were definitey
evolving from how do we "kick it up a notch" to how much do we back off
to go faster. Lot's of new lessons to be learned except now there is
much less room for error. Ironic that we were set up right next to the
Nitro guys, and their awesome 6 second 218 MPH bikes. I found myself
repeating in my head what you said on TV. "We want to beat everybody,
and we will". I got the sense that although it will take alot more
effort and money, that it is possible. When our battery pack has
approx 3 times the specific power that we have now, and we aquire one
of those enormous raked out chassis, etc..., etc... we may just have
something for them. I hope we can make the trip to Bandimere in Sept.
Right now I see no reason why we can't. The immediate goal as soon as
we get these bikes back home is to get "Juiced UP" back on the track
and into the 8's. I learned several things from, of all places, AGNS,
this weekend that just might help. Also, the new JR chassis should be
here in a few weeks. I can't wait to see just how consistent we can
make her in the 1/8th.

Shawn


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From: Bill Dube <xxx@xxx.xxx>
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Sent: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 1:50 pm
Subject: Re: [EVDL] Virginia Drag Race Update



That is terrific Shawn. Your hard work is paying off. I can feel your
breath on my neck. ;-) 160 mph! deep in the 8's!

It is nice to have some serious competition. You are no doubt feeling
the attitude change at the track from the other competitors. The
comments change from "Cool, I had no idea that an electric could go
that fast." to "Geez, that is a fast bike!" with no added "for an
electric."

Folks that don't race think it is just a matter of more HP to go
faster. Once you have that serious amount of HP, it is all about
figuring out how to deliver it to the track.

Setting up a wheelie bar takes a day at test-and-tune with a video
camera.

Please join us here at Bandimere on September 27th. Bandimere has the
very best traction in the world. (It is a fact.) For us electrics, we
have 20% less air to push out of the way. You will go your fastest
here at Bandimere. If you come out to Bandimere, I'm sure we will draw
a crowd.

Please post some pictures of ANGUS.

Again, congratulations,

Bill Dube'

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