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Thanks Garth, Stan, Jay, Grant & Frank!
Craig's mission is to push the limits on motorcycle design so that they are more efficient, useful. practical. comfortable and still fun to ride. He understands that slower speeds allow higher FE but as a sporting rider and former racer he wants the ability to go fast also. Just as in real traffic we wouldn't want to hold up the flow of traffic, Craig doesn't want his Challlengers holding up the pace on a sporting motorcycle ride. The pace was fast and the CHP group leaders provided some opportunities for riders to air out their fast bikes. At one point the CHP passed the group to get ahead o the group to control traffic at key intersections at least 100mph. The 2 laps around the racetrack were also very fast. Craig intentionally seeks out these diffiult conditions to test us to the maximum. That Alan and Fred could break 100 mpg is incredidble and that the other Challengers still could produce relatively high FE gives credence to Craig's approach. A hypermiler will never produce his best FE during a Vetter Challenge.
During and after the ride, many sporting riders commented on our ability to stay with the pace despite riding the smallest displacement and the physically largest machines. Part of Craig's vision is overcome the prejudice of the traditional motorcyclist and we definitely changed some perceptions that day.
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