On Saturday August 7 (less than a week after the first test in Valencia) the M210 was lapping again, this time at Jerez circuit.
With a high temperature (42º C) and quite traffic on the track, Alex made 42 laps. We approached this second test as a normal training: with stopwatches, pitboard, telemetry and setup work.
To make the most of the day we did not stop for lunch and worked nonstop until 5 pm, when the track was closed. We rode all day without any incident.
I think the guy who is having more fun with this story is Alex Martinez, the rider. Once again he had a lot of fun riding the bike, in Bottpower we are very pleased with his work. He is a quiet guy and a fast and experienced rider. Each time he comes into the box he gives us very precise information of the bike behavior, this is very important to move ahead quickly with the bike setup work.
In the morning Alex began lapping in 1:54, at midday he was making 1:49, in the afternoon the pace was 1:49 with some 48s, and finally in the last outing his best time was 1:47,5. We were very happy with this time. We still must work a lot on the bike setup, Alex still must ride many kilometers on this bike, and we are still quite green as a team. For all these reasons we feel that till now things are going better than any of us had imagined.
BOTT M210 in Jerez. from Bottpower on Vimeo.
A photographer from LA MOTO magazine came to Jerez, they will publish an article about our project in their next issue. Thanks to them we have the photos that illustrate this post.
Team members, from left to right: Jose Contreras, Alex Martinez, David Sanchez and our supermechanic David Dominguez. Below, the creature, the BOTT M210 is waiting anxiously for its final fairing and exhaust.
As always you will find larger photos in our Flickr gallery.
Hi All!
I’ve been religiously following this build on your website from your second post and seeing this bike come from ‘some nice sketches’ to a real thing rolling on the track is something amazing!
If me as a mere spectator feel proud of your creation and even emotionally touched, you guys as the “parents” of this fantastic creation should be feeling over the moon!
Keep up the good work and don’t forget to keep us updated with news, photos and videos!
Also, get some merchandising going! I’d proudly wear a BottPower t-shirt! =)
Regards,
Joao
Hi Joao,
Thank you very much for you comment and your support! 🙂
We feel happy but we are not over the moon, probably because we know all the hard work we have ahead if we want this bike to be competitive. Also with this crisis it is going to be very difficult to find sponsors, and if you want to race at a high level that is very important.
Regarding merchandising, we will prepare some stuff soon.
Hi David,
You seem to be pouring your heart and soul on this project. I’m sure luck will smile to you and all your hard work will pay off! =)
If you ever struggle with CAD resource (V5) give me a shout, I’d be glad to help if I can.
Best of luck!
Project is coming along! Hope sponsors help out for it take big money to run with the leaders. I would love to hear in future blogs about what things you are adjusting to get better times on the track. (Suspension, engine) Data acquisition is gets you a lot of stuff but how to use it efficiently it the big thing and would love to hear about this. Good luck and ride fast!