HILL, ELECTRIC BIKE IMPRESSIVE AT
RED BULL STRAIGHT RHYTHM
A
lthough Josh Hill been re-
tired from racing for a couple
of years, and has been working
an office job at Monster Energy,
the former supercross racer still
puts out some pretty amazing
riding videos on his social media
accounts on the regular, and
he's been helping Alta Motors
develop their electric motocross
bikes, as well.
Hill showed up at the Red
Bull Straight Rhythm with Alta to
compete in the Lites class on an
electric bike, and it went pretty
well.
The motorcycle he rode
features a ride-by-wire throttle,
and no clutch lever or shifter. Hill
qualified fifth in the eight-rider
Lites field, which meant in the
first round he'd have to go up
against fourth-place qualifier Kyle
Cunningham. Hill managed to
defeat Cunningham. Cunningham
came back to edge Hill out in the
second race, but Hill persevered
in the third race to move on to
the semifinals, where he lost in
straight races to number-one
qualifier Mitch Oldenberg. In the
third-place race, Hill faced off
against Oldenberg's TLD/Red
Bull KTM teammate Jordon Smith,
and it seemed as if his electric
machine lost power, so he was
unable to stay close to Smith.
There's still work to do on the
prototype Alta Motors machine,
but it has proven competitive
when it's working right.
Steve Cox
IN
THE
WIND
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PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
STEVE
COX
Josh Hill won a couple
of races on an Alta
Motors electric-
powered motorcycle
at the Red Bull
Straight Rhythm.
