A
lta Motors says it's going to
field a two-rider team for this
year's Erzberg Rodeo in Austria,
May 30-June 3. The team will be
made up of Alta Factory Racing
team riders Ty Tremaine and Lyn-
don Poskitt and will ride the com-
pany's off-road Redshift electric-
powered motorcycles in the Red
Bull Hare Scramble, the 22-mile
hard enduro event. This will be
Alta's and Tremaine's first time
competing on Erzberg's "Iron
Giant." It will also be the first
time that an electric-powered
motorcycle will go up against the
gas-powered bikes at Erzberg.
"Having the opportunity to
make history by riding the first
electric is an honor," said
Tremaine. "After the past
few months racing the
Redshift, I am confident it
will give me my best shot
at conquering the Iron
Mountain."
Poskitt is an off-road
veteran.
He's competed in past
Erzberg races, as well as
the Dakar Rally, and is the
producer of the off-road
motorcycle travel series,
Races to Places.
"After challenging
Erzberg on a rally bike last year,
I'm eager to see what I can
accomplish on a premium bike
that is designed specifically for
this environment," said Poskitt.
"Partnering with Alta made sense
because they've built a bike that
delivers the control and power
critical for this type of race—it just
happens to be electric."
We built the Redshift to
compete head-to-head with the
best gas bikes in the most brutal
environments in the world. The
Erzberg extreme enduro is the
place to demonstrate that," said
Alta Motors Chief Technical
Officer and co-founder, Derek
Dorresteyn. "The race comes
at a time when electric bikes
are struggling for acceptance in
international competition. We are
grateful that the Erzberg organiz-
ers share our belief that compe-
tition should be about advanc-
ing technology—not restricting
it—and that they are providing
a platform to demonstrate that
electrics should have the right to
compete." CN
IN
THE
WIND
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(Left) Ty Tremaine will be one of two riders to compete at
Erzberg on an electric-power Alta motorcycle. (Below) The Alta
Redshift will be tested on the Iron Giant.
ALTA
HEADING TO
ERZBERG
