Geoff May & Erik Buell Racing

[EvilRX]

those are super sport Geoff is in super bike

 

[flaya564]

I can't let all the details out yet but Erik picked him for his love of Buells, passion for riding and engineering. As soon as I find out, it's a done deal, I will get and give all the details.

 

[nativeXb12Rbuell]

Erik Buell Racing
Geoff did a great job of hanging in there to get points at Miller today, with a 7th place. The team got the bike as well set up as possible, but the 1125 is hugely down on speed to the current top bikes.

for the complete race report
from AMA -----> http://amaproracing.com/rr/news/index.cfm?cid=43168



For coverage of today’s Round 3 National Guard SuperBike race, tune in to SPEED TV tonight at 8 p.m. PST. As the series heads for next weekend’s Round 4 at Elkhart Lake’s Road America, June 3-5, Hayes leads the overall AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike Championship by five points over Young, 134 to 129. Tommy Hayden sits third with 122.
and Geoff May on the #99 AMSOIL EBR Racing Team's Buell 1125R sits 11th in the 2011 RIDER POINT STANDINGS with 45 points!


http://results.amaproracing.com/xml/rr/events/R1115/sbf1press.pdf



SERIES POINT STANDINGS
POS. NAME HOMETOWN WINS POINTS POINTS
1 Josh Hayes Gulfport, MS 1 134
2 Blake Young Waunakee, WI 3 129
3 Tommy Hayden Owensboro, KY 1 122
4 Martin Cardenas Medellin, Colombia 0 67
5 Ben Bostrom Malibu, CA 0 64
6 Larry Pegram Hebron, OH 0 64
7 Chris Clark Las Vegas, NV 0 60
8 Roger Hayden Owensboro, KY 0 57
9 Steve Rapp Hawthorne, CA 0 49
10 Jeremy Toye San Diego, CA 0 47
POS. NAME HOMETOWN WINS
11 Geoff May Gainesville, GA 0 45
12 Chris Peris Calgary, Alberta,Canada, 0 39
13 David Anthony Murrieta, CA 0 39
14 Chris Ulrich Lake Elsinore, CA 0 33
15 Chris Siebenhaar Fremont, CA 0 23
16 JD Beach Philpot, KY 0 18
17 Tony Kasper Becker, MN 0 17
18 Chris Trounson Mooroolbark, Vic.Australia 0 16
19 Shane Narbonne Tyngsboro, MA 0 16
20 Trent Gibson Spotswood, Australia 0 15


lap times http://results.amaproracing.com/xml/rr/events/R1115/sbf1rid.pdf

manufacturer points
http://results.amaproracing.com/xml/rr/events/R1115/sbf1manufacturerpoints.pdf

official results http://results.amaproracing.com/xml/rr/events/R1115/sbf1press.pdf

rider points http://results.amaproracing.com/xml/rr/events/R1115/sbf1points.pdf

 

[nativeXb12Rbuell]

Erik Buell Racing
Whew, so much to do it's hard to get updates done. Our apologies. In any case, Geoff put in a couple really great rides this weekend. The old 1125 is so far down on speed it's ridiculous at a track like Road America. 18mph down on Tommy Hayden! But Geoff rode the wheels off it, and split the two Kawasakis on Saturday for a tenth.


Erik Buell Racing
On Sunday we tried a few changes that didn't work, and a gearing change wound up putting the bike at the rev limiter repeatedly. Almost made it anyway, and ran right behind the Kawasaki, but broke on the last lap. Our first DNF and hopefully the last. But wound up with some points anyhow, and are in tenth in the championship.

http://results.amaproracing.com/xml/rr/events/R1120/sbf2ovr.pdf

 

[nativeXb12Rbuell]

the new EBR website has a new page for the EBR Race Team. link to it below.. check it out ...

http://www.erikbuellracing.com/race-team/


NEXT RACE
Barber SuperBike Classic
Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, AL
June 17-19, 2011

 

[J_Undisputed]

Does anyone know for sure when May will be riding the 1190? Can't wait for those first time reactions...

 

[steve92106]

Just found this thread. Keep the news coming.

 

[nativeXb12Rbuell]

sorry I have been extremely busy(work & family) and unable to keep this thread updated regularly here lately..

here's your update.

amaproracing.com --> standings


Geoff May is currently in 10th Position with 103 points. the last races on June 18, 2011 results... 13th place for EBR, and on June 19, 2011 Goeff May & Amsoil EBR Racing came in 7th place with a
best lap of 1:28.103 !!

and the next race is Round 7 July 22 - 24
the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix
at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA .
http://www.amaproracing.com/rr/events/

 

[xtreme6669]

EBR finished 11th and 10th this past sat/sun 7/9 and 7/10.

 

[sk8ace]

I was kind of expecting a bigger improvement over the 1125. Maybe just working the kinks out?

 

[Stevenc150]

They've had to strap on extra weight to meet requirements and it's really affected handling is another part of it.

 

[nativeXb12Rbuell]

the EBR 1190RS making its debut race last weekend
July 9th & 10th 2011.


http://www.amaproracing.com/rr/events/results.cfm?year=2011&eid=2011011130&class_sort=SB

Erik Buell Racing:
‎11th and 10th first time out. Bike was very solid and reliable, but we waaay underestimated the difficulty of set up with the extra 25 lbs of weight strapped on. Today with all that weight and some chassis changes we made trying to compensate for it (which included running a soft rear tire), we destroyed the tire mid race, and Geoff had to slow way down. We'll try to get some more testing before Laguna.

and if you haven't seen this small video check it out.
The new EBR 1190RS warming up prior to its first AMA practice !.
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1770549158081#!/video/video.php?v=1770549158081

 

[nativeXb12Rbuell]

thought I would add a link or two , for now....

http://www.amsoilracing.com/Racers/ErikBuell.aspx

AMSOIL will also partner with EBR from a production level in 2011. AMSOIL will be the factory filled and recommended in all new EBR motorcycles that leave the company's East Troy, Wis. facility.
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EBR NewsLetter
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact...fRKJovkyiNewnR7HYTFqJgBLhLPs-dntxJ8qoIuZP_j4=

http://www.youtube.com/user/RatPakRecords

EBR Official YouTube channel





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http://www.gmr99.com/

GEOFF MAY;
I have a new batch of shirts that will be at Laguna. They will be up on gmr99.com after the race weekend. The new shirt features an action shot of the debut of the 1190rs at Mid Ohio, with the same numbers as I run on the bike, on the back of the shirt.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/GEOFF-MAY/79637702922

 

[nativeXb12Rbuell]

EBR & Geoff May came in 10th in the race at Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix
SuperBike Race (23 laps) - American Superbike
July 24, 2011
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Monterey, CA

adding 11 points for the season for a total now of 114 points to put him tenth postion for the standings .[up][up]

next race is
Round 8
Red Bull Indianapolis GP
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
August 27 - 28







http://www.amaproracing.com/rr/even...discipline=RR&class=SB&type=F&rnum=1&did=3258

 

[moshaholic2]

At MotoGP I spoke to erik for a while as well as the team (pulled out all the different weights they have had to use and showed where the current weight is sitting)

Erik says they still have a race cam that they haven't run yet. Will give about 900 rpms more.

Not sure why they haven't maxed out that engine yet.

Sure, it's good to say, "look, we ran the bike showroom stock other than exhaust and ECU and came in 10th consistantly"

But, I think being a front runner would give more attention to the team.

Also, from going to many of the races this year, Geoff could out ride me blindfolded and sitting backwards... But, I'm starting to question some of his racing lines.

The "fast" guys are taking different lines than him. The 1125rr and the 1090 can go waay deeper and tighter into the corners than other bikes, but hugging the curb isn't necisarily the fastest way around the track.

I want this team to podium so badly. It hurts to watch them struggle.

To be fair, they really dont have any money. The front running Yamaha's are $100k bikes with MASSIVE factory support.

The 1190 is a bike that cost probably 20k to build. So it's doing well in that respect.

I noticed that they CANT datalog engine info after Geoff makes a run. Which is really a necessity racing these days. Also, their fuel maps are the same ones we see using ECMSPY.

Others on here have knocked the tuning WE get when buy an EBR computer for our bikes. How the tune isn't particularly good. The same young guy is there at the bigger races trying to adjust the maps.

Things I think they NEED in order to be a consistant front runner.

Install those race cams finally.
Find a little more compression (if they can afford a new piston design)

LOTS of dyno time with said cams and higher compression to find what the limits of the engine are.

-possibly someone better with fuel/timing maps

***the 72 degree V might be too tight of an angle to get good head flow from having too many tight bends in the intake manifold***

 

[Alfatango1]

Yea, small team with small budget versus big teams with big budgets and a lot of factory support. So much more R&D from the big guys, testing on and off the track. I hope EBR can do better since I'm sure the bike is top notch.

 

[ct1200]

Nobody gets a podium out of the gate, I don't care what kind of factory support you've got.
There are so many things that come into play every week, and without any notes on what the bike did last time at said track they are starting from scratch.

You try this suspension setup or that tweak, one thing at a time and see what happens, better or worse?
Let alone possible tire supply issues, and they can't just run down to the nearest tire shop and get a new one.
Pros get what they are given from the "approved" tire suppler at the track.
Let alone again, weather... temp, humidity, what was the weather like the past day, is the track clean or rubbered up, who ran yesterday

If all your looking for is podium finishes I'd suggest not watching for a yr or 2.
Keep in mind this is the 3rd yr that the 1125 has been raced, so even that is just baby steps in a racing career.

 

[Burton]

Are the races televised on Speed today/tonight?

 

[moshaholic2]

They are doing great for a bike w/ zero history behind it.

-Geoff needs to not keep going back to georgia between races and stay in wisconsin with them to get more track time.

But, there are some "simple" things they need to work on to be better that would make a huge change and quickly.

When you are getting WALKED on by a duc 999 down the straights, you have one problem, and thats a lack of HP.

 

[J_Undisputed]

I usually catch the races on replays on speed around midnight or slightly after on the day of the race. So Sundays Race is usually replayed Sunday into Monday on the east coast(NYC).

I hear the points about the refining process and gradually getting better. I think in a way we're all kind of impatient... feeling like we've waited forever for Erik to scratch his way to the top and flip those HD b@stards the finger. At the same time I can't say I wasn't a little jealous when KTM got 7th... with a twin.... and a bike that's retailing for 25,000 less...