Nurburgring & the Lake Erie Loop…

We’ve got a few tricks up our sleeve to get a bit more top end from our California Scooters, the most significant being the addition of the windshield we talked about in a couple of our recent blog entries. 

Funny thing about top end…I was thinking about it on the way home tonight when I saw a truck delivering a brand new ZR1 Corvette.  Somebody’s paying for a focus group to provide their impressions of the ZR1, an R8 Audi, and a Turbo Porsche.  I guess I’m too much of a red-blooded American guy…I didn’t bother shooting any photos of the Audi or the Porsche…but that ZR1!  Wow!  It’s the first one of these I’ve ever seen!

This is a car that, completely stock, can run 200 mph.  A couple of years ago Chevy ran one at Nurburgring and it showed up on YouTube.  It’s worth a look…

And speaking of cool stuff, the Lake Erie Loop starts with a party at the campground Friday night, and the run starts at 0:Dark:30 Saturday morning.  I spoke with Bill Murar earlier today, and he’s primed for the ride.   I sure wish I could be out there with him…650 miles in a single day on a 150cc California Scooter.  Bill, you’re our hero.  We wish you and all the rest of the Lake Erie Loopers a safe ride.

I found these YouTubes on the Lake Erie Loop, and they are really cool.  These guys aren’t running  179 mph at Nurburgring (they’re not going to complete their loop in 7 minutes and 26 seconds like that slippery Vette did), but in my opinion, what they are doing is even more impressive than the ZR1 in that Nurburgring video.  There’s a lot here in these videos (that’s Bill in the first one), and it’s all good stuff…enjoy!