Hi Chuck, sorry for my late response! Yes, I am still looking forward to the Stark arriving. It is still scheduled for end of October. I do not think they have delivered the first one yet, but I think it is supposed to be just a few weeks away. Yes, I think the 3 views are really cool as well. I was able to put my friend Rob’s GPS on the view this time as well. I passed Rob 3 times in the race. You can look at the GPS map and see when I get close and pass him. Pretty cool I think. I would like to be able to put as many racers GPS location as possible on the GPS map, but not many people use a GoPro or other device and would even know how to get the GPS information from it. I am thinking I might put out a message to the group sometime asking if racers would like to collect and send me this information. I may have to help them with instructions on how to do it. I did not care for the course so much. It was fun, but a little too wide open for me. I like tight and technical, which is also safer I think. Plus my electric motorcycle is limited on top speed. The steep downhill that I fell on was dangerous as far as I was concerned. I think they should have taken it out. Any yes, I did overheat the bike on that uphill. After the race I found out that I broke the water pump cover where the hose connection was, so I had lost all my fluid. I figure I must have broke it off on that downhill crash. I think it is pretty impressive that I had no cooling fluid and only overheated it once. If I was on a gas bike and this happened my race would be over. I have ordered a new water pump for it. Yeah, sorry for my colorful language. It gets kind of intense out there. :-) The other crash I was off the main line letting a faster rider around and I was not paying enough attention to where I was going. There was a deep dip in a drain coming down from the left and my font tire got swallowed up in it and came to a complete stop. Kinda threw me over the bars a bit and off to the right side. I was not very happy. :-) Two crashes in one race, it is unusual for me. I do have a 3rd battery now. I could have made a 7th lap with that battery, but I had crashed twice and was very tired, so I decided to skip the last lap. I race for fun, and after the 6th lap, I decided it was no longer fun. LOL

Just heard that Bryan Haskell, the first customer in the US, will have his Stark Vark in California by the end of May.

@@edfessler 4.15.23 Somebody is getting a new bike. How did you find out who was getting one? To bad was not you. Will Bryan be getting lots of people looking? Still way off for Ed. Maybe somebody will cancel and move you up in the list.

@@chucktrotter9699 He has been posting videos that he is customer #1 in the US. He went to the factory in Spain and was able to test ride one. You can look him up on KZfaq and see his review.

Thank you Clyde. You did very well. Did that .missed lap change your finish position?

@@edfessler yes ..I did 8 laps but my transponder wasn’t working and somehow they missed my last lap. Good times tho !!

2021 KTM Freeride E-XC, which is an electric motorcycle.