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#123 ALAN SPEARS / KYMCO S9 MALOSSI 70cc RACER

2nd Place 70cc Class, MSILSF 2010 Land-Speed Trials

Historic Route "66", Devore, CA

Welcome to AES Racing Ltd. My name is Alan Spears. I participated at the First Annual U.S. Motor-Scooter Land Speed Trials on November 21st 2010, This event, sanctioned by Motor-Scooter International Land-Speed Federation (MSILSF), was held on a portion of Historic Highway Route "66" in Devore, CA.

My dear friends at Motorsport Scooters of San Diego sold me the Kymco, and supplied all of the Malossi Racing engine components. They always provide me with dedicated and reliable advice and service, and are highly supportive as regards my personal racing endeavors. Steve Bailey went to extraordinary lengths to promote the First Annual U.S. Motor-Scooter Land-Speed Trials, and worked tirelessly for days setting up the venue.

My first race of the 2011 season was the Salton Sea T.T. 396-Mile Endurance Race, March 26th 2011, Brawley, CA.

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This race was the most challenging U.S. scooter-only endurance rally of 2011. Ryan Jeffries and newcomer Robert Pecher traveled to the venue from Illinois! Howard Rains and Stanton Scott traveled from Tucson, AZ. Nick Apex and Ernie Vigil attended while enroute home from their exhibition at the AMA Daytona 200! This hard-core dedication to endurance competition speaks volumes.

The Salton Sea T.T. 396-Mile Endurance Rally started at 8 am from the parking lot of the Brawley Inn & Convention Center, Brawley, CA. Motor-Scooter International Land-Speed Federation hosted this fascinating event. As one of the small-bore scooter riders, I paired up with National Freestyle Champion, Nick "Apex" Brocha, who was ridinbg a Leo Vince sponsored Yamaha Zuma. We encountered firece headwinds on every lap from Brawley to Mecca. My Kymco finally said "Enough!" early in to Lap 3. I had ridden it WFO for 264 miles.

Hell's Loop T.T. 375-Mile X-Treme Endurance Race Results:

3 Place Overall, 1st Place 125cc Class on my Kymco S9 70cc Malossi Racer!

LEADING HELL'S LOOP

DENNIS ROWE PHOTO

I'm extremely excited about 2012 Hell's Loop. The course will be run clockwise from Barstow, CA, up through the mining country to Panamint Springs, into Death Valley, and on to Baker before heading down the Baker Grade back to Barstow. I fully expect the weather to be wet and freezing cold.

My Kymco S9 70cc Malossi is officially retired from extreme endurance racing. It is now married to a Cozy 100 Sidecar.

Starting with Hell's Loop T.T. 2012, I'll be racing a Gilera Runner 180 liquid-cooled 2-stroke. We've already started R&D.

GILERA R&D:

1909

My Sponsors:

AdaptivTechnologies LLC

TPX Radar Detector

My second race was Hell's Loop T.T. 375-Mile Extreme Endurance Race, Nov. 21st 2011, Barstow, CA

Fueling in Panamint Springs, CA

My first race of the 2012 season was the Second Annual Salton Sea T.T. 396-Mile Endurance Race, March 25th

I had the good fortune of finishing in 1st Place in Class I (50cc to 100cc) on my Kymco S9 70cc Malossi.

My second race of the 2012 season will be the Second Annual Hell's Loop T.T. 396-Mile Endurance Race, Nov. 25th

Gilera, an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded in Arcore, Italy in 1909 by Giuseppe Gilera, was purchased by Piaggio Group in 1969.

My Gilera Runner, manufactured by Piaggio under the Gilera brand, was designed by Luciano Marabese, of Marabese Design Srl., Italy. It is noted for its unusual style, and ultra-high performance. The Runner was available in both two-stroke and four-stroke versions. Presently it is only available with four-stroke engine. I am very fortunate to have one of the earlier 2-strokes.

This page was last updated: March 8, 2013

Stage 6 reed-block, manifold and carb spigot mounting flange. Dellorto PHBL 25mm w/Manual Choke, and UNI Filter.

POSTER BY CAPT. GREG HATEM

Gilera World Championships

1950: 500cc with Umberto Masetti

1952: 500cc with Umberto Masetti

1953: 500cc with Geoff Duke

1954: 500cc with Geoff Duke

1955: 500cc with Geoff Duke

1957: 500cc with Libero Liberati

2001: 125cc with Manuel Poggiali

Geoff Duke, Gilera 500cc, Isle of Man

Erwin "Cannonball" Baker

Left: AdaptivTechnologies, LLC TPX Radar Detector with Adaptiv proprietary mount. Below: Adaptiv LED warning lite on dash.

Scooter: Motorsport Gilera 180 Runner (175.8cc)

Tuner: Jeff Corsaro, Motorsport Scooters, San Diego, CA

Rider: Alan Spears

Event: Second Annual Hell's Loop T.T. 375-Mile Extreme Endurance Race, November 25th 2012, Barstow, CA

INSTALLATION OF ADAPTIV TPX® RADAR ON GILERA 180 RUNNER RACING MOTORSCOOTER

From the moment you open the box there will be no doubt in your mind but that you’re handling extremely high quality components. Any concerns you may have had about the radar’s suitability for your two or three wheel are immediately passé when you remove the TPX® and wiring loom from the box. This radar is plug-and-play. Mounting solutions on motorcycles and most motorscooters is a complete no-brainer. My Gilera 180 Runner, although licensed for the road, is used exclusively for extreme endurance road races and, as such, does not sport conventional mirrors conducive to a quick and easy mounting solution. The proprietary Adaptiv clamp needs a mirror shaft. I satisfied this requirement with a universal 2-piece motorcycle handlebar mirror, mated to a Kuryakyn® universal mirror mount. I hack-sawed the threads off the mirror shaft, and cut off the majority of the shaft just below the bend. Then I carefully JB Welded the shaft into the Kuryakyn® mount, allowing it 24-hours curing time.

In the lower right corner of the photo below is a cooling vent that has been filled in and reinforced with JB Weld. This provides a convenient out-of-the-wind-stream mounting platform for the Kuryakyn®. The radar power cable has been plumbed from the Gilera’s under-seat storage, through the cowling and secured by Zip-Tys. On a street scooter the cable could be plumbed up the through tunnel, exiting a small hole just below the instrument console.

Adaptiv® LED Warning Light

Adaptiv® TPX Radar Detector

The wiring is extremely straightforward. There are two wires, a red and a black. Red goes to the + side of the battery terminal. Black goes to the – terminal. Because I am using the TPX® on a racer, and may need to remove it quickly, I replaced the red+/black- mounting lugs with a quick-release 12-volt male cigarette lighter receptacle plug. The wiring harness has female connectors to accommodate Adaptiv accessories. One is an LED Visual Alert (yellow). I plumbed this single wire to the scooter’s dash over the top of the underseat compartment using a small square file to notch the rim of the compartment so as not to crush the wire when closing the seat.