Jeff Hirsch has designed and built a lightweight (118 pounds!) electric motorcycle called the Comoto, it’s about the size of a mountain bike. In fact, it looks a lot like a mountain bike without pedals and from the photos, you would expect this to be very nimble and easy to maneuver. With a top speed [...]
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Roehr Motorcycles is planning to introduce a line of both sport and racing electric motorcycles. Roehr will be fielding an entry in the upcoming US TTXGP series, the bikes will also be available for sale to individuals or teams planning on competeing in either the TTXGP or the competing FIM e-Power series. Prices have [...]
There are some stunning designs and examples of great engineering among the electric motorcycles we’ve seen over the past few years, everything to indicate the electric motorcycle is just around the corner. Brammo is on sale in Best Buy, the Zero X and Quantya are dueling it out on the dirt and the TTXGP grew [...]
Got a note from Dan Anderson in Sydney, Australia about his design for an electric motorcycle called the Voltra. It’s his thesis project for Industrial Design and it looks well thought out and very minimal.
My concern when looking at it was knee placement, the mounting bolt for the seat and tail section seems to [...]
Computers, digital cameras and cellphones keep going down in price, we’ve come to expect it with anything electronic, could it be electric motorcycles will follow suit? Maybe. Brammo announced they are lowering the price of the Enertia to $7995. Combined with a 10% tax credit, your final price is $7195. Compared to the initial $11,995, [...]
The Mavizen TTX02 has been introduced, based on the technology of the racer that won the first TTXGP. For £25,000 ($41,500), you can buy an electric racer, ready to run. Top speed, depending on gearing, is as much as 130 mph. A grid filled with similar bikes could make for a very interesting race.
When you [...]
Remember the Uno? That’s the parallel wheel unicycle (dicycle?) built by Canadian, Ben J. Poss Gulak. The young student, now an MIT sophomore, found riding the original a little scary once he began to pick up speed. Like a Segway, the Uno moved forward when he leaned forward, but, though it worked, he knew [...]
In the constantly changing world of electric motorcycle speed records and attempts, Lightning Motors ran their pre-production prototype to 166.388 mph at Bonnevillle on October 10th, 2009. Notice, it says “pre-production” so they are aiming to take the record for fastest production electric motorcycle away from Mission Motors and the absolute electric record as well, [...]
