Cabin motorcycles, the nomenclature for fully enclosed 2 wheelers, are an interesting vehicle concept that, no matter their function or rationale, have to overcome a lot of resistance from both drivers and motorcyclists. Peraves, makers of the Ecomobile, Monotracer and the soon to be unveiled E-Tracer electric and X-Tracer X-Prize competitor, are well aware of [...]
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Electric motorcycles
It’s always nice to see a story online about interesting bikes, though, seeing it in front of you and having the opportunity to talk to the builder is better. But, how many of us have the time to travel around the country to see one bike we might be interested in, I’m guessing not very [...]
Team Agni and rider Rob Barber won the inaugural TTXGP. Second place was Thomas Schoenfelder, on the Team XXL entry, Mark Buckley on the Team Brammo entry took third.
MotoCzysz was a DNF.
TTXGP 2009
PRO
Pos
TeamÂ
Rider
TimeÂ
Speed
1
AGNI X01Â
Rob Barber
25:53:50Â
87.434
2
XXL Racing Team
Thomas Schoenfelder
29:04:93
77.841
3
BrammoÂ
Mark Buckley
30:02:64
75.350
4
Mission Motors
Thomas Montano
30:33:26
74.091
5
HtblauvaÂ
Paul Dobbs
36.10.63
62.575
6
Brunel X-team
Stephen Harper
56:27:89
40.092
OPEN
1
Electric Motorsport
Chris Heath
34:17:30
66.022
2
Barefoot Motors
Chris Petty
36:23:06
62.219
3
TORKÂ
John [...]
Just caught a short spot on Fox Business with Craig Bramscher, CEO/Chairman of Brammo, manufacturer of the Enertia electric motorcycle. At the end of the interview, Craig was asked about the speed of the Enertia, which is listed as 50 mph for the street bike, but he went on to say that the racer, currently [...]
The Mission One electric TTXGP race bike was unveiled in full race colors yesterday. One more for the lineup. Everyone has been keeping the final look of their respective bikes under wraps but they’re all showing up now. The Mission One racer looks pretty good and quite a bit different than the images of the [...]
As already shown, teams racing in the TTXGP are truly an international group and not everyone is as well funded as some of the pro teams. Kapil Shelke, team leader of Team TORK, which will be competing in the Open class, wanted us to know about their efforts, which consists of four students all in [...]
The MotoCzysz E1pc Digital Superbike is on the way to the Isle of Man, from idea to finished electric racer in less than 5 months. As Michael Czysz notes on his blog, this will be the first MotoCzysz motorcycle to compete in an FIM sanctioned event.
Using the MotoCzysz C1 as a starting point, they tossed [...]
Just got a note from Ed at Mission Motors about a new video that shows some last minute preparations and packing before they head off for the TTXGP. I can’t get over how these bikes are looking like serious race bikes, not just nice for an electric motorcycle, I mean really serious motorcycles. Think about [...]
Kickboxer Subaru WRX Powered Motorcycle Concept
