Archive for 'Electric motorcycles' Category
The Energy Station - Multi Fuel Filling Stations
15 April 2008Could the day of the single fuel “gas station” be fading away as we keep moving toward a multi fuel or multiple energy source transportation system? Would you go out of your way to fill up with ethanol if a station was nearby and your vehicle could handle it? How about biodiesel or hydrogen or [...]
Build Your Own 72 Volt Electric Motorcycle
9 April 2008Here’s one more example illustrating the growing fleet of homebuilt electric motorcycles, this one is based on a 1984 Honda Interceptor frame. The builder bought a non runner on eBay and proceeded to pull the engine and install an electric motor, controller and batteries. The end result is a bike with a bit over 70 [...]
Zero Motorcycles Takes Off
18 March 2008Zero Motorcycles has a problem, they can’t keep up with demand. Looking at them in August of last year, they seemed promising. Right now, the $7500 standard model is selling well enough to require expansion to meet all of the orders coming in.
Neal Saiki, founder of the company, formerly worked for NASA and decided he [...]
How About Some Real Motorcycle Innovation?
4 January 2008Picture this, your buddies are dragging knees and pushing hard on their favorite canyon road, the familiar sound of inline 4 cylinder engines in everyone’s ears, then all of a sudden you’re there, no one heard you approach from behind and all they hear now is a bit of a high pitched whine. You’re [...]
ShocKing Electric Motorcycle by Patterson Cycles
14 December 2007Jeff Patterson runs Patterson Cycles where he builds custom bikes of the conventional variety but after seeing “Who Killed the Electric Car” he decided to try a full size electric motorcycle. The end result is ShocKing.
The handbuilt hardtail frame has an aftermarket springer fork and Road King wheels. 6 batteries in series yield 72 volts [...]
Quantya USA Launches FMX Electric Motorcycle in U.S.
19 November 2007We recently wrote about the Quantya electric motorcycle built in Switzerland. Today they officially launched their U.S. distribution based in Syosset, NY.
Press release follows:
Quantya USA today announced the official launch and distribution of the Quantya FMX Electric Motorcycles for the US market. Quantya is the first electric competition ready electric motocross.
Quantya electric motorcycles are manufactured [...]
KillaCycle Drops Electric ET Record to 7.824 Seconds
12 November 2007KillaCycle keeps raising the bar by lowering its ET at the dragstrip. Running at Pomona, it ran a 7.82 @ 168 mph! We’re getting into Pro Stock territory now, how long before they match the pros and beat them?
KillaCycle, remember, is an all electric motorcycle, no gas, no blower, no nitrous, just electrons. This is [...]
Motorcycle X Prize Ideas
14 September 2007Is there enough room for advancement in the motorcycle industry that an X Prize like competition would make sense? Envision the ultimate motorcycle, what would it be? Almost anything you can think of is a continuation of something already being done and progress would only be a matter of degree, higher speed, better mileage, lower [...]
