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, [...]
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Motorcycle Racing
This year, the Lake Elsinore Grand Prix will be run in and around the city of Lake Elsinore, California on November 7th and 8th, much like the old days. Some sections of the original track will be included in the 7.2 mile course.
In recent years the race had been turning into your garden variety [...]
This looks interesting, Dylan Weiss, who put together the Twist the Throttle series, has another show, Motorcycle Crash Tech, that will premiere tomorrow, September 17th, 2009 on The National Geographic Channel at 9PM eastern time. It shows how motorcycle racing has made riding safer in the last 10 or 15 years with advances like high [...]
Mission Motors went to the BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials at Bonneville with their Mission One production prototype, not a specially prepared salt flats racer, and set a speed record with an average speed of 150.059 mph. They also had a number of individual passes at 161 mph. That’s a street legal electric motorcycle. Not bad.
I [...]
The V-Quad engine, basically a side by side V-Twin, that Greg Nelson produces, was installed in a custom motorcycle built by Brouhard Design for owner Mike Maggio. They took it to Bonneville recently and Maggio ran 164.172 mph for a new record in the APGU class. This is an open motorcycle (no fairings or streamlining), [...]
The latest dustup over the Buell 1125RR and the Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000RR has more than a few builders, racers and interested spectators all up in arms over the interpretation of the rulebook. I previously mentioned “No Rules Racing” as one semi-serious way to deal with the issue but after seeing the many strong opinions, you [...]
Yoshimura is opening up their race shop to everyone, just bring your money and step right up. If you think you can handle the same bike that Mat Mladin races, just build your own GSX-R1000RR from off the shelf parts. Even better, it seems we’ll see a ready made bike showing up in, or at [...]
When Buell introduced the 1125, there were questions about when, or if, Buell would take the gloves off with a race only version. The 1125 has been raced with some success already and now, the Buell 1125RR comes straight from the factory ready for the track. It is available only to licensed pro racers.
Hmm, … [...]
Kickboxer Subaru WRX Powered Motorcycle Concept
