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Brammo Enertia Plus – Up to 80 Mile Range for $8995

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Brammo is introducing their new 2011 Enertia Plus. With an average range of 80 miles and a price of $8995, they're aiming to convince many more potential buyers that electric motorcycles are economical to own and operate, quiet, clean, practical and fun. I've said before, no matter how much you like the idea of electric motorcycles, range is on everyone's mind, it's the … [Read more...]

Is the Motorcycle Available for How You Ride?

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Have you noticed the two schools of thought about electric motorcycles? One side, where I tend to be, looks at e-bikes as not ready for everyday use because it requires too many compromises and adjustments about distance, speed and direction. If you want to go a long distance, occasionally at high speeds, you may very well end up out of juice before you reach your destination … [Read more...]

Electric Motorcycles – Has Anything Really Changed?

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The TT Zero at the Isle of Man was won quite handily by the Motoczysz team, with their E1PC electric racer. Michael Czysz, illustrating what you get when you combine ample budgets and a very capable engineering team, put together a beautiful, high performance racing motorcycle. This is top shelf all the way. Electric motorcycle advocates are slapping each other on the back and … [Read more...]

Hammarhead Volta 102 – Electric Royal Enfield

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Who would have thought the Royal Enfield would be such a platform for innovation? Whether it's Aniket Vardhan building the V-Twin Musket or Fabrizio Di Bella creating the McDeeb specials, the work always starts with the humble Royal Enfield. Well, now you can add James Hammarhead to the list of Bullet modifiers with his Hammarhead Volta 102, a Royal Enfield Bullet converted … [Read more...]

TTXGP North America 2010 – Teams Announced – Who is Missing?

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The TTXGP North America has announced the teams for the upcoming zero carbon races, starting at Infineon Raceway, May 16th. The teams are: * Lightning Motorcycles/A&A Racing * Blue Grass Green Team (BG-GT) * Electric Race Bikes * Empirical Electric * K Squared Racing * ElectricMotorsport.com * Square Wave Racing * SWIGZ.Com Pro … [Read more...]

MotoCzysz Electric D1g1tal Dr1ve System – Drive Solutions for Electric Racers

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Motoczysz has developed an electric drive system, the MotoCzysz Electric D1g1tal Dr1ve, and will be offering it for sale to teams that want to take part in the upcoming electric racing series. The ability of small teams to develop class leading drive systems is getting out of reach so in an effort to fill the grid, these setups will be for sale in 2 configurations, one has the … [Read more...]