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TTXGP Feet Forward Electric Motorcycle Design

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Royce Creasey did this feet forward electric motorcycle design study for sponsors planning to back him in the carbon free TTXGP race scheduled for June. The bike has 330 pounds of Li-ion Phosphate batteries powering a twin rotor electric motor. According to Royce, the power output would be about 100 horsepower with anticipated top speeds close to 200 mph. The sponsors backed … [Read more...]

Monocoque Motorcycle Chassis Possibilities

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Our story the other day about the Ev-0-rr electric motorcycle designed by Mark Wells, mentions the composite monocoque chassis. One of the comments asks: This implies those may not be fairings, but are in fact the chassis. Any confirmation on this? What prevents a ICE motorcycle from doing the same? I know there are perimeter frames, so it doesn’t seem impossible. Mark … [Read more...]

EV-0 RR TTXGP Zero Carbon Fuel GP Motorcycle

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Remember Xenophya Design? We featured them recently and mentioned how they work on some really fascinating but sometimes secret ideas for various companies and Mark Wells, who works at the firm, has turned out the EV-0 RR for Evo Design Solutions, a motorcycle design for the TTXGP, the zero carbon fuel race to be held June 12th on the Isle of Mann. This design uses a composite … [Read more...]

Brammo Enertia Electric Motorcycle to Sell at Best Buy

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Last September, we wrote about Brammo Motorsports getting $10 million in venture capital funding, part of which came from Best Buy Capital. The obvious speculation was that Best Buy would carry the Brammo Enertia when it went on sale. Well, sure enough, that's what is about to happen when the Enertia will go on sale in May at 5 west coast Best Buy stores with plans to … [Read more...]

Electric Motorcycles – The New Torque Monsters

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The Mission One electric motorcycle, brought lots of comments about styling, range, sound (or rather the lack of it) and everything else but only a few of you were interested in the torque numbers. Mission Motors cites figures of 100 foot pounds of torque everywhere from zero to 6500 rpm which translates, according to their figures, to speeds of 0 to about 60 mph. How much … [Read more...]

World’s Fastest Production Electric Motorcycle – 2010 Mission One from Mission Motors

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Just unveiled at the TED2009 conference, the Mission One from Mission Motors, a hi-tech California startup company, building what is about to be the world's fastest production electric motorcycle. How fast? 150 mph. Range? 150 miles. Torque? 100 foot pounds, instantly available whether you're standing still or cruising at 60 mph, no gears, just roll it on ... I think the game … [Read more...]