Here's another electric conversion that looks like a pretty cool project that isn't too difficult and has decent performance. Starting with a fat tire beach cruiser bicycle they turned it into a 48 volt electric motorcycle. According to the builder it will go a little better than 45 mph and if cruising at a moderate 25 or 30 mph it will run for a couple of hours. They … [Read more...]
Electric Motorsport GPR-S Electric Motorcycle
A little over a year ago, Electric Motorsport gutted a Yamaha R1 and filled it with batteries and an electric motor. It looked a bit rough but it worked pretty well. They evidently learned quite a bit from that project because they've introduced the GPR-S, a lithium battery powered model that looks like a finished bike, no strapped on battery pack this time, with a 60 to 70 mph … [Read more...]
Brammo Gets $10 Million Funding for Enertia Electric
Brammo Motorsports has just raised $10 million in venture capital funding for the Enertia electric motorcycle. According to Brammo CEO Craig Bramscher, that is enough to bring the Enertia into production. What is especially interesting is the source of part of those funds, Best Buy Capital, yep, the Best Buy you know as an electronics store. Hmm, ... I wonder where those … [Read more...]
Electric Motorcycle Conversions and Kits
The report that Honda and Yamaha may be planning electric motorcycles is interesting and brings with it problems and opportunities for smaller companies trying to get into the electric motorcycle business. One commenter said, "e-bike manufacturers which are currently filling a niche market will be utterly crushed and destroyed." That's one possibility, but not the only one. … [Read more...]
Electric Motorcycles From Honda and Yamaha?
A news report out of Japan says both Honda and Yamaha are planning lithium ion battery powered electric motorcycles to be on sale, possibly as early as 2010 for Yamaha and 2011 for Honda. Prices will be anywhere from $1900 to $3700. With electrics coming on the market from companies like Vectrix, Zero Motorcycles and Enertia, plus a whole group of individual builders … [Read more...]
Which Motorcycle Engine Technology Will Win?
Which alternative, if any, to the gasoline 4 stroke engine do you think is most likely to become dominant in future motorcycles? Will we continue as we are now or adopt one or more of the alternatives? Over the last several years, we've highlighted many motorcycles built with all sorts of power plants, some of those bikes worked and looked great, some were a bit more … [Read more...]
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