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Mission One Testing and Packing for TTXGP

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Just got a note from Ed at Mission Motors about a new video that shows some last minute preparations and packing before they head off for the TTXGP. I can't get over how these bikes are looking like serious race bikes, not just nice for an electric motorcycle, I mean really serious motorcycles. Think about how far the guys at Mission Motors and all of the other teams have gone … [Read more...]

Mission One Now a Full Fairing Electric Racer

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Mission Motors has been refining the Mission One electric motorcycle in preparation for the TTXGP and they've added a full fairing to help with the expected high speeds of the TT course. Unlike many racetracks with lots of turns and shorter straights, the TT course allows a lot of high speed and wind resistance will play a significant role. Mission Motors had another obvious … [Read more...]

Motoczysz E1 Testing – 0-120mph Under 11 Seconds

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You have to keep looking or you'll miss the developments over at Motoczysz. They have new video of the E1 on the dyno, showing a slow roll on that makes 0-120mph in under 11 seconds. According to the blog entry on their site, a more aggressive roll on could have dropped the time by perhaps 2 seconds. In addition, this first test utilized 75% of our total IOM pack and not at … [Read more...]

Motoczysz E1 Digital Superbike Dyno Testing

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Motoczysz TTXGP entry The Motoczysz E1 electric motorcycle is testing on the dyno and it sounds good. There's a video on the Motoczysz blog. Michael sounds pretty enthusiastic about this new direction his company has taken. MotoCzysz is not just pursuing an electric motorcycle (that sounds like such a slow downer) but a bigger concept using electric drives - the … [Read more...]

TTXGP Video Teasers of Electric Motorcycle Racers

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As you would expect, with only one month to go before the TTXGP Clean Emission Grand Prix race on June 12th, we're starting to see video teasers of one sort or another with bikes flying by at race speeds or rounding a turn. None of these videos shows us a lot but every one is interesting, especially for the whoosh of air and whine of the motor as the bike passes by, quieter … [Read more...]

Jay Gleason Rides 2009 Vmax to 9.513 at 143.70

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Remember when Jay Gleason rode that 1986 Vmax into the nines for Cycle World? (Yes, some of us do.) Once he did that, lots of guys hustled over to their Yamaha dealers with their checkbooks wide open. Fast forward to 2009 and Tim Nash, over at VmaxGuru.com, went to work on his new Vmax. After everything was ready, he asked Jay if he might like to run it down the strip. Jay … [Read more...]