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What? A lightweight electric bike?
By Visordown News on 04/05/2011 09:02:30
Electric bike with the power-to-weight ratio to match to a 250GP bike
them into an aerodynamic package?”Powered by a pair of Agni 95R motors (the power units of choice in electric bike racing), the P1 is a good start but Uhlarik intends to get the second prototype – aptly called the P2 – down to just 125kg, giving a power
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Honda and Yamaha to launch electric bikes
By Visordown News on 11/09/2008 09:22:44
As oil prices rise, two major motorcycle manufacturers announce plans to enter the alternative fuel market
HONDA AND YAMAHA have set launch dates for electric motorcycles, the Nikkei business daily has reported this morning. Yamaha said it aims to launch electric motorcycles by 2010 with a range of 100km (60 miles) on a single charge, comparable in power
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Electric bike wins environmental award
By Visordown News on 05/08/2011 15:18:24
Weald EVT take the Green Apple Environmental Award
THE builders of UK's quickest electric bike have been awarded a top environmental accolade that will be presented at the House of Commons in November.Weald EVT, owned by Phil Edwards from Uckfield, took the environmental honours ahead of 500
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Electric bike beats petrol rivals
By Visordown News on 10/01/2011 11:27:39
Single-gear bike, based around a Suzuki GSX-R750 takes on 1000cc superbikes
EXCLUDED FROM racing against similar electric machines thanks to newly-introduced weight limits, American electric bike racer Chip Yates has put his 194bhp machine up against a grid full of 1000cc petrol-powered bikes. And ended up on the podium
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The Kenny Roberts electric (push) bike
By Ben Cope on 04/10/2011 08:11:56
Picycle gets KR branding, but why?
it are into motorcycles too as their PR bumph is littered with motorcyclisms.The standard Picycle costs £2,700 but the limited edition KR bike features lots of must-haves for any (and all) of the motorcycling hipsters with a soft-spot for electric push-bikes, includinga
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60's styled electric concept bike
By Robin Goodwin on 19/03/2012 09:59:42
Electric bike concept inspired by Ossa Grand Prix racer
This electric concept bike takes the styling of an Ossa Grand Prix ridden in late 1960s by Santiago Herrero and brings it into the 21st century.From Barcelona design studio ART-TIC the Monocasco takes its styling cues from Ossa's monocoque racing
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240bhp electric bike beats Pikes Peak record
By Visordown News on 29/06/2011 13:59:40
Chip Yates' electric bike completes the 12.27 mile mountain course in 12:50.094
THE handbuilt 240bhp electric bike of Chip Yates has set a new record for the Pikes Peak hillclimb.Completing the difficult 12.27 mile dirt/tarmac mountain hillclimb in 12:50.094, Yates finished second in his class beating the existing electric time
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Electric bikes - the Brammo Enertia
By Tim Skilton on 09/07/2007 12:12:26
Another expensive eco-friendly two-wheeler
Brammo Enertia...will electric bikes ever really take off?ANOTHER ELECTRIC motorbike is set to go into production in the USA. The Brammo Enertia is a plug-in bike that does 0-60 MPH in under 4 seconds and can go for up to 50 miles on one charge
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The problem with electric bikes...
By Visordown on 11/06/2012 14:12:05
...Even cool people don't look good on them
) Toyota's Le Mans effort – manages to strip away every last shred of of swagger from the team's drivers by plonking them on Yamaha EC-03 electric scooters. In open-face helmets.Ex-F1 men Alex Wurz (l) and Kazuki Nakajima (r), along with former GP2 driver
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Electric bike is fun: shocker
By mark forsyth on 26/01/2011 13:43:01
Don't scoff, it's true
Nipped along to the NEC Expo trade show the other day. We were just about to leave when we spotted on the ‘you are here’ map that we’d missed the electric bike corner. Intrigued, we made our way over there.There was some pretty interesting stuff
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