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Electric drag-racing record set at Santa Pod
By Visordown News on 20/05/2011 08:32:36
Lots of batteries and electric cables get tangled up at The Pod
Weald Electric Vehicle Technology is claiming a new UK electric motorcycle drag-racing record with their custom built “Drag Racer” project. The prototype motorcycle hit 96.53mph in just 14.12 seconds over Santa Pod’s quarter-mile dragstrip
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Race down to Electric Avenue?
By Roger Willis on 26/06/2008 16:22:02
April Fool’s Day comes early on the Isle of Man
The world's first ‘clean emissions’ Grand Prix - the TTxGP - is set to be staged on the Isle of Man’s 37.73-mile Mountain Course during next year’s TT festival.Billing it as ‘an exciting opportunity for leading global innovators in racing and clean
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Electric bike wins race in the US
By Visordown News on 14/03/2008 09:50:31
Volt power gives American drag racer his first quarter-mile win
A DRAG RACER from Santa Rosa, California made history at Infineon Raceway on Wednesday night when his electrically-powered drag bike claimed victory. Mike Swallow's win marked the first win for an electric-powered machine in the 20 years
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FIM announce electric motorcycle racing series
By Visordown News on 25/06/2009 13:29:12
Successful Isle of Man TTXGP prompts new battery-powered race series
FOLLOWING THE the success of the TTXGP, the world's first emission-free motorcycle road race held at this year's Isle of Man TT, the FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) has announced it is to create an official racing series
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VIDEO: World's first all electric bike race
By Visordown News on 07/04/2009 09:32:27
Check out the (almost) silent footage of Zero Motorcycles 24-hour Electricross event
THIS IS the moment the world's first all-electric bike race got underway.There's no sound, no emissions - in fact all you can hear as the riders tear away at the start of the 24-hr endurance race are the stones thrown up into their wheels
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Electric Shock FIM under fire
By Visordown on 01/02/2010 11:16:12
After the relative success of this year’s electric TT, bike racing’s governing body is muscling in on the act
allegiance to the breakaway series. Typically, they said the situation was ‘very delicate and ‘very political’. The FIM would not be drawn on further comments by phone. If nothing else this saga proves the viability of electric racing.
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Kawasaki's TT-Zero racer
By Visordown News on 22/05/2012 11:05:07
The ZX-10R is on a roll in racing, but can an electric one win too?
TOM SYKES' win at Monza and Chris Walker and Shane Byrne's BSB victories at Oulton underlined that the Kawasaki ZX-10R has become a real contender. Now an electric version of the BSB machine is out to make its mark on the TT Zero in a couple
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2010 USA TTXGP: Round One in full
By Visordown News on 27/05/2010 16:04:48
Electric superbike racing kicks off in North America
of the 2010 TTXGP series; a modified 1966 Norton and a 2010 Mavizen TTX02 Superbike were just two of the machines that took part in the race.US rider Shawn Higbee took victory in the event, riding for team Zero Agni.
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Niall Mackenzie Column - Aug 2009
By Niall Mackenzie on 01/08/2009 14:35:11
Niall puts his weight behind the Aprilia RSV4 Factory, but he’s not so sure about electric race bikes at the TT. Surely noise is a big slice of the appeal of racing?
this the 2009 Isle of Man TT will have come and gone and, with it, the first laps on electric bikes. Although their paws must struggle with twistgrips, I’m toldpolar bears and endangered penguins like these silent machines but I’m not sure I’ll ever be a fan
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vertiGO - Timmer electric motorcycle concept
By Ben Cope on 08/07/2009 14:48:36
Electric bikes are evolving fast and here to stay. We take a look at a university student's impressive vision of the future
vertiGO ... Maarten Timmer's Electric VisionMaarten Timmer's Electric Vision ... we love it, do you?ELECTRIC bikes have been on the horizon for years, with all sorts of weird concepts appearing, from RS50-framed models to drag-bikes like Killacycle
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