CROATION BIKER Ante Djindjic, 29, from Zagreb had his penis zapped by lightning as he stopped beside the road to relieve himself (no, I meant take a pee).Djindjic, said: "I don't remember what happened. One minute I was taking a leak and the next thing I knew I was in hospital."D...

THE NEW Titanium V&A smart charger from Acumen not only charges, maintains and recovers batteries, it also keeps you informed of the progress with charging and battery condition. The new V&A model includes a voltmeter and an ammeter, too. So while the backlit LCD voltmeter shows ...

THERE'S AN increasing number of alternative powered machines appearing on the market right now - the Quantya Fmx Dirtbike's the latest.It's an electric powered dirtbike with zero emissions No noise, and most importantly no gas and oil pollution. Powered by a lithium polymer batte...

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 of Wednesday Night Drag racing. Swallow wa...

left an hour later it was pitch dark. The 6-volt electrics on the Fizzie were never the best but I knew mine worked because I’d only put it through the MOT test a couple of months before. On the five miles of unlit roads leading back to my house though

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. Some of it was bobbins, obviously...

Ninja from eBay for £250 and transformed it into a solar-powered vehicle capable of hitting 55 mph with a 50 mile range.Over the course of half a year, Kyle set to work painstakingly restoring the bike and retrofitting it with a 72 volt drive train

VECTRIX are a little-known manufacturer of electricity-powered bikes, but they've got big ambitions for the future.Vectrix already produce an electric scooter with a top speed of 62 mph and a range of 68 miles from its 125 Volt NiMH battery

GERMAN MANUFACTURER eKRAD have recently launched two new electrically powered off and on road bikes.The bikes are driven by a 28 horsepower electric motor, which gets its power from lithium polymer batteries that put out 72 volts of power. The bikes

batteries, weighs 360lbs, rides on Marchesini wheels and should be good for a top speed of over 125mph.The TTXGP - the world's first emission-free motorcycle road race, takes place on 12th June 2009.SpecificationsBattery: 8 Twelve-Volt Modules, 8 kWh Lithium