An all-new British-built electric bike is coming to MCL25

Electric motorcycle brands tend to come and go, but there is a new electric bike brand that might grab your attention. First up, it’s British. British-built, designed and engineered. Secondly, it uses an innovative wireless technology system - but that isn’t what you think it is. 

The first bike from Blacksheep Power (BsP) is called the One. It is, according to the press release, a “deliberate stand against mass production”. The press release goes on to describe the minimalist-looking bike as “Built for the few” - so you already know this isn’t a cheap and cheerful urban commuter bike.

The One is the brainchild of Mark Gilligan, a lifelong motorcycle enthusiast, who founded Blacksheep Power in 2018 on the back of an ethos that “performance and industrial beauty had been lost in the transition to electric.” And that’s a phrase that I can get behind, because yes, a vast majority of electric scooters and urban bikes look more like white goods than aspirational vehicles - Maeving aside!

And while we are on the looks of the bike, it’s definitely different. First up, there’s no bodywork, in the traditional sense, anyway. Instead, the batteries are carried in boxes, which themselves are attached to a spine frame which links the headstock to the motor and swingarm. This is part of the story of where this bike gets interesting, and it all starts with what BsP calls a “wire-free power delivery system”.

Wireless control would normally mean no wire to transmit a signal, and instead, WiFi or Bluetooth would be relied on instead. But with the BsP One, there are neither. Instead, signals are carried through the billet components that make up the frame, and that’s equally as interesting as it is intriguing. Quite how this works, and which parts of the bike are live and which are an earth, remains to be seen, but we are hoping to catch up with the BsP team to find out exactly how they have gone about it.

The innovation doesn’t stop there, as BsP has taken the wireless theme one step further, with cooling channels routed through the billet components of the bike. Instead of having pipes and hoses carrying oil or coolant fluid through the workings of the bike, BsP has engineered the coolant flow through the motor, frame and battery of the machine. That’s a clever move, and one that seems so simple it makes me ask why it hasn’t been done before. 

Moving on from the interesting control system, the BsP One is claimed to have some fairly impressive specs. 516 lb-ft of torque and 47bhp mean this bike is both incredibly usable, A2 compliant, yet with more torque than the 2.9 litre twin-turbo Audi RS4. The top speed is a slightly less impressive 80mph, although a claimed range (in the city, at least) is a slightly more credible 100 miles. No word on recharge time, but we’ll be sure to catch up with the team on that point at MCL.

Speaking about the new model, BsP’s founder, Mark Gilligan, said:

"The Blacksheep ONE is not a gadget for the many, but a powerful machine customised for the few … We believe every rider should own an identity, not just a model. We build motorbikes that feel alive." 

How much is the Blacksheep Power One

So if you read the first paragraph, you probably already know the answer… The Blacksheep One is going to be “starting” at £29,900, excluding VAT. With a price tag like that, in the electric sector, it’s not likely to be on every rider’s 2026 shopping list, but that’s okay; BsP are only going to be putting 50 of them into the flock.

To ensure you don’t have the wool pulled over your eyes, head to Hall 4,  Stand 4A25, to meet the team and check out the One for yourself.

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