Owner crashes world's fastest electric motorcycle

0 to 60 in 0.97 seconds, what did you expect?

Owner crashes world's fastest electric motorcycle
Owner crashes world's fastest electric motorcycle

THE OWNER and inventor of the electric KillaCycle, the world's fastest electric motorcycle, has been taken to hospital after crashing the bike into a parked car.

Bill Dube was demonstrating the KillaCycle drag bike to the press outside the Wired NextFest conference, a conference for geeks to show off the gadgets of tomorrow. The KillaCycle is capable of 0 to 60mph in just 0.97 seconds.

Dube, who runs the KillaCycle drag bike team - but isn't the team's rider - attempted a burnout in front of the Los Angeles Convention Center. The burnout started on wet tarmac, but the huge rear tyre edged forward and gripped on dry tarmac, shooting the bike - and Dube - forward into the side of a car.

Dube flew over the bonnet and was left lying in the road. Although unharmed, he was taken to hospital for x-rays.

You can see a video of the crash here and you can see the bike do a rather more successful burnout, followed by an 8.16 second quarter, here.

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