BULTACTI has returned to motorcycle production with two new electric models, both making more torque than a BMW S1000RR - bit less peak power than a maxi scooter.
The Spanish firm is claiming 54hp and 92lbft for the two prototypes, which are due to become production models next year.
The Rapitan and Rapitan Sport have a top speed of 90mph, a range of up to 124 miles and a five-hour recharge time, according to Bulcato. Both weigh 189kg.
The UK is one of five countries where the firm plans to initially distribute the models, along with Spain, Germany, France and the US.
BULTACO has returned to motorcycle production with two new electric models, both making more torque than a BMW S1000RR - but less peak power than a maxi scooter.
The historic Spanish firm, re-launched by the family of its original founder, Francesc 'Paco' Bultó, claims 54hp and 92lbft for the two prototypes, which are due to become production models next year.
The Rapitan and Rapitan Sport have a top speed of 90mph and a recharge time of between three-and-a-half and five hours, according to Bultaco.
The range is 124 miles in the city or 68 miles on the motorway, the firm says.
Both bikes weigh 189kg. One, the Rapitan, has a storage compartment big enough for a full-face helmet where you'd usually find the tank.
The UK is one of five countries where the firm plans to initially distribute the models, along with Spain, Germany, France and the US.
The initial production run will be 2,000, with price yet to be announced.
Bultaco made two-strokes from the 1950s to early '80s, most famously off-road, motocross and trials bikes.
According to Paco Bultó's son, also called Paco, his late father's vision of the ideal engine was one with the characteristics of an electric motor. He said: 'My father always said that the ideal scenario would be a constant torque engine with the same response as any system for a motorcycle without gear shifts. And at the end he said: as if we had an electrical engine.'
A release from the firm said: 'In 2015, the first Bultaco models will be built with its own in-house electrical propulsion system; the prototypes being unveiled today are a sneak peak at the motorcycles we will see riding our streets in the future.'
