A Diverse Podium Tops Off TTXGP At Road America
The natural light streaming into the new Orion Tech Center at Elkhart Lake made the perfect launch pad for the electric bikes at TTXGP North America Round 2. Michael Barnes on the Lightning Motors bike pulled strong up the hills and down the long straights for the duration of the race to lock in a […]
In: Electric Motorsport, TTXGP · Tagged with: Brian Richardson, Jennifer Brome, Lightning Motors, Orion Tech Center, Racing, Raul Aguilar, Team Norton Electra, Thad Wolff, TTXGP, TTXGP North America Championship, TTXGP Results, Zoe Roe
Team Norton Electra At The 2009 AMA eGrandPrix
In the days preceding the 2009 AMA eGrandPrix electric motorcycle race at Mid Ohio I covered Brian Richardson’s Norton Electra. It turns out Brian was busy in the weeks preceding the event teaming up with the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Lab at James Madison University. I had the pleasure of speaking with Brian and Rob Prins, […]
In: Homebrew, Racing · Tagged with: AFV Lab, AMA, Brian Richardson, eGrandPrix, electric motorcycle conversion, Electric Motorcycle Racing, Homebrew, James Madison University, JMU AFV, JMU Alternative Fuel Vehicle Lab, Mid Ohio, Norton, Norton Electra, Robert Prins, TTXGP
Brian Richardson’s Norton Electra
Brian Richardson always dreamed of owning a Norton. In 2008 he could not buy one new so he took a 1966 slimline featherbed frame, a brushless AC Motor capable of 50 HP and 100 pound-feet of torque and built an all electric Norton Electra. He finished it off with a 1957 MV Augusta/Norton dustbin faring […]
In: Homebrew, Racing · Tagged with: Brian Richardson, eGrandPrix, Electra, electric motorcycle conversion, Electric Motorcycle Racing, Homebrew, Norton, Norton Electra, Racing
