TTXGP gets mugged on “The World According To Gary”
Gary Radnich, sports guy on KRON 4 News in San Francisco, chatted with Azhar Hussain about the upcoming TTXGP at nearby Infineon Raceway, May 14-16, 2010. The race signals the start of the North American Championship Series of the TTXGP, and the first electric motorcycle race in the United States. The TTXGP ran the [...]
In: Racing, TTXGP · Tagged with: Azhar Hussain, brammofan, eGrandPrix, Electric Motorcycle Racing, emotorules, EV Racing, Infineon, Infineon Raceway, Mavizen, Racing, TTX02, TTXGP, TTXGP North America, zero carbon
Epo-Bike First Confirmed FIM ePower Entry
Christian Amendt, an engineering student out of Germany is the first confirmed entrant of the ePower Electric Motorcycle Race series. Using what might be called a quantified version of Lotus’s “performance through low weight” philosophy, Christian converted a Honda RS125R to electric using a “half the weight, half the power” design.
The 115 Kg (253.5 lb) [...]
In: Racing · Tagged with: 96 volt, Christian Amendt, Epo-Bike, ePower, ePower teams, EV Racing, FIM, Honda, Racing, RS125R
Roehr Stays Different. Only Now They’re Electric
Yesterday Roehr announced the eRoehr electric motorcycle series will be available spring 2010. The two electric models will be Walter Roehrich’s 4th Roehr project and this one has a lot of potential to help the company accomplish their mission:
Roehr Motorcycles LLC will become the premier builder of American made sports and racing motorcycles, passionately committed [...]
In: Racing, Roehr · Tagged with: AC motor, eRoehr, eSuperbike, eSupersport, EV Racing, LiFePO4, Lithium Iron Phosph, Racing, Roehr, Walter Roehrich
FIM e-Power flexes WSBK and MotoGP Muscle
Answering a flurry of TTXGP announcements this week, the FIM added two big venues to their e-Power electric motorcycle race series. The four previously announced races are scheduled along side endurance events with a relatively small following. With yesterday’s additions we will see electrics race at Assen during MotoGP round 7 and at Imola during [...]
In: Racing · Tagged with: Albacete, Assen, Doha, e-Power, ePower, EV Racing, FIM, Imola, Le Mans, MotoGP, Nevers-Magny Cours, Racing, WSBK
TTXGP Italian Championship Dates And TTX02 Updates
TTXGP Italian Championship
Adding to this weeks previous eGrandPrix announcements, the dates and venues for the Italian TTXGP Championship were quietly published yesterday with press release today. Four tracks will be included in the Italian series including Mugello, one of the stops for MotoGP. The teams with the most points will qualify for the TTXGP final [...]
In: Racing, TTXGP · Tagged with: eGrandPrix, EV Racing, Franciacorta, Magione, Mavizen, Mugello, Racing, TTX02, TTXGP, TTXGP Italian Championship
FIM Announces e-Power International Championship Without TTXGP
The FIM recently issued a press release detailing a new electric motorcycle race series called FIM e-Power International Championship. At first glance this sounds like old news. After the success of he TTXGP at Isle Of Man in June, the FIM had announced an all electric race series in collaboration with TTXGP under direction of [...]
In: Racing, TTXGP · Tagged with: Azhar Hussain, breakup, CCR, e-Power, e-Power International Championship, eGrandPrix, EV Racing, FIM, Jeremy Burne, Racing, split, TTXGP, TTXGP FIM split, Vito Ippolito
Video of Mavizen TTX02 Unveil At SEMA
Mavizen and TTXGP founder Azhar Hussain was joined by the Minister of Environment of Isle of Man yesterday to unveil the Mavizen TTX02 electric supersport motorcycle at SEMA show yesterday. Azhar is calling it a “laptop on wheels” to reflect the bikes concentration on shifting motorsports to be both connected and modular by design.
This is [...]
In: Mavizen, TTXGP · Tagged with: connectivity, eGrandPrix, EV Racing, Infineon Raceway, Linux, Mavizen, Mavizen TTX02, modular design, programming, Race Bike, Racing, SEMA, support, TTX02, TTXGP
Zero MX Beats Quantya And 450cc Bikes In France
Unlike the upcoming Eco Enduro in Denmark where Zero and Quantya will run in different classes, the two rival electric dirtbike companies went head to head last weekend in France. After Zero’s defeat of Zero X mounted riders by Quantya at Mini Moto SX last year Zero introduced the Zero MX to help it perform better at the track. [...]
In: Racing · Tagged with: electric vs ICE, EV Racing, Fédération Française de Motocyclisme, FFM, France, French Motorcycling Federation, Gironville, GOES, hare scramble, Julien Breant, Quantya, Racing, Thomas Aubry, Zero Motorcycles
2009 International Eco Enduro
The eGrandPrix is not the only electric motorcycle race series the FIM is working with this year. Moto pros Ivan Reedtz-Thott, Soren Clauding and Christian Primby are organizing the 2009 International Eco Enduro that will run in Denmark on December 11 – 13. The purpose of the race is to support and demonstrate environmentally responsible [...]
In: Racing · Tagged with: Brian Jorgensen, Brian Kjær Jørgensen, COP15, Denmark, Didier de Radiguès, EcoEnduro, Enduro, EV Racing, Hans Tholstrup, Moteurs, Quantya, Racing, supermoto, Wind Estate, Zero Motorcycles
Killacycle In NZ – Electric vs. Gas Dragbike Race?
OK, not “gas” but at least I.C.E. And with fuel more powerful than gas when combined with oxygen… nitromethane.
This January the world record holding Killacycle electric dragster will be in New Zealand for the 2010 4 and Rotary Nationals. The killacycle team may go head to head with the NZ drag bike record holding Stud [...]
In: Racing · Tagged with: ASB Showgrounds, Athol Williams, drag racing, dragbike, electric dragbike, Electric Motorcycle Racing, EV Racing, Fram Autolite Dragway, Greenlane, Greenlane Showground, Killacycle, New Zeland, NZ, Racing, Stud Racing
