Adam Raga Rides Gas Gas TXT-E At EICMA *Video*

Gas Gas had their TXT-E on display at EICMA. As mentioned in a previous post it is said to be planned for production. Mike Werner snapped some pics of the Gas Gas electric trials bike at EICMA 2011 and Trail World found the video below of Adam Raga showing what an electric trials bike can do [...]

Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:47 pm by John Adamo · Permalink · 5 Comments
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Lightning Motors 2011 TT Zero Entry

Richard Hatfield and the Lightning Motors team pulled it together for a good showing on during Monday’s practice. According to an email update from Richard, they missed the first practice because their Ener1 batteries had been stuck in customs in London with the next fairy leaving the day of the race. Lightning’s Rider and well connected [...]

Posted on June 7, 2011 at 10:40 pm by John Adamo · Permalink · 2 Comments
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Zero Spain Runs The Bassella Race Against Gas Bikes

Last weekend, as rumors escalated about Neal Saiki’s departure from Zero, Oriol Vila of Zero Motorcycles Spain was mixing with the gassers on a Zero MX Extreme in the Basella Race in Northern Spain. The Bassella looks to be a mix of Hare Scramble-type course with some Endurocross-style obstacles consisting of boulders, logs and tractor [...]

Enertia Range Doubles For 2011 With Enertia Plus

For 2011 the Brammo Enertia will see significant improvements including a range anxiety easing 80 mile range and a name change to the Enertia +. (see press release below) The range improvement alone is impressive but the most exciting part for the electric motorcycle world is that the capacity of the 3 kWh battery pack [...]

Video Of MotoCzysz Taking The Win Over Lightning At Laguna

Check out this video of the e-Power grid at Laguna Seca. There is some great footage of the bikes before, during and after the race. Besides hearing the National Anthem playing at Laguna Seca, one of the coolest part is seeing Michael Czysz take the win, passing Barnes feet from the finish line while both [...]

Posted on August 3, 2010 at 10:43 am by John Adamo · Permalink · 5 Comments
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MotoCzysz Wins The 2010 IOM TT Zero

Mark Miller and MotoCzysz took top spot at the Isle Of Man TT Zero zero emission race today.Though disappointed at barely missing the 100 mph average lap time, Miller stuck to the game plan to cross the line with some battery power in reserve. It turns out that game plan was smart, as second place [...]

First Look At 2010 Team Agni TT Zero Bike

Amadeus Photography came through again with the first view of the 2010 Team Agni bike which Rob Barber rode to the fastest qualifying time in the first practice session yesterday. Below is a video of the three bikes that did the practice session. Team Agni, SERT and MotoCzysz. Ten teams will race in the final [...]

Posted on June 6, 2010 at 7:55 am by John Adamo · Permalink · 2 Comments
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Video Of The 2010 TTXGP Round 1 At Infineon Raceway

Julie at Zero Motorcycles sent over a great video of the 2010 TTXGP race at Infineon Raceway. It includes the commentary of the race announcers that could be heard during the race. There are some great views from multiple cameras on Shawn Higbee’s race winning Zero/Agni electric race bike as he battles Michael Barnes on the [...]

Videos Of The EV1 Powered Lightning Motors vs. Zero Agni

“If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.” The electric motorcycle world has been buzzing about the heated battle between Shawn Higbee on the Zero Agni and Michael Barnes on the Lightning Motors bike. Shawn rode the lighter, more agile Zero quickly through the turns while the 525+ pound [...]

Gas Gas TXT eTrail Pro Electric Trials Motorcycle

Austria’s Gas Gas distributor BLM Motorrader converted a TXT Pro petrol engine Gas Gas to electric and had trials rider Dieter Rudolf take it for a ride over a few cars and crates. The motor looks like an Agni or Lemco but Google translation of the Motorrad-Reporter article mentions the motor is a brushless DC. [...]