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 […]

Exclusive Specs On The SWIGZ.COM Pro Racing TTXGP Bike

With one week left until the electric race bikes take to Infineon to kick off the much anticipated 2010 TTXGP series, I got my hands on exclusive detailed spec of the SWIGZ Pro Racing electric superbike. What you see here is not the latest LiFePO4 delivery bike, though the beautify crafted battery racks loaded with 360 life-poe-fours […]

2010 TTXGP North America Entry List Published

Yesterday Susan Carpenter announced the entry list for TTXGP North America. I am working on a more details breakdown of the entry list. For now have a look at the TTXGP North America Entry list if you have not already. Some of the teams are covered on previous PlugBike.com articles so please look around if […]

TTXGP Pays Teams To Race Electric Motorcycles Via TEO

It’s been one week since TTXGP founder Azhar Hussain announced the latest of multiple innovations that make up the TTXGP electric motorcycle race series called Trust.Egrandprix.Org (aka TEO). Azhar’s fight against 2 major e-Race series to capture the attention of electric race teams has not been an easy one but he keeps implementing new ways […]

Posted on March 19, 2010 at 10:33 am by John Adamo · Permalink · Comments Closed
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More Doors Opening For Electric

The first doors to open for electric drive powersports were a long time coming. Activists in touch with the environment have been pushing for ways to reduce carbon emissions for decades. In the late 90’s, frustrations mounted as the EV1 came and went. Engineers and tinkerers have been building and racing electrics for years. In […]

Posted on February 23, 2010 at 11:03 am by John Adamo · Permalink · Comments Closed
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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 first […]

Mavizen TTX03 Motorcross Derived Electric

Today is a big day for Mavizen and TTXGP founder Azhar Hussain. They are unveiling the Mavizen TTX02 at SEMA show which looks to be based on the KTM RC8 superbike chassis and the Team Agni X01. After taking a look at their website it appears they are also working on a dirtbike called the […]

Posted on November 3, 2009 at 3:32 pm by John Adamo · Permalink · Comments Closed
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Mavizen TTX02 To Be Unveiled At SEMA Show

With electric motorcycles becoming more practical over the last few years there were a lot of teams interested in competing in the 2009 TTXGP at Isle of Man. However, in the end only 10 bikes crossed the finish line. Most teams had about 6 months to put a bike together and though simpler to build […]

Posted on October 12, 2009 at 12:16 pm by John Adamo · Permalink · Comments Closed
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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 […]

$40K American Electric Race Bike in 2010 | TTXGP Developments

Azhar Hussain announced some major developments to the 2010 electric motorcycle racing championship that will run under the FIM Road Racing Grand Prix Commission. Branding of the series still seems to be undetermined. The series uses the “eGrandPrix” moniker for its website and the AMA event held in Ohio in July but was not used […]

Posted on August 21, 2009 at 9:30 am by John Adamo · Permalink · Comments Closed
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