$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 […]
In: TTXGP · Tagged with: 2010, 2010 TTXGP, Azhar Hussain, eGrandPrix, Electric Motorcycle Racing, FIM, Racing, TTXGP
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
2010 TTXGP Announces PRO2 Class
New rules for the 2010 TTXGP at Isle of Man were announced this weekend. A new class called PRO2 will run 2 laps of the 38 mile mountain course in addition to the 1 lap PRO class. Teams will be allowed to pit and swap out batteries or forgo the pit stop and run both […]
In: Racing, TTXGP · Tagged with: 2010, 2010 TTXGP, eGrandPrix, Electric Motorcycle Racing, EV Racing, PRO2, Racing, TTXGP
EnerTrac Corporation Electric Hub Motor
Update: See EnerTrac’s limited time offer at the end of this post. In order to understand the beauty of electric motorcycles you need to look beyond the silence, ease of maintenance and lack of emissions. Electric motors have only one moving part, the rotor inside the motor. They are small and powerful and becoming more […]
In: Parts · Tagged with: conversion, eGrandPrix, Electric Lifan, Enertrac, Enertrac Corporation, Hub Motor, Mark Gelbien, TTXGP
2009 AMA TTXGP eGrandPrix At Mid Ohio
This weekend was the first time electric motorcycles took the track on US soil in an AMA event dubbed the TTXGP eGrandPrix. Through out the day Saturday there was a crowd gathered around the electric motorcycles at the TTXGP tent. Even after 7 PM when most of Mid Ohio Sports Car Course was mostly cleared […]
In: Racing, TTXGP · Tagged with: AMA, Azhar Hussain, eGrandPrix, Electric Motorsport, Enertrac, Mid Ohio Sports Car Course, Mission Motors, Native Cycles, Norton Electra, Schultz Engineering, Team Zion, TTXGP, Vintage Motorcycle Days, Zero
Mark Miller Meets The MotoCzysz E1pc
After 5 months of planning and building, numerous electrical shocks and 30 miles of track testing the MotoCzysz E1pc Digital Superbike was crated and shipped to the Isle of Man for TTXGP. The American racer, Mark Miller did not even see the bike until it arrived on the Isle Of Man for the first electric […]
In: TTXGP · Tagged with: Mark Miller, Michael Czysz, MotoCzysz, MotoCzysz E1pc, Press, Racing, TTXGP
Electric Motorsport GPR-S
With all the buzz around Brammo selling it’s Enertia at Best Buy, Mission Motors technologically advanced superbike and former MotoGP hopeful MotoCzysz surprising jump into the world of electrics, Electric Motorsport has not received the press it should. Their GPR-S model is a practical UJM styled bike you can buy for $8500 making it one […]
In: Electric Motorsport · Tagged with: eGrandPrix, Electric Motorsport, Native Cycles, Todd Kollin, TTXGP
TTXGP Documentary Coming Soon
Some good footage of the TTXGP is turning up on youTube. Brammo recently released high quality footage of their two all electric TTR’s circulating the island circuit. One shot Amadeus_IOM took after TTXGP qualifying reminded me that Mark Neale (director of Faster) is working on a documentary of the TTXGP that will air on Discovery […]
In: TTXGP · Tagged with: Brammo, Discovery Channel, documentary, MotoCzysz, TTXGP
TTXGP Rider Interviews After the Race
The official TTXGP results are posted along with a video from race day and interviews with the riders and team members. Most riders interviewed over the last week seem surprised at the power of the bikes and how much they enjoyed riding them. Keep in mind some of the entries were not complete and track […]
In: TTXGP · Tagged with: Agni Motors, Cedric Lynch, L.E.M., Mark Miller, Mission Motors, MotoCzysz, Robert Barber, Team Agni, Thomas Montano, TTXGP
TTXGP Year 0 Results (2009)
The TTXGP zero emissions race is complete. I’m sure most everyone who reads this blog has seen the results. What an exciting addition to the world of racing! Amazing performance by the winning team, the teams who finished, the teams who made it to the starting line and the teams who attempted to enter the […]
In: Racing, TTXGP · Tagged with: 2009 Isle Of Man TT, 2009 TTXGP Results, Isle Of Man TT, Racing, results, TTXGP, TTXGP Results
