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« on: June 07, 2009, 09:42:11 PM »

I just found out about a version of the Isle of Man TT race that's going to feature electric motorcycles.

One entry is from here in SF, with Tom Montano riding it.
Mission One:  Testing, Tear Down, Travel...to the TTXGP

And here's a video of the motoczysz bike on a dyno. Sounds like a giant electric drill.  Grin
http://www.motoczysz.com/videos/e1_dyno2.html
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« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2009, 10:23:30 PM »

that thing is awesome.
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« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2009, 07:26:25 AM »

Very cool. I hate the look of the bike, but the prospect of riding on electrons instead of hydrocarbons is tantalizing.

Of course, the Police will still find a way to ticket you for having aftermarket exhaust...
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« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2009, 08:30:31 AM »

We're talking in General about why it needs a clutch?  Anyone have any ideas?

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=25005.msg437406#msg437406
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« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2009, 08:33:04 AM »

The first mod will probably be "uberbase" speakers designed to emulate the sound of a loud exhaust  Grin

And I chimed in the other thread: It's either there to keep the motor from drawing too much current on launch (but there are other ways to do that), or to emulate a "real" bike.



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« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2009, 11:22:00 AM »

or to emulate a "real" bike.





so what's a real bike versus a "fake" bike?
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« Reply #6 on: June 08, 2009, 01:33:21 PM »

These guys entered too..



Too bad you cant combike the looks of the E1pc with the performance and technology of the Mission one. Then you'd really have a bike..
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« Reply #7 on: June 08, 2009, 02:07:41 PM »

There are 17 bikes entered in the TTXGP.

You can read about all of them here: http://www.ttxgp.com/index_nav.php?page=teamprofiles
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« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2009, 05:42:59 AM »

A little trivia: that e1PC uses an iPhone as its instrument cluster:

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« Reply #9 on: June 09, 2009, 07:29:06 AM »

A little trivia: that e1PC uses an iPhone as its instrument cluster:



So, in other words, it'll freeze up in the middle of the TT, then prompt you to join every WiFi network it passes on the island?
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« Reply #10 on: June 09, 2009, 08:04:56 AM »

So, in other words, it'll freeze up in the middle of the TT, then prompt you to join every WiFi network it passes on the island?

No, but mid-corner the display rotates to portrait.  Grin
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« Reply #11 on: June 09, 2009, 08:43:29 AM »

A little trivia: that e1PC uses an iPhone as its instrument cluster:




Well that's cool. So you can twitter the other riders and see where there at on the course. Razz them on facebook. Cool waytogo
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« Reply #12 on: June 09, 2009, 08:53:01 AM »


Well that's cool. So you can twitter the other riders and see where there at on the course. Razz them on facebook. Cool waytogo

I can see the tweets now...

Crashed into rock wall 100mph+...LOLZ!
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuge air over bridge. Can I haz diaper?
Will this NoS stuff really make GSXR go faster?
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« Reply #13 on: June 09, 2009, 09:15:10 AM »


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I can see the tweets now...

Crashed into rock wall 100mph+...LOLZ!
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuge air over bridge. Can I haz diaper?
Will this NoS stuff really make GSXR go faster?

we gots ta have our faceyspaces and our twittery pages.
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« Reply #14 on: June 11, 2009, 05:02:33 PM »

How fast are they claiming that thing can go?  Electric does that mean immediate torque?  Yikes that could be really fun.  But I'd miss the beautiful smell of burning oil and gas coming out of my not so legal exhaust  Grin waytogo
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