Bikes in the Fast Lane: Biiista Designer Electric Motorcycles plus 2 more

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• Biiista Designer Electric Motorcycles
• MotoGP: A Suggestion For Improvement
• A Special Motorcycle Made For Elections?

Biiista Designer Electric Motorcycles Posted: 21 May 2012 09:00 AM PDT Designing electric motorcycles is often a "green field" design process; you start with a clean slate - no baggage, no legacy, no history. That is why you often see the strangest looking electric motorcycles (Brammo Enertia, Agility Saietta, Orphiro, Axle EV-X7). And the Austrian Biiista (that's three "i" please) can be considered one of them. The shape, though very nice, would look more at home in a comic strip or animation movie, with maybe Jessica riding it. But this is serious. The 5 kWh battery (an 8 kHw is under study) will power this electric motorcycle to speeds of up to 100 kph, with a range of 100 kilometers. That's the performance of a serious 125cc motorcycle, and the bike only weighs 140 kgs. The bike develops 10.5 kW power, and has a torque of 210 Nm, not bad. Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

MotoGP: A Suggestion For Improvement Posted: 21 May 2012 05:00 AM PDT For those of you who saw the MotoGP race of Le Mans 2012, you know what I'm going to suggest. For those of you who haven't seen the race, go and see it. You'll not be sorry. After having seen several seasons worth of motorcycle racing, the best races have always been those that were qualified as "WET". So instead of hoping for rain, why not put sprinklers on the side of the track, and make the track wet? This has many advantages: Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

A Special Motorcycle Made For Elections? Posted: 20 May 2012 11:00 PM PDT Is this a special motorcycle they've made for elections in Cambodia, or is it that the politician can't ride a motorcycle and needs training wheels? ...

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