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0Motorsports: Chip Yates to defend Pikes Peak title with Lightning Motorcycles 1366833240
There's nothing like conflict to make a story more compelling, and in the man-against-nature drama that is the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb, we can add-man-against-man to the electric motorcycle portion of the event. Putting his battery-powered trans-Atlantic airplane endeavors momentarily ...
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Two Wheels: Lightning Motorcycles uses solar power to set El Mirage speed record at 189 mph 1352847000
Lightning Motorcycles is no stranger to setting land speed records. It laid down a 173.388 mile-per-hour marker for electric motorcycles in 2010 on the Bonneville Salt Flats, and then upped the ante significantly in 2011 with a 215.960 mph performance on that same crystalline stage. For 2012, ...
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Motorsports: Münch Racing wins TTXGP Euro and FIM ePower Championship at Le Mans 1347371040
Le Mans was the place to be last weekend for electric racing fans as both the TTXGP European and FIM ePower International championships wound up their respective 2012 seasons with a joint race – the third time this season the two organizations have teamed up for such an event. Münch ...
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Two Wheels: Lightning Motorcycles race bike hits the street, consumer version revealed [w/video] 1346162880
After setting a 216 mile-per-hour land speed record on the Bonneville Salt Flats last year Lightning Motorcycles, made it known that you can purchase one of their TTXGP-winning electric bikes. While we've not yet heard of anyone taking them up on the $38,888 offer, the company is still moving ...
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Two Wheels: Michael Barnes wins joint TTXGP/FIM ePower round on solar power 1343923380
The eGrandPrix TTXGP and FIM ePower electric motorcycle racing series have, once again, held a joint round at California's fabulous Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in front of the huge crowds assembled for the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix. The result? A commanding win for Michael Barnes aboard the ...
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Video: Lightning Motorcycles raises land speed record to 215.960 mph, starts taking orders 1314194280
Rider Paul Thede with Lightning SuperBike in LSR clothing – Click above to watch video after the jumpThere's just no satisfying certain people's need for speed. While some might have been content with shattering the electric motorcycle land speed record (LSR) at a Southern California ... -
206.079 MPH! Lightning Motorcycles sets electric motorcycle land speed record at Bonneville 1313503080
Rider Paul Thede with Lightning Motorcycles bike in with APS-Ω LSR configurationLightning Motorcycles has just demolished the electric motorcycle land speed record (LSR) with a set of Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) certified runs averaging 206.079 miles per hour. Wearing a ... -
Lightning Motorcycles switching to Ener1's lithium-ion batteries 1312376400
Ener1 may have ended its deal with Think, but it looks like the company has found a place to use some of its lithium-ion batteries after recently reaching a supply and distribution agreement with Lightning Motorcycles. In this agreement Lightning Motorcycles will use Ener1's batteries in both ... -
Mission Motors Rapps up TTXGP/FIM e-Power race at Laguna Seca 1311792600
During a weekend that was everything we thought it would be, Steve Rapp handed Mission Motors a very convincing win at the TTXGP/FIM e-Power International Championship race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The 39.995 seconds that separated him from the 2nd-place finisher at the end of the contest ...
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Line-up for Infineon round of TTXGP confirmed, Laguna Seca added to calendar 1305323880
The first race of the 2011 TTXGP season kicks off this weekend at Infineon – brought to you by new official sponsor, A123 Systems. Among the announced seven-strong starting line-up are both familiar faces and new ones. Unfortunately, a late-breaking blog post from Mission Motors reveals ...
