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Mavizen TTX02: Plug-and-Play Racing for the People – New York Times
Nov 4th
LAS VEGAS — It may seem strange for Azhar Hussain to introduce the electric racing motorcycle built by his London-based company, Mavizen, here at the S.E.M.A. Show. This is, after all, a convention for aftermarket parts for hot rods, tuners and pickup trucks on 26-inch wheels. But that’s the point: the Mavizen TTX02 is almost entirely aftermarket.
Mr. Hussain is the founder of the TTXGP, a race for zero-emissions motorcycles. The TTXGP staged its first event last June during the famous Isle of Man TT, between Ireland and Britain. The race, a grueling 37-mile time trial, was won by Agni Motors, and the team joined with Mr. Hussain over the summer to build the TTX02, a race-ready bike that’s expected to have a top speed of more than 100 miles an hour.
Lightning Electric Motorcycles hits 166 miles per hour at Bonneville
Oct 20th
by Jeremy Korzeniewski (RSS feed) on Oct 20th 2009 at 2:02PM
Lightning Motorcycles at Bonneville – Click above for high-res image gallerySuddenly, we’ve got a competition on our hands. While it didn’t seem likely that any other electric motorcycle manufacturers would even attempt to top Mission Motors’ recent 150-plus mile per hour record run for a production-intent vehicle (the team hit 161 mph at one point) at the Bonneville Salt Flats, not only did Lightning Motorcycles make the trip, the company’s machine unofficially went 166 miles per hour!
Lightning’s prototype is powered by lithium ion batteries from A123, which send their electrons to a motor taken from a GM EV1 electric car. Riding the bike for most of its test runs was Aaron Frank from Motorcyclist Magazine, and you can read about the various attempts made by Frank here. The actual 166 mph mark was set by Paul Thede from Race Tech, who was otherwise running his own CBR600RR on the salt.
There’s more speed to be had, it seems. Unfortunately, the original bodywork that Lightning Motorcycles had intended to use on the electric machine was ruled illegal during technical inspection, so the bike was run with the fairing from a Ducati 1098 instead. Ultimately, the team’s goal is to break the 176 mph record held by Kent Riches in a fully-faired electric streamliner. We wish them the best!
Gallery: Lightning Motorcycles at Bonneville
[Source: Lightning Motorcycles]
Photos: ZZ/Lightning Motorcycles – Used with permissionPRESS RELEASE
10/10/09
This week, at the historic SCTA World Finals at the Bonneville Salt Flats, a new player in the rapidly developing electric motorcycle industry emerged. Lightning Motors, running one of its pre-production prototypes was able to achieve a top speed of 166.388 mph. This exercise places the Lightning Motorcycle as the fastest production electric motorcycle in the world.
Lightning Motorcycles is the brainchild of Richard Hatfield and a small group of dedicated associates in the Silicon Valley of Northern California. Along side the Lightning Electric Super Bike, Lightning Electric Motorcycle Company has prototypes of a smaller less powerful motorcycle, a motor scooter, an ATV/UTV and other sport and utility vehicles in its pre production development program.
Electric Motorcycle From Mavizen to be unveiled in Vegas
Oct 20th
SEMA Preview: Mavizen TTX02 electric motorcycle to be unveiled in Vegas
by Jeremy Korzeniewski (RSS feed) on Oct 20th 2009 at 11:01AM
According to the official TTXGP blog, the long-awaited TTX02 electric racebike will be unveiled November 3rd at the giant SEMA Show in Las Vegas. Based on the race-winning Agni X01 electric motorcycle with a frame sourced from an unknown “leading motorcycle manufacturer,” the team behind the effort claims it will be the world’s first production electric supersport bike bred for racing.
Details on the feature are scarce, but the Mavizen TTX02 is also said to come equipped with a dedicated IP address that will have connectivity to a network of some sort. We’re not entirely sure what that connection will allow or what benefits it will offer, but it sounds interesting.
You’ll also be happy to hear that the TTX02 will soon be featured in a new music video from 20-year-old UK pop star Jodie Aysha. The video will be for the song “Pozer” and will air in mid December on MTV. We’re sure you’re just as excited about this as we are.