Electric Sportsbike. 210 ft/lbs tourque.

[EpyonXero]

http://www.gizmag.com/roehr-set-to-u...orcycle/13702/

Looks like a backflip waiting to happen.

Roehr Motorcycles, producers of the American-built 180 bhp 1250sc sportbike, is to introduce two electric motorcycles before mid-year, topped by a 96 bhp motorcycle with race level performance, 210 lb/ft of torque, and premium suspension and brake components which it has dubbed the eSuperbike. Significantly, even a lower spec eSupersport model with 48 bhp, 105 lb/ft of torque will top 100 mph. No details have yet been announced on the range of the bikes, but viable electric sports motorcycles are clearly going to be available before the end of the year.

The new electric range will be known as eRoehr and the range-topping superbike will use a high energy discharge, 10 Kwh, lithium iron phosphate battery pack and form the basis of Roehr Motorcycles' entry into the upcoming 2010 US TTXGP series. Roehr Motorcycles will also be offering race prepared versions of the eSuperbike for teams or individuals competing in the upcoming TTXGP, and FIM e-Power racing series'.

Pricing and additional information will be announced over the coming weeks.

[TYEster]

Doubt it, the numbers are impressive with electric vehicles, but they always manage to screw up putting that power down through poor drive train/gearing options.

[CasterTroy]

Bet it'll weigh +700lbs

[marko138]

Should be interesting.

[Dave]

so is this the new american boutique sportsbike template? Fail hard at building a gas bike and attempt to go electric?

[pdog]

You don't get gov't subsidies or VC these days by building ICE-based bikes (Internal Combustion Engine).

Originally Posted by Dave

so is this the new american boutique sportsbike template? Fail hard at building a gas bike and attempt to go electric?

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Dave

so is this the new american boutique sportsbike template? Fail hard at building a gas bike and attempt to go electric?

Charge someone $45,000 for a traditional gasoline powered bike and the customer wants it to do meaningless things like perform to at least the level of a $10k 600. Someone paying a similar amount for an electric bike cares about one important thing, how much smug the bike lets them carry.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by goof2

Charge someone $45,000 for a traditional gasoline powered bike and the customer wants it to do meaningless things like perform to at least the level of a $10k 600. Someone paying a similar amount for an electric bike cares about one important thing, how much smug the bike lets them carry.

well i supose i can endorse this behavior if it ends in the firey highway deaths of ed begley jr and that flat bitch from baywatch

Originally Posted by marko138

Wrong. Everything needs Akrapovic.

i wonder if they make a can for my cat?

[marko138]

Originally Posted by Dave

well i supose i can endorse this behavior if it ends in the firey highway deaths of ed begley jr and that flat bitch from baywatch



i wonder if they make a can for my cat?

For the right price I bet they could.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by marko138

For the right price I bet they could.

kill alexandria paul? Or help with max's ''emissions''? :Lmao: