The Energica Ego is a good looking electric motorcycle, mainly because it doesn’t look like an electric motorcycle. “The green heart of the electric motorcycle is a synchronous oil-cooled motor with permanent magnets. It has 100kW (136 hp c.ca) of instantaneous power reaching from 4900 rpm to 10500 rpm and…
If you are one of the lucky few who have had the luxury of racing around on a 2-stroke dirtbike then you know how much fun they are. Better than drugs. Better than video games. One of the downsides of the traditional dirt bike is that they are loud. Loud…
When tearing up the city on two wheels I tend to reach for the supermoto inspired bikes. They are nimble, lightweight, and fun to ride in the tighter areas. The folks at BRD Motorcycles have one cool little fun machine dubbed the RedShift SM ($15,495). Outside of the price tag…
What a shocker to the typical gas guzzling, fume belching bikes that Harley Davidson is known for. This tradition busting Harley Davidson is an all electric motorcycle called the LiveWire. Read on for details of the Harley LiveWire.
Looks like another electric motorcycle just hit the streets. The KTM Freeride E is going to be putting some heat on the competition. Watch out Zero Motorcycles, Brammo, and Mission One. They are all pretty neat, but, IMHO, they will all fail unless they get the range above 200 miles…
We have seen plenty of electric motorcycles hitting the market, and we like it. The latest one to come across our desks is the Orphiro Electric Motorcycle. The good part, this crazy looking bike is expected to launch in September. Fingers crossed that it becomes a reality. Read on…
For those of you into electric motorcycles, the folks at Zero Motorcycles continue to innovate. Their latest 2011 lineup of electric motorcycles just got a quick charging option (charges in half the time), a 12.5 percent boost in battery power, and even quieter
The Brammo Enertia was one of the first electric motorcycles on the market (retailed around $11,995) and had a sad 40 mile range. Today Brammo announced the Enertia Plus that will get 80 miles per charge and has a new price tag of $8,995. Expect to see the Brammo Enertia…
We have brought you electric motorcycles in the past (even the Mission One) but it looks like the electric motorcycles are finally ready for prime time. Typically electric motorcycles had limited range and limited speed… the Mission One has a top speed of 161mph and a range of 150 miles…
The folks at Zero Motorcycles have finally made a street legal motorcycle. They already own the electric dirt bike market. The bike is 100% electric, has a top speed of 60mph (bummer), 31 horsepower (similar to a 250cc gas bike), and fully charges in under 4 hours. I would own…