Marke
An absolutely excellent article. Thanks.
Jim Jost
amazing what Moto Czysz has been able to do. Love this guys dedication to the sport.
Stephen Colbourne
The next event to watch out for is the Pikes Peak Hill Climb at the end of June. It is expected that electric vehicles will be faster than fuel cars within the next couple of years. Last year Fumio Nutahara achieved 10:15.380 in an electric car versus Rhys Millen 9:46.164 in the fuel car. Fumio came third overall , which is quite an achievement. Well done Michael Rutter and Moto Czysz. I am looking forward to next year. Agreed it is an excellent article.
Doug Doyle
If you want the true definition of top speed; go to Bonneville. Show me what they can do on the measured mile.
paulblez
Excellent article Mike, BUT, there's some serious errors of omission:
1/ The TT course is MUCH faster now than it was in 1975, let alone 1936. But if you think it's smooth at normal road speeds you've obviously never ridden the section from Ginger Hall to Ramsey! It's still as bumpy as buggery! 2/ I can't believe you've made no mention of streamlining! That's Michael Czysz's Achilles heel, because he just won't accept how much faster and more enduring his bikes would be with the proper streamlining which TT Zero uniquely allows, but which no-one, apart from Agni in 2010, has ever taken advantage of. Cedric Lynch (of Agni) reckons they could do two laps at the same speed as they currently do one, non-stop. Craig Vetter gets this, why don't Czysz and Mugen-Honda?! 3/ No-one does 10 TT laps in a single race any more, not since the two-rider production race of decades ago. The Senior is 6 laps, none is longer. 4/ For the benefit of Doug Doyle, above: the Lightning has already gone 200mph at Bonneville, without proper streamlining, in 2012! 5/ See here for more about Lynch, Vetter, Agni streamlining! http://bikeweb.com/image/tid/57
JDS
The only way to be sure all is equal is to have the SAME RIDER run the course with each of the bikes. How can it be a true race if different riders with different skills are involved?
Pres
Battery powered racing machines are simply a work in progress. Right now they are best suited for high-intensity short-time racing. The fact that they are able to race the entire IOM course is quite an achievement. It will be very interesting to see the next few years progress in battery technology due to the efforts of many scientists and engineers! Keep up the great work. Cheers
Robert Flieger
This article had nothing to do with a top speed attempt; if that was what they were trying for they would have built the bikes differently and gone to Bonneville.
Pres
"sailr" wrote: "The only way to be sure all is equal is to have the SAME RIDER run the course with each of the bikes. How can it be a true race if different riders with different skills are involved?"
Imho, that different riders on different machines compete to see who has the fastest combination. That's the main purpose of racing!
billybob1851
thanks i look forward to owning a bike similar to the tesla...