SV650.org - SV650 & Gladius 650 Forum



Bikes - Talk & Issues Newsworthy and topical general biking and bike related issues. No crapola!
Need Help: Try Searching before posting

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 14-06-09, 06:42 PM   #1
embee
Member
Mega Poster
 
embee's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 2,801
Default IOM TT electric bikes

Don't know if this has beem covered already, but I have to say I'm impressed with the results of the electric bike race, first place average speed 87mph is darned impressive. Definitely the beginnings of things to come.
https://www.iomtt.com/News/2009/06/1...-released.aspx
__________________
"Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity"
embee is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-06-09, 06:50 PM   #2
Ian P
Member
 
Ian P's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: South Wales
Posts: 65
Default Re: IOM TT electric bikes

be like riding a milk float, all be it a fast one.
Ian P is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-06-09, 06:52 PM   #3
Brettus
Member
 
Brettus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Malpas, Cheshire
Posts: 849
Default Re: IOM TT electric bikes

Yeah I was really looking forward to this, shame there wasn't more coverage on ITV, I need to do some googling into the teams and tech behind it, looked really cool, shame about the lack of noise but ultimately I guess thats a better thing, just something we need to get used to. I wonder what the acceleration is like on those things? should be awesome from a motor
__________________
K6 SV650S Sport: GSXR 1000 front end, Penske shock, F.Fabbri DB clear screen, colour matched hugger, Corbin riders seat, Evotech tail tidy, Akrapovic full system, Twin 55w HID lights, Givi rack and..... the biggest top box known to man
Quote:
"Well I've met God and he had nothing to say to me"
Brettus is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-06-09, 06:53 PM   #4
injury_ian
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default Re: IOM TT electric bikes

Im impressed, did they broadcast the race? any videos?
  Reply With Quote
Old 14-06-09, 07:09 PM   #5
fizzwheel
Super Moderator
Mega Poster
 
fizzwheel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Somerset
Posts: 3,614
Default Re: IOM TT electric bikes

Quote:
Originally Posted by injury_ian View Post
Im impressed, did they broadcast the race? any videos?
ITV4 showed a little of it and interviewed some of the riders to. The riders seemed to really like riding them, but I can't get over the lack of noise.

Pretty cool though I think.
__________________
Look Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over.

K5 GSXR 750 Anniversary Edition
fizzwheel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-06-09, 07:15 PM   #6
Skip
Member
Mega Poster
 
Skip's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 3,151
Default Re: IOM TT electric bikes

Had a good look around them as they were going in for scrutineering - some definitely looked more professional than others!

The speed difference between them was quite varied too - one of them was obvioulsy much faster than the others and where we were standing (bottom of Bray Hill) the crowd went "wooooo" as the faster one went through as it was clearly going way faster than the others!
__________________
'81 Honda H100A
'18 Honda MSX125 (Grom)
Skip is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-06-09, 10:11 AM   #7
Brettus
Member
 
Brettus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Malpas, Cheshire
Posts: 849
Default Re: IOM TT electric bikes

Just to revive this with a little more info for those that didn't catch it, the whole 4 minutes that ITV dedicated to it made it onto youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=devfPUUWwjo&fmt=18

and theregister.co.uk have a report on it too which gives some more details.
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/06...p_race_report/

Interesting times though, this tech can only get better, and I suspect it will do so exponentially.
__________________
K6 SV650S Sport: GSXR 1000 front end, Penske shock, F.Fabbri DB clear screen, colour matched hugger, Corbin riders seat, Evotech tail tidy, Akrapovic full system, Twin 55w HID lights, Givi rack and..... the biggest top box known to man
Quote:
"Well I've met God and he had nothing to say to me"
Brettus is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-06-09, 10:12 AM   #8
DarrenSV650S
Member
Mega Poster
 
DarrenSV650S's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Dundee
Posts: 4,407
Default Re: IOM TT electric bikes

exponentially............


What a word
DarrenSV650S is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-06-09, 06:24 PM   #9
embee
Member
Mega Poster
 
embee's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 2,801
Default Re: IOM TT electric bikes

...hyperbolics.............
__________________
"Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity"
embee is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 20-06-09, 07:30 AM   #10
Quiff Wichard
Member
Mega Poster
 
Quiff Wichard's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 4,864
Default Re: IOM TT electric bikes

brettus ta for those clips.. interesting..

ha... you see the scienyist/mad inventor thety interviewed after who designed the winning car.. A TYPICAL GEEKY NERD CLEVERY TYPE MAN.. CLASS
__________________
ooops I did it again ... new bike . cb1000r
Quiff Wichard is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
KTM Electric SoulKiss Bikes - Talk & Issues 1 23-02-09 04:35 PM
Electric bikes again. Nice! startrek.steve Bikes - Talk & Issues 9 09-02-09 04:12 PM
Help with electric problems nickj SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking 11 03-10-06 01:43 PM
'03 SVs No Electric! Booker909 SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking 6 21-05-06 04:05 AM
Electric help plz Bikerz SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking 10 05-05-05 05:20 PM


All times are GMT. The time now is 04:38 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® - Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.