tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76171036957516640682012-01-30T08:00:52.703-05:00Chronicling Green Motorcycle Design and CompetitionChristian J Winfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06292862896879272961noreply@blogger.comBlogger561100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617103695751664068.post-24882502769601024812011-03-18T10:23:00.000-04:002011-03-18T10:23:33.505-04:00

Admittedly, I’ve fallen out of the electric motorcycle fold over the past several months.  Well, I follow what’s going on, but I haven’t made time for the quality interaction that the amazing e-moto community deserves.  Multiple projects, a bill-paying aerospace job (yes, bad guys still feel the wrath of death from above even in a recession), and the ridiculous quantity of personal interests and

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What is it really That's going on here You've got your system for total control So is there really anybody out there Now watch us suffer cause we can't go What is it really that is in your head What little life that you had just died I'm gonna be the one that's takin over Now this is what it's like when worlds collide - Powerman 5000, “When Worlds Collide” Last week Hell for Leather Magazine

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Barnes smoking the field through turn 1 at Mosport from the start.  More later.

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The morbidly curious among us loyal (and potentially rabid) electric motorcycle road racing heads may want to know how Azhar Hussain’s opening round of the North American TTXGP Championship held at Infineon Speedway this past weekend (16 May 2010) compared to the FIM’s inaugural ePower International Championship opener held at LeMans, France last month. Based on the known facts and figures

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Complications at BirthI hate to restate the obvious; that this marketing and promotion feud between TTXGP, IoM DTL, and the FIM is bad for the emerging electric motorcycle roadracing scene, but yeah, it certainly is.On the other hand, maybe it’s good that we get things sorted out right at the start. Perhaps this is the point in time where everyone has the least to lose if their respective series

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Do you like to race motorcycles? Has your factory or privateer team been dissolved due to the crappy global economy? Maybe the team you were racing for no longer exists because the parent company killed off the brand? Or you are just sick and tired of the way your racing organization is running things? Possibly a “safety car” incident rubbed you the wrong way? Maybe are you an up-and-coming

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1 – Brammofan and Skadamo on EVCast Tomorrow (Saturday 23-Jan-2010)Harry Mallin (@Brammofan, http://www.brammofan.com/ and others), John Adamo (@skadamo, http://www.plugbike.com/, and many others), will join Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield (@aminorjourney) for a discussion of all things electric motorcycle, including TTXGP and Brammo motorcycles on EVCast. Tune in… or suck!2 – KRON4 Interview with Azhar

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Back with a vengeance… for now anyway!So yeah, we’ve been slacking. For today’s Top Three we are going to highlight articles from three of EM’s electric motorcycle racing allies. Enjoy.1 – AsphaltandRubber.com: Mavizen TTX02 UnveiledJenny Gun’s super-sharp eyes picked up on the striking similarity between the chassis of the early teaser photos of the Mavizen TTX02 and the KTM RC8. Low and behold,

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This weekend marks the first time eGrandPrix electric racing motorcycles will be raced ridden in the same weekend as a premier international motorcycle road race. And what better place for this historic event than the iconic Nürburgring…The Hannspree World Superbike Championship at Nürburgring is historically, a fairly well attended (41,000 fans in 2008) round of the WSBK series. It’s very likely

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Gizmag’s August 19th article announcing 2010 US, UK, and international electric motorcycle road racing championships, also announced that a “major American company” was creating a ready-to-race motorcycle based on the Pro Class TTXGP-winning Agni motorcycle.The article is pretty specific about the race-only machine being a replica of the Agni bike, although there is no direct quote from Azhar

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Our Friday Top Three new items from the week in green motorcycle racing and design.Not the typical Friday Top Three for today. We’re just getting back into the groove of putting up regular posts again, so we’ll mention some interesting and notable news items in no particular order.1 - Brammo: Lots of activity at Brammo. Craig Bramscher (@brammocraig) and Brammo apparently never sleep. Tons of

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From the lost files: Yeah, this post is a week late, but still timely… we think… Our Friday Top Three new items from the week in green motorcycle racing and design.One word: VIDEO1 – 2009 TTXGP DVD Premier in San Francisco Photo: Azhar at the DVD premier, via David HerronMission Motors hosted the premier of the official TTXP video late last week. Sounds

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Our Friday Top Three new items from the week in green motorcycle racing and design.The biggest news item of the week was the inaugural eGrandPrix America held during the AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days this past weekend at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.Instead of a Top Three, we’re going to direct you to some of the top coverage of the eGrandPrix America:PlugBike (www.PlugBike.com)eVFR (www.eVFR.net)

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Our Friday Top Three new items from the week in green motorcycle racing and design.A bit of a slow week in news, and I’ve personally been extremely busy with projects (hence the lack of commentary). Next week isn’t looking much better at this point. So, I’m going to list out our top three motorcycle road racing specific websites which are certainly worth a visit:1 – www.SuperbikePlanet.comThe

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Our Friday Top Three new items from the week in green motorcycle racing and design.1 – Agni Plans to Take Over the World!The TTXGP blog posted a short interview with Team Agni Motors racer and inaugural TTXGP Pro Class Champion, Rob Barber from the Goodwood Festival of Speed (UK). In the interview, Rob mentions that he and Agni intend to become world champions next year with the Agni X01. A clear

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The ACU (Auto-Cycle Union) and TTXGP announced the first national series in the world for zero-carbon motorcycle roadracing.Regulation and management of the series will be comprised of ACU and TTXGP representatives.This is yet another landmark for the burgeoning sport of electric motorcycle roadracing. It’s also a representation of how quickly Azhar Hussain and his TTXGP team are proving that

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This is a monster week in motorcycle roadracing for US fans... The Red Bull USGP is in Laguna Seca (Mazda Raceway) this weekend. There will be boat loads of coverage on the web and on Speed Channel, so make sure you have your TiVo warmed up and ready to record MotoGP qualifying and all of the race coverage. If you caught the Casey Stoner versus Valentino Rossi battle last year, you will know why

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Our Friday top three news items from the week in green motorcycle racing and design:1 – FIM Announces Electric Motorcycle Roadracing SeriesBeyond huge. You can find details on this high profile news item all over the net.Our take (will the bikes be considered Production or Prototype) can be found here: FIM Announces Electric Superbike Series2 – AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days Releases eGrandPrix

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As announced yesterday, TTXGP organizer and founder Azhar Hussain has been behind the scenes working with the FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) to introduce an international electric motorcycle roadracing series based upon the success of the TTXGP.The FIM press release can be found here: Superbikeplanet.comDiscuss further at: ElectricMotorcycleForum.comDetails are very limited, but

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Exhibition laps? Please…As we’ve mentioned before, the TTXGP eGrandPrix America (www.egrandprix.com) will run in conjunction with the AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, USA on July 24th through 26th 2009.The AMA is billing the eGrandPrix as an exhibition of electric roadracing motorcycles from around the world. Maybe the AMA have themselves convinced

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Our Friday top 3 news items from the week in the world of green motorcycle racing and design:Since we’ve thrown up a poll involving the three teams committed to the AMA eGrandPrix this morning, and the TTXGP has been in the books for a week, our Friday Top Three this week will feature Brammo, Mission Motors, and MotoCzysz explaining their TTXGP experience in their own words.1 – Brammo- For the

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We’ve been working on Part 2 of our TTXGP in Review series, but time has been limited this week and the story we’re putting together has taken on a life of its own. Feel free to check out Part 1 (a combined tribute to Team Agni and racer John Crellin) if you missed it. Keep checking back or put us on your feed, and we’ll try to get something posted this weekend (and at least a Friday Top 3 Three

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The Isle of Man TT is not for everyone. Spectators or competitors alike. Plenty of racers have publicly trashed the TT and have sworn to never be any part of it. It is dangerous and insanely hairy. Yet it still remains an icon of motorcycle roadracing, and the pinnacle of real roads motorcycle racing throughout the world.The TT is the Everest of motorcycling: An impossible concept to most

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Congratulations to all TTXGP competitors! Sadly, condolences to friends and family of John Crellin.Full Reults can be found: IOMTT

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Here’s the practice times from yesterday’s delayed (from Monday) first TTXGP practice session.PRO Class timesTeam Agni (Rob Barber): 26:41 (85.7mph lap)Mission Motors (Thomas Montano): 33:45 (67.68mph)XXL (Thomas Schoenfelder): 34.07 (66.45mph)Brammo/Bike (Roy Richardson): 35:47 (63.83mph)Brammo/Bike (Mark Buckley): 35:52 (63.74mph)HTBLAUVA – TGM (Paul Dobbs): 41:53 (54.51mph)Open Class times (

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Due to the crap-load of crappy weather IoM has had throughout the weekend, it looks as though Monday TTXGP practice has been bumped out to Tuesday at 3:45 PM IoM-Time. All racing and practice sessions for all classes have been bumped up. Not sure what this means for the qualifying sessions or how the rest of the week will play out. We'll update as we know more...Link: IoM forecast

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First photos of the Mission One TTXGP machine at the TTMA Dinner Sunday.Source: TTXGP

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Our Friday top 3 news items from the week in the world of green motorcycle racing and design:1 – Moto Czysz E1pc TTXGP Racebike Revealed- SKADAMO’s great article with detailed photos of the MotoCzysz racer at the Isle of Man. Read the article at: AsphaltandRubber.comEM comment: Stare and drool. Our take: Article2 – Mark Miller’s Daily TT Reports- Mark Miller is racing several classes at this

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From the TTXGP Blog:"The TTXGP eGrandPrix is to launch zero-carbon motorcycle racing into the USA with an exhibition appearance at the annual American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) Vintage Motorcycle Days festival at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio."The TTXGP people are working aggressively toward world wide participation in zero carbon roadracing. This is a good thing for all

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An interesting snippet from Mark Miller’s (Moto Czysz E1pc, TTXGP rider) daily Isle of Man TT report today on www.RoadRacerX.com :“I met up with Mark Niel (sp) of FASTER movie fame (roadracing DVD with NickyHayden) who is here to do a documentary on our Moto Czysz electric bike entry. Did our first interview chat and we’re meeting tomorrow to takea car around the circuit. The doc is supposed to

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Part 1 of our TTXGP official rules summary covered the breakdown of the two classes (Pro and Open) within the TTXGP competition. In Part 2, we'll detail the schedule and qualification process that each each competing team must follow in order to race in the main event on June 12th 2009.Tech InspectionInitially, all TTXGP racing motorcycles must pass technical scrutineering. TT officials must

Christian J Winfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06292862896879272961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617103695751664068.post-49941616031436515322009-06-03T12:36:00.002-04:002009-06-03T12:59:19.178-04:00

Check out the photo of the Indian-made TORK TTXGP race bike posted on the TTXGP blog.Kind of a weird mash-up of a Ducati and a Buell. There is not a lot of information to be found on the bike or the team. Maybe someone could send us some more info?The team rider is Garth Woods. Again, not a lot of information on him but he does appear to have some real roads racing experience at least in the

Christian J Winfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06292862896879272961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617103695751664068.post-74527378971967090792009-06-03T10:22:00.003-04:002009-06-03T10:41:31.701-04:00

Had to post this photo from Matthew Miles (@CW1Miles on Twitter) of the race-ready MotoCzysz TTXGP entry.The most striking impression is how well finished it looks. This is MotoGP level fit and finish for sure.The styling is incredible, and the level of detail is amazing. MC needs to get a production version going ASAP! Good thing they are running the Pro Class, or we'd be buying it for

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With all the excitement over the inaugural Isle of Man TTXGP, the fact that there are actually two races within TTXGP has gotten a little lost. Let’s break it down:The TTXGP is comprised of two classes: The Professional Class and the Open Class.Professional Class Summary- The motorcycle propulsion system may be one of the followingo Electric power supplied by battery or accumulatoro Fuel cell (

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Wow! The first photos we've seen of the actual Enertia TTR race bike in Best Buy livery. It's on!Great article on Wired, Autopia with all the details on the bike, more photos, and the Best Buy relationship. More to come...Source: Cycle World's Matthew Miles, and Brammo's Craig Bramscher via Twitter

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Brammo has released the specification sheet for the Enertia TTR on their website: www.Brammo.com.They have included two detail photos on the sheet. They mostly focus on the upper mounting area of the rear shock. You can clearly see that the bike will have a full fairing that is spaced away from the chassis... but that's about it! Hopefully we will see more soon...Source: Brammo

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Check out the press release via Twitter or AutoblogGreen!Photo and Source: AutoblogGreen

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Asphalt and Rubber: Mission Motors CEO Interview – Electrification is Coming- A great interview with Mission Motors CEO and co-founder Forest North. Some good insight into Mission’s approach and direction in electric motorcycles.RoadracerX: Backmarker column by Mark Gardiner: Run, Forest, Run- Gardiner gets inside Mission Motors and interviews Mission’s President, Edward West,

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Rockers (loosely defined): A post-war British motorcycle subculture defined by their black leather jackets and rough looks, love of early American rock and roll music, and a penchant for powerful performance bikes. Fierce rivals of the Mods.Mods (loosely defined): A post-war British scooter subculture defined by their clean-cut business suits, taste for R&B music, and bent for step-thru

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The June 12th, 2009 inaugural TTXGP is, according to www.TTXGP.com, “the world’s first zero carbon, clean emission Grand Prix.” The definition of “zero carbon” and “clean emission” is arguable, but TTXGP truly will be the first REAL green motor race with tangible environmental benefits.Motor racing in any form can be quickly dismissed as frivolous and a waste of resources, no matter the guise.

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EnvironMoto has gushed about Brammo, the Enertia electric motorcycle design, and the paradigm shift which will result from selling motorcycles at Best Buy in past posts. The Enertia is a cool commuter motorcycle designed to be a stylish, rider-friendly, alternative to a bicycle or scooter for the aesthetically-inclined, green urban commuter.In an excellent (as always) Backmarker article on

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Michael Czysz updated the MotoCzysz blog on Wednesday with a sweet video of their electric racebike on the dyno. The incredible banshee scream the bike lets out is pretty amazing! Check it out: MotoCzysz BlogAlso, note that TTXGP Blog has removed the music from the TTX01 test run video mentioned in our last post, so now you can get a much better idea of what that machine sounds like on the

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Video released this week of the TTX01 electric road racing motorcycle in action poses an interesting question: What is the future of motorcycle racing going to sound like?The video is set to music and leaves a lot to conjecture (go to AutobloGreen to see/hear it).Take into consideration that under relatively quiet electric power, we will be hearing sounds that are normally masked by the barely

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Barefoot Motors will compete at the inaugural TTXP with an Ely Schless designed chassis. Schless is famous as the former CEO of Electric Moto and creator of the Blade XT electric dirt bike (pictured above).Schless' TTXGP racebike design should be very interesting. To really understand what a modern inventor/genius Schless really is and how much clout he has in the industry you must know a little

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US-based electric motorcycle manufacturer, Electric Motorsport Inc., has released it's Open Class and Pro Class entries for the June 12th TTXGP at the Isle of Man. The GPR-S (pictured above) will race in the Open Class and the Yamaha R1 based, R144 will race in the Pro Class. Perfomance details have not been released but it does look like Electric Motorsport will be ready to rock in 39 days!

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This is a blast from the past. Okay, a blast from only three years back but that is an eternity on the web. The Bombardier EMBRIO is still a fascinating concept. If you don’t remember it, or haven’t seen it before, check out this article on Gizmag from “back in the day”.We’ve dug up the EMBRIO to post on EnvironMoto because it’s a great concept that still looks cool and is still relevant in

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AsphaltandRubber: EnvironMoto has to give our highest compliments to http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/. We have recently discovered this blog and cannot say enough about it. A&R is well written, beautifully designed, and features great articles on all aspects of motorcycling with a distinct bent towards motorcycle roadracing and motorcycle design.Of particular interest to ‘electric-motophiles’ are

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Mission Motors has recently run their TTXGP contending, Mission One electric motorcycle at Infineon Raceway (California, USA).This is the first US entry for the TTXGP to be seen in action on the track. The bike looks great and appears to be very close in appearance to the renderings, and construction photos previously shown on Mission’s website. So far there are no details on lap times or top

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There is much to discuss about the Mission One. This electric motorcycle is setting a very high mark for Performance, Styling, and Engineering. The best part is that they intend to run at the inaugural TTXGP.Mission has all of the key ingredients to be a big player in the industry, and quite frankly they understand that they need to be the Tesla of the motorcycle world. I’m sure this has a

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I’ve been neglecting EnvironMoto.com for far too long. It hasn’t been for lack of worthy topics or a creative drought by any means.More than anything it has been a lack of time. My personal ethics won’t let me put something out there for the world to see unless it is work that I feel is informative and gives my readers a lot of value for their time. The ideas are there, but the time to compose

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“If it looks right, it will fly right”: This is a long standing adage in the aircraft industry that describes the physical appearance of an aircraft as a determinant of its flight capability. Whether or not it’s ever officially admitted, military contracts for airplanes have been won and lost based upon this perception of design for decades.Motorcycles and automobiles are not unaffected by the

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There are a few very serious players in the electric dirt bike field. These are the companies (and committed people behind them) who are really trying to figure out the direction for electric off-road motorcycles. They are looking forward and pushing into the future with some real innovation and hardcore enthusiasm. Three of the envelope pushers, in no particular order are: Zero, Electric

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ElectricMotorcycleForum.com is a great forum to check out for current news and conversation related to electric motorcycles! If you are an EM fan, you should have this site bookmarked.Stay tuned to EnvironMoto for resources and original commentary!

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Brammo (parent company of the Enertia electric motorcycle) has obtained $10 million in VC (venture capital) funding from two sources to help push the Enertia (http://www.enertiabike.com/) into regular production. One of which is Best Buy (www.bestbuy.com/). Photo via: Autoblog GreenHere is the link to the interesting news via Autoblog Green this week: (http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/09/23/

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The more research I do on electric motorcycles, the more incredible products I find. Today some searching has led me to the Brammo website and the Enertia electric motorcycle. Link: http://brammo.com/Photo (via MSN Autos): http://editorial.autos.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=434471I’m excited about this bike for two main reasons: Styling and Utility.Styling: The Enertia looks fantastic. It

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Hello! I’ve created this blog as a place to put together my thoughts, ideas, news, information, and general ranting on the subject of electric motorcycles.Where this goes, we shall see.I’ve spent nearly three decades involved in motorcycle riding, racing, tuning, and technology. Two-wheeled transport is who I am. I have to add that I am also an avid bicyclist who has been involved bicycle

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