2010 MotoCzysz E1pc
Congrats to the Portland, Oregon team at Motoczysz (pronounced moto “sizz”) for their recent victory at the Isle of Man TT!
The world’s most advanced electric motorcycle, the 2010 MotoCzysz E1pc won the TT Zero electric race by lapping the Isle of Man at a record 96.820 MPH, just shy of the 100 MPH goal the team was aiming for. The motorcycle has five individual battery packs on each side which contain 1.25 kWh of energy apiece (10 times the battery capacity of a Toyota Prius), weigh 19.5 Lbs and can be removed and replaced in seconds. For reference the MPH lap record set by the fastest gas-powered superbikes is 131.5MPH.
The Motoczysz win makes history. Not only for electric motorcycles, but it’s the first time an American-made bike has won a race at the Isle of Man since Indian debuted a two-speed gearbox in 1911 and only the second time an American rider has finished first there. Popular Science has an excellent article on the back story HERE.
There is an incredible amount of science and technology that has gone into the design and manufacture of this electric motorcycle. When will the ingenious inventors and garage tinkers at H-D get involved in this technology?
Photo courtesy of Motoczysz and Amadeus Photography.
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