Author: David Herron
2012 SES TT Zero Awards Ceremony – filmed by @pinkyracer
The podium finishers accept their awards and have a few words to say about racing electric bikes. They each got awards for breaking the ton as well as for where they finished.
Azhar Hussain on the State of the TTXGP, the eSuperStock award, and TTXGP grid size
At the TTXGP race recently held at the Infineon Raceway, some chaps with Motorcycle.COM interviewed Azhar Hussain on the state of the TTXGP. The video is really just a teaser of some longer piece they have posted on their website, in that this sounds like the beginning of a longer…
Documentary-like video on the TT ZERO race, and MotoCzysz’s involvement in the series
A little documentary about the TTXGP / TT ZERO on the Isle of Man, and especially focusing on MotoCzysz’s involvement in the series.
Toyota Motorsport to race to the clouds at Pikes Peak with new electric race car
Toyota Motorsport Group last year took an electric race car, the EV P001, to the Nürburgring to set a lap record for electric cars. This year TMG is taking the next iteration, the EV P002, to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, to see about racing to the clouds. The specs…
Kleenspeed reports on testing the EV-X11 electric race car at Infineon Raceway
Kleenspeed, developer of electric vehicle drive train components, just distributed a press release going over results of their recent testing with the EV-X11 electric race car. This car is based on the West WX-10 race car chassis, and has been outfitted with electric drive train components for Kleenspeed to use…
The ton breaks at 2012 TT ZERO with podium finishes for MotoCzysz and MUGEN Shinden
Mike Rutter, MotoCzysz, breaks the Ton at the 2012 TT-ZERO electric motorcycle race on the Isle of Man. Team mate Mark Miller and John McGuiness, riding for Mugen Shinden, also broke the Ton, with Rutter turning in the fastest time of 21:45.33 mins at an average speed of 104.056 miles/hr.…
Random TTZERO tweets, Monday June 4, 2012, Lightning seen, MotoCzysz breaks ton, etc
@iom_tt iomtt.com http://www.iomtt.com Isle of Man Rutter unofficialally breaks the 100mph barrier in the TT Zero Class at 102.508mph. #iomtt Mon Jun 04 15:28:39 +0000 2012 #iomtt @MotoGPJules Julian Ryder http://www.julianryder.com Cheshire, UK Rutter & MotoCzysz vs McGuinness & Mugen (Honda in disguise) in TTZero now one of the most…
Zytek makes hard decision to withdraw from 2012 SES TT Zero
NOTE: This is copied directly from an IOMTT press release. The Zytek Bournemouth Kawasaki racing team has withdrawn from the SES TT Zero challenge at the 2012 Isle of Man TT fuelled by Monster Energy. The decision to postpone the debut of the team was due to the ambitious nature…
The “ton” is gonna break in this years TT ZERO at IOM TT 2012 – MotoCzysz 102mph lap
The Isle of Man Government has put up a £10,000 prize fund for the first bike in the TT ZERO to “break the ton”, meaning turn in a lap speed over 100 miles/hr. Last year Mike Rutter riding for MotoCzysz nearly did the deed, with a 99.604 miles/hr lap speed, and…
Fisker releases business update showing the company isn’t in death throes
To hear some pundits say it, Fisker Automotive is in death throes because the Dept of Energy froze the loans, and the company laid off some workers, instead the company’s inaugural business update paints the picture of a company successfully selling the Karma and raising investment dollars to launch production…
Electric bicycle “world championship” in Bristol England, sponsored by Atmosphere Electric Bikes
As part of the Brisol “Green Week” in mid-June, Atmosphere Electric Bikes has organized what they’re billing as the “First ever Electric Bike World Championship Hill Climb” event. Over 10 electric bicycle manufacturers are entering bikes for a series of races up Park Street, which is said to be Britain’s…
TTXGP Europe 2012 opener in Sweden
Sunday (race day) http://www.egrandprix.com/news.php?id=282 Himmelman made light work of the season opener and set a blistering race pace that the other racers could only hope to match. Himmelman led from the start. His team mate was unable to join the TTXGP season opener due to contractual conflicts however this hasn’t deterred…
John McGuinness tweeting about the Mugen electric bike at IOM TT ZERO
The world et al is getting ready for the IOM TT ZERO race, and one of the people involved is John McGuinness riding for Team Mugen. Shows some up-close pics of the Mugen bike. It appears there are two of the bikes, and probably one is a backup bike. Our friends…
2012 SES TT Zero Challenge attracts highest entry ever
In late April the SES TT Zero organizers posted the entry list at – http://www.iomtt.com/News/2012/04/23/2012-SES-TT-Zero-Challenge-attracts-highest-entry-ever.aspx It is the largest entry list with this race under the TT ZERO name. The inaugural year, under the TTXGP name, had a larger entry list, but not all of those teams made it to the…
