The Killacycle Racing Team just set a new speed record in their class (three wheeled streamlined electric motorcycles) and for the first time in history an electric vehicle had the fastest speed at the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials event. I don’t know much beyond a couple postings from the Killacycle…
The ShootOut at the Bonneville Salt Flats is officially canceled ..per.. Post by KillaCycle Racing.
KillaCycle Racing has posted a few more pictures and statements. The short story is, that while the rain has let up the organizers will decide on Monday whether to cancel the event. Post by KillaCycle Racing. Post by KillaCycle Racing. Post by KillaCycle Racing.
KillaCycle Racing is back at the Bonneville Salt Flats for “Mike Cook’s ShootOut”. Racing was originally scheduled to start on Friday ..but.. heck Eva wrote it pretty well, so rather than rephrase it, I’ll paste it in here. I will note that, as Eva says, Drayson Racing is there as…
Drayson Racing recently set a land speed record of 204.2 miles/hr average speed over a measured mile at the Elvington Airfield, in Yorkshire. However that track wasn’t long enough for them to fully test just how fast the Drayson B12 69/EV can go because they had to start braking while…
Yesterday I reported on the Bonneville land speed racing last week, saying that Lightning Motorcycles had probably set a new record. I’ve now talked with Richard Hatfield, and learned that they did set an official AMA and FIM land speed record for electric motorcycles, however they didn’t get to beat…
KillaCycle Racing wasn’t the only electric motorcycle team at Bonneville this week. Lightning Motorcycles was there too, but they didn’t post as much on Facebook and I haven’t had a chance to talk with them. On Aug 26 they posted: “We’re super excited to say that today, on the legendary…
It’s land speed racing time at the Bonneville Salt Flats and I see from Facebook that both Lightning Motorcycles and KillaCycle racing were there. In this post I’ll cover what KillaCycle posted on Facebook. The big takeaway is that they made it into the 201+ miles/hr club, it’s not clear…
The Nemesis, an electric supercar built by UK electricity supplier Ecotricity, broke the UK electric car land speed record on Thursday. The Nemesis, based on a Lotus Exige chasis, driven by Nick Ponting at Elvington Airfield near York, has set the new UK electric car land speed record at 151…
A couple days ago Eva Hakansson, builder of the KillaJoule and the better half of the KillaCycle team, reported having made an over-200 miles/hr run at Bonneville but achieving an average speed well under 200. As of Tuesday they were intent on making more runs on Wednesday and today, and setting…
A couple weeks ago I noted that Kevin Clemens was intending to set the land speed record in the under-150-kilogram class. Fast forward to this week, the BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials are underway, and he has set a record breaking the record he set last year. According to a news…
This week is the BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials, the AMA/FIM certified land speed racing event on the Bonneville Salt Flats. This year the KillaJoule team has returned to the salt and is having great success, already setting a record and achieving a 213.190 miles/hr run. The KillaJoule is a full…
Kevin Clemens of Lake Elmo MI is seeking to set the national land speed record for electric motorcycles – at 100 miles/hr. His motorcycle is a fairly typical motorcycle conversion, with an Agni motor and an Alltrax controller, though he was careful with the weight keeping that under 150 kilograms.…
KillaCycle Racing took the KillaJoule to the Loring Timing Association speed trials last week, setting a top speed of 188.063 miles/hr. The KillaJoule is a fully streamlined electric motorcycle. In postings on their Facebook page (see links below) Eva explained that “KillaJoule ran mechanically absolutely perfectly. It ran straight as…
The Buckeye Electric Motorcycle Race Team set an East Coast Timing Association (ECTA) speed record for electric motorcycles, July 8, 2012. The record speed was 144.352mph at the East Coast Timing Association Ohio Mile Track located in Wilmington, Ohio. The team is claiming to now hold the title of fastest…
