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2013 MotoCzysz E1pc: official photos and details
Full details and images of the 2013 MotoCzysz E1pc.
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HFL Staff
May 31 2013
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2013 MotoCzysz E1pc revealed
2013 MotoCzysz E1pc revealedUPDATE: More photos and details. The first photo of the 2013 MotoCzysz E1pc has been revealed on Twitter. Gone are last...
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HFL Staff
May 30 2013
A brief conversation with Michael Czysz
Last week, I went over the 2012 Motoczysz E1pc with Michael Czysz himself. I met him in Boston at the launch of SolidWorks 2013, which is the latest version of the software that Motoczysz uses to design their bikes and spent a few minutes talking design and aerodynamics. Here's that conversation. Update: full, 40-minute audio interview added. MotoCzysz uses SolidWorks for an astounding range o...
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Nick Goddard
Sep 16 2012
Steve Atlas returns to TTXGP with a win
Pictured here is Steve Atlas, back from injuring his back and hand on May 4, riding to victory at the Portland International Raceway round of the TTXGP. Steve and this 130bhp Brammo Empulse RR achieved a resounding victory in a field that only included seven bikes after the two MotoCzysz entries suffered mechanical trouble. Update: word from MotoCzysz. More than a simple win in an under-conte...
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HFL Staff
Jun 27 2012
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Life Electric: living with a Zero DS
We’ve been writing about electric bikes since HFL’s launch, four years ago, in the process covering their rise from flights of fancy to futuristic concepts to expensive novelties to gas-beating race bikes and, lately, the creation of realistic consumer products. But while we’ve spent plenty of time on machines like the Brammo Enertia, MotoCzysz E1pc and even the full Zero range, we’ve neve...
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HFL Staff
Apr 9 2012
Is the Mugen Shinden just a disguised Honda RC-E?
The bike you see here is the Mugen Shinden, a prototype electric race bike that will compete at this summer’s TT Zero, racing bikes like the MotoCzysz E1pc. Mugen is a japanese race team and tuning company that’s long existed as sort of a Skunk Works-like, external R&D company for Honda. There’s no public link between Honda and the Shinden. But, now that we see the bike, it’s evident that ...
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HFL Staff
Mar 5 2012
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Steve Rapp and David Salguero on lapping the Mission R on par with 600s
Two weekends ago, San Francisco-based startup Mission Motors made history when rider Steve Rapp lapped Laguna Seca in 1:31.3. That’s a new record for electric vehicles of any kind and would have put them 5th on that weekend’s AMA Supersport grid. Steve went on to win the race, utterly blowing away competition from MotoCzysz, Lightning and Brammo. Two days ago, we talked to Steve and our old bu...
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HFL Staff
Aug 7 2011
Michael Czysz on the 2011 MotoCzysz E1pc
We caught up with Michael Czysz this morning when rain delayed the Isle of Man’s TT Zero race until tomorrow and finally squeezed details of the 2011 MotoCzysz E1pc out of him. Is this new bike really a significant step forward from last year’s revolutionary machine? Is a 100mph lap finally in sight? What’s his response to MCN calling him a liar? How does he plan to steal Chip Yates’ thund...
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HFL Staff
Jun 9 2011
2011 MotoCzysz E1pc in action
Our buddy Jamie Robinson snapped these pictures for us as Michael Rutter turned a wheel on the 2011 MotoCysz E1pc for the first time. Jamie reports that Rutter was “steady” at the test on the Isle of Man’s Jurby Airfield, likely taking it easy ahead of today’s practice session on the Mountain Course. Not only do these pictures give us a better look at the new bike, but they reveal one fasc...
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HFL Staff
Jun 4 2011
Inside the Mission R electric superbike
Here’s a rare look inside the workings of of an electric race bike. The Mission R is unique not because of its 141bhp electric motor, but because it packs that plus a 14kWh battery pack (the 2010 MotoCzysz E1pc is only 13.75kWh) into a package no larger than a 600cc sportsbike. A big part of the ability to do that came from the James Parker-designed chassis. The following explanation comes dir...
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HFL Staff
Jan 18 2011
Mission R Electric Superbike: much smaller, much more capacity
Despite featuring more battery capacity — 14.4kWh — than the 2010 MotoCzysz E1pc or the Chip Yates electric superbike, this Mission R is relatively tiny, with similar overall dimensions to an R6 and lightweight— just 545lbs. Of course, it won’t be racing either of those electric bikes, it’ll be racing in the TTXGP, where specs like this should dominate. What of the much-promised Mission ...
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HFL Staff
Dec 17 2010
Retro: Moto Morini 500 Turbo
Know how the 2010 MotoCzysz E1pc uses winglets to funnel high pressure air through channels in the frame to the bike’s rear to break up the low-pressure area there? It’s a futuristic solution for the motorcycle of the future, but Michael wasn’t the first person to come up with it. In 1981, the Moto Morini 500 Turbo used a similar solution to achieve both aerodynamic function and cool the rad...
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HFL Staff
Nov 11 2010
MotoCzysz D1: the turn-key solution to electric drive
People love to say that MotoCzysz doesn’t make anything, aside from race-winning motorcycles that is. Well, here’s something they made that’s going on sale next year: the D1g1tal Dr1ve D1, a plug-and-play, fully-integrated electric drive system based on the 2010 MotoCzysz E1pc that anyone wanting to sell an electric vehicle can drop into a chassis and hit the market with. Such a turn-key s...
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HFL Staff
Nov 9 2010
Riding the 2010 MotoCzysz E1pc
Winning races at the Isle of Man and Laguna Seca and reaching a top speed of 163mph at Bonneville, the 2010 MotoCzysz E1pc is the most advanced electric superbike ever made. Equipped with a liquid-cooled motor delivering 120bhp and 250lb/ft of torque, it also promises to be the first capable of performing like the gasoline-powered sportsbikes of today. We took it to Oregon Raceway Park to find out...
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David Folch
Oct 11 2010
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Details: Brammo Empulse RR
HFL superfriend Sean Smith stuck his camera lens up inside the Brammo Empulse RR to grab these pictures at Laguna Seca last weekend. What they reveal is an electric race bike that's shockingly similar in configuration to the 2010 MotoCzysz E1pc. We're not suggesting that one rips off the other, instead it looks like two companies have independently come to similar conclusions about the best ...
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HFL Staff
Jul 30 2010
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MotoCzysz Electric D1g1tal Dr1ve: plug-and-play 100 HP electric powertrain
Competing directly with Here's the press release:MotoCzysz Electric D1g1tal Dr1ve SystemMotoCzysz announces the most integrated electric drive available. The first product from a family of integrated drives being developed by MotoCzysz is designed and engineered specifically for high performance electric motorcycles. The eDD system integrates advanced technol...
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HFL Staff
Feb 27 2010
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MotoCzysz E1pc "D1g1tal Superbike" leaks before TTXGP
This is the completed MotoCzysz E1pc, the motorcycle Michael Czysz is calling the "D1g1tal Superbike." The lame name for an unoriginal concept aside -- a digital superbike is one that uses upgradable powertrain components, Zero pioneered this -- this is a damn impressive motorcycle. Using 10 battery packs and 3 motors, it can accelerate to 120mph in just seven or eight seconds, on par with current...
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HFL Staff
Jun 4 2009
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Brammo confirms second Enertia TTR, rider for 2009 TTXGP, releases specs
The 2009 Isle of Man TTXGP is quickly developing from a neat little PR stunt about electric bikes to a full-fledged knock-down drag-out race. Adding a second Enertia TTR to the event, Brammo has considerably upped the ante and, as far as we know, are the first and only manufacturer to run a full-fledged 2-bike team.>Similar to the MotoCzysz E1pc, Brammo's TTR is running a modular battery system...
By
Grant Ray
May 22 2009
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