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 One production bike? That battery pack plus the Mission R’s 141bhp, 115lb/ft motor and steel strellis frame will be forming the basis of an all-new design that will be shown some time next year.

The Mission R is a triumph of packaging , allowing its engineers to squeeze that huge battery pack and the electric motor inside the trellis frame with a wheelbase just longer than that of a Ducati 1198. This also allowed them to act like ICE bike designers and pursue mass centralization. The Mission R’s center of gravity is located pretty much where you see the motor is and all heavy components are contained in one central package instead of spread out over the bike.

Where Chip Yates’ huge motor forces him to house his 180lbs battery pack in the tail of his GSX-R750-based superbike and MotoCzysz locates its motor under the swingarm, Mission is able to deliver a shockingly conventional package with the only oddity being the angle of the rear shock. Mission tells us this arrangement was chosen to keep the wheelbase short and the shock runs from a linkage under the swingarm to a top brace connected to the motor, which is a stressed member of the chassis.

We asked Mission to describe the shock arrangement: “The rear shock is actually pretty straightforward, it's just at a unique angle. Above the shock is an upside-down v-shaped brace, the lower two points of which are bolted to the motor. The top part is stabilized by the carbon fiber seat subframe. The reason for this arrangement is to keep the wheelbase short while allowing for the motor and batteries to be placed near the center of gravity.”

Power comes from a liquid-cooled three-phase induction motor that boasts a completely flat torque curve delivering that 115lb/ft max all the way from 0 to 6,400rpm. Top speed is said to be 160mph. The 100kw motor controller is equipped with customizable regenerative braking maps and throttle maps, allowing the rider to set the bike up for maximum performance or maximum range (or anything in between) and tune throttle response to suit the requirements of individual tracks.

The motor and controller were developed by MissionEVT, the company’s new powertrain division, which now develops electric drive solutions for outside companies.

The Mission R is being unveiled today at the Long Beach Motorcycle Show and will get it’s race debut in the TTXGP next season.

Mission R Specifications

Motor

141 horsepower liquid-cooled 3-phase AC induction

Torque

Crank: 115 ft-lb (0 – 6400RPM)

Top Speed

160+ mph

Energy Storage

• MissionEVT battery modules with integrated Battery Management System

• Carbon fiber casing with dielectric liner

• Swappable architecture

• 14.4 kWh total energy storage

Power Control

MissionEVT 100kW controller with integrated Vehicle Management System

• Adjustable throttle mapping

• Regenerative braking

• WiFi & 3G data connectivity

Transmission

Single speed, gear-driven primary reduction

Chassis

RADD-designed Quad-Element Frame

• Billet aluminum and

• Chrome-moly

• Power-Unit as fully-stressed member

• Battery box as semi-stressed member

Front Suspension

• Öhlins FGR-000 TTX25 Gas Charged Fork

• Adjustment for preload, ride height, high and low speed compression and

rebound

Rear Suspension

• Single-sided billet aluminum swingarm with linear wheelbase/chain adjustment

• Öhlins TTX36 Shock and progressive linkage system

• Adjustment for preload, ride height, high and low speed compression and

rebound

Wheels

Marchesini forged magnesium 10-spoke.

• Front:  17” x 3.5”

• Rear:   17” X 6”

Front Brake

• 2 Brembo 320 mm narrow-band racing stainless rotors

• 2 Brembo 2-piece billet 4-piston 30/34 mm differential bore radial-mount calipers

Rear Brake

• 245 mm stainless rotor

• Brembo HPK 2-piston 34 mm caliper

Mission Motors

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