TTXGP 2011: Specs class, more teams and races

Michael Barnes of Lightning Motorcycles had already won the championship before the final race at VIRginia International Raceway, but to TTXGP founder Azhar Hussain the increasingly tighter racing is one of the biggest achievements of the TTXGP North American championship's…

How the FIM and TTXGP can fix electric motorcycle racing

Photo: Grant Ray"Racing improves the breed." That was Azhar Hussain's mantra when he launched TTXGP and the idea of electric motorcycle racing a couple of years ago. He's right, of course. If we want the best possible electric street bikes…

TTXGP Infineon, the movie

Photo: Grant RayTwo weeks ago, the first American round of the TTXGP was held at California's Infineon Raceway. SPEEDtv partnered with the race's organizers to produce a one hour in-depth documentary on the historic event. Here, for the first time,…

Excursion: TTXGP Infineon

This photo of the empty grandstands was taken from the roof of our RV during the Saturday qualifying for the first TTXGP race to take place on American soil. The Infineon event was odd, not least because we were thrown…

How to get kicked out of the TTXGP

Photos: Grant RayWant to get kicked out of the first electric motorcycle road race in America? You'll need one unreleased Native X electric supermoto (more torque than a Zero S, tubular steel chassis), a women's bathroom located inside the paddock…

Destination: TTXGP Infineon

Grant and I are in San Francisco to cover this weekend's TTXGP race at Infineon. Between now and then we'll be meeting some people and creating stories with some other people. We'll be adding live content throughout, which you'll be…

How to turn a Zero S into a racer

This is the Zero S race bike Zero engineer Kenyon Kluge will be campaigning at the TTXGP this weekend. To create it he dropped the frame onto a GSX-R1000 front end, ditched the on-board charger and added a little more…