The coming of the electric motorcycle

Hell For Leather has extensively covered electric motorcycles from an enthusiast's perspective, but we haven't really looked at their impact on the mainstream motorcycle industry. Luckily, bike designer Michael Uhlarik is here to break down the reasons why electrics are…

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 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…

12 teams enter inaugural American TTXGP

Electric motorcycle racing is coming to America on May 16 with 12 teams entering the first-ever TTXGP race to take place on this continent. To put that in perspective, there were 20 entries at the fledgling series' first race at…

Oh Snap! Zero MX frame fails during Swiss race

A Zero MX suffered a catastrophic frame failure during a round of the Swiss e-Moto electric MX series this weekend, it looks like the head tube snapped off the frame rails. The bike's rider, Tommy Heimburg, suffered a concussion and…

Zero S and DS priced at just $4,107 (in Colorado)

Live in Colorado and want to buy a road-going electric motorcycle? Buying one just got a lot easier thanks to a $4,888 Colorado Alternative Fuel Vehicle tax credit and the 10% Federal tax credit for electric vehicles. We've reviewed both…