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Old 11-05-2008, 03:34 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Electric Motorcycle wins a drag race...REALLY!
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Electric bike wins drag race


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Old 11-05-2008, 03:55 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Cool, but I wanna see pics!
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Old 11-06-2008, 09:58 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I could not find any of that bike...but....check out the following link for much quiker EVs with video!

National Electric Drag Racing Association
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Old 11-07-2008, 08:34 PM   #4 (permalink)
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That's awesome... This video was popular like 4 years ago - I always crack up watching it.
Sadly, it's not an electric goped....
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Old 11-07-2008, 08:42 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Hey gascourt, do you have a goped?
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Old 11-08-2008, 12:48 AM   #6 (permalink)
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It's this one.

Mike being on the far left.

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http://link.brightcove.com/services/...ctid1432753810
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Old 11-08-2008, 05:11 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Husted puts the smoke back in...
Have you guys seen the Killacycle run? They are running in the sevens, using lithium cells, and over twice the voltage of you're bike. Interestingly, they have the venerable Jim Husted "putting the smoke back in" after they let it out...
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i have seen the Killacycle run a few times, great fun.
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Old 02-07-2009, 02:31 AM   #9 (permalink)
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I have a picture of Killacycle with Rebecca, one of the crew sitting on it as my desktop background.
True story.
http://thegeekreview.com/wp-content/...killacycle.jpg


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