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My friend just e-mailed this article to me :

Killacycle Green Motorbike Unveiled At Driving Sustainability 2008 Car Show In Reykjavik, Iceland
Catherine Jacob - Monday September 22, 2008
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CarloSW2

"The Killacycle has a top speed of 168mph and goes from 0-100 in a second."

You'll have to show me the 0-100 before I'll believe it. I don't see how you could possibly avoid breaking the rear wheel loose, and then you'd just sit there in a cloud of burning rubber...

Yah, 0-100 in 4 seconds maybe
YouTube - Killacycle New World Record 155 MPH!

Well 0-100 in 4 seconds is still very impressive and it's electric. It doesn't say what kind of range it has though.

Toss in some kind of gearing and don't drive it 168 mph and I'm sure it'd get at least a decent range.

it more than likey goes faster than 168 mph.

It was clocked at 168 mph in the 1/4 mile...

see vid..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHtAk...ower-5206.html

What is the sound that sounds like a rocket igniting when it launches? It sounds like what I would expect during the burnout.

Thats the rear slick..

You mean the tire? I've never been much of a drag racer. Can you elaborate?

Its just one of the many sounds that happens when you try and put a lot of torque to a tire....it wants to stick, and at the same time it wants to spin....but it won't(unless you overcome the actual limits of the tire itself)....I'm sure theres a much better explanation to it, but I don't know how to explain it very well.
I'm sure my slicks do it to, but you can't hear them over the exhuast and engine noise.

I think it is the sound of the wheelie bars scraping the track.

I'm sorry to be such a nerd about a stupid sound, but it's just fascinating that a tire can make that noise.

I hear 2 distinct sounds, one sounds like an RC car, :p the other like ripping cloth.

The first would be the motor, the latter the tire. And it is an interesting sound at that. :D

BTW, slightly off-topic, but is anyone else tired of hearing about "silent" electric cars? All the ones I've seen make as much or more noise than some quiet gas engines, and I rather like a car that lets people know when I'm moving. As in a warning to other drivers and pedestrians, yes, I really am accelerating at a rate of 32fps^2 ;)

0-100 KILOMETERS PER HOUR fellas... they're in Europe.... I think Bill said it takes about 2 seconds, not 1.

remember that a typical 1.0litre supersport bike (about $12,000) goes 180mph and goes 0-60mph in about 2.5 seconds. and gets mid to high 20's MPG.

There saying 0.8sec 0-60mph.

Whats the 1/4 mile like in a superbike?
The killacycle is 7.89sec
website here:

KillaCycle - World’s Quickest Electric Motorcycle

9.9sec 1/4mi its rare for even bad riders to go over 10.5

Not if you take the muffler off.
But, I don't understand the argument.
Even modern ICE vehicles with good mufflers are very difficult to hear from behind when you're biking.

Motorcycles need to have some sound report for safety reasons because they're more difficult for other motorists to see.