Month: July 2010

The design for the KillaJoule landing gear is finalized!“Landing gear on a motorcycle??!!???!” you might think. Yep, the driver/rider is completely enclosed in a streamliner and can’t put down the feet. Without landing gear, the bike will fall over when it stops. The landing gear will be actuated with an air cylinder. (If you happen… Continue reading KillaJoule landing gear

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After close to one year in front of the drawing board and four design iterations, the KillaJoule body design is finally finalized. You can help us make this reality and write history (see bottom of this post). Picture: The final body design for KillaJoule. These days almost all streamliners – motorcycles as well as cars… Continue reading KillaJoule design finally finalized

The KillaCycle crew spent the day with David Pogue and the PBS Nova film crew yesterday (July 16th), They are doing a show about advanced battery technology. Picture: Bill with David Pogue from PBS Nova. Until they actually saw the first run at Bandimere Speedway, they did not fully believe “Zero to 60 mph in… Continue reading PBS Nova films the KillaCycle at Bandimere

Want to see KillaCycle do 0-60 in less than a second live? Come to Bandimere Speedway just outside Denver on Friday July 16th. We will run in the afternoon. The TV show PBS Nova will be there to film us. We will also be at the Test and Tune at Bandimere Speedway on Wednesday evening… Continue reading See KillaCycle in action July 14th and 16th!

ElectroCat really proved the old saying “To finish first, one must first finish” at Pike’s Peak. There were three electric motorcycles registered, two came to the starting line but only ElectroCat finished. The Pike’s Peak Race week was filled with lots of drama but little action. Mark Gardiner has written an entertaining article about it… Continue reading The turtle took the trophy