Jensen won't be happy until there is an electric bike that will do exactly what his Dutaci does now, as far as convenience, range, and weight.
Mission, moved from a motorcycle company to a drivetrain tech company, and most of the motorcycle guys have been slowly phased out. I feel he only way the big wigs were going to allow racing is if it was 100% paid for by people outside the company, and even then they might charge a fee on top of that for use of the bike. At this point it feels like the bike isn't much more than a glorified mascot. Of course, as small as the racing series is it isn't attracting enough sponsors to get that much money. As time marches on I am really curious to see just how well that motorcycle would work on other courses. I suspect it wouldn't be as dominant. Mission's times will fall next year for sure. I also wonder if they had invested in racing if it wouldn't have proved beneficial. Something I noticed with eCRP gone and Zero in the series this year, is that if you are racing you giving people something to talk about, whether you are running up front or not, finishing or not. I had nothing to say about eCRP until they did that benefit race for the earthquake victims. MotoCzysz, on the other hand, even though they only completed one race this year, has continued to make headlines, and possibly continued to drive business. Zero made some headlines with recalls. If MotoZero hadn't formed that would have been the only news. But instead they has stock bikes banging bars every round this year, showing that they were reliable and fun bikes. The racing series may not be big enough to actually be worth the equivalent advertizing dollars, but I believe companies like Brammo see it as paying into a bank, and when they come out the other end the payback will be big. But companies like Brammo and Muench aren't just investing into their companies, they are investing in the industry in general.
