IET technology - Mike Vallade on Electric Motorcycle Brammo Encite

[Brammofan]

He wipes out at the first turn, but makes an impressive comeback.

[protomech]

What race was that? I remember seem to recall watching it a little while back.

It's impressive how much more power the Encite has compared to the gas bikes. He pulls in on the gas bikes so quickly on the straights.

Could be a classification issue that will get sorted over time - no idea what displacement the gas bikes are - but I would expect electric bikes to become dominant first in short light-weight races, and moving up from there.

[FreepZ]

If nothing else, we can at least see that the bike can take a bit of dust!

[ttxgpfan]

It's a Mini MX race, which is the class the Encite is aimed at, as it is the Engage's smaller sibling.  According to Wikipedia mini motos started as pit bikes that people modded.  But since 2004 all the major manufacturers have been making and selling them.  They range from 50cc to 195cc, and I believe are all 4-strokes.

According the these http://www.minimotosx.com/adult-classes/rules the classes are devided p according to wheel size.  The electrics are allowed in the biggest wheel class and going up against air cooled 100 to 150cc bikes.