Electric motorcycle inventor crashes at Wired NextFest
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By Humphrey Cheung
Thursday, September 13, 2007 16:49
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"Los Angeles (CA) – The inventor of the “KillaCycle” electric motorcycle almost killed himself during a demonstration at the Wired NextFest conference. Bill Dube, a government scientist during the day and electric bike builder at night, did a “burn out” in front of the Los Angeles Convention Center, but accidentally accelerated too much and crashed into a Minivan."[/align][/align]Full article and film of crash [/align][/align]http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/cont...33853-113.html[/align][/align].... 400 hp with 175 lbs of batteries ... jeeezus tap dancin christ


Also demonstrated was it's ability to stop. It successfully went from 60 to 0 in an astonishing .2 seconds... roughly 5 times as impressive as it's 0 to 60 mph figures. heh (c;

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Dammmmm

 

new depths in crotch-rocketry

 

im amused...amazed..horrified and in love!

 

Seriously, I can spin the tire on a 40hp dirt bike without any help. You hold the brake in, slip the clutch a bit and let her fly. WTF is this about releasing the brake to untwist the throttle? Better go back to the drawing board and fix that little problem. My personal piece of advice is to not get your A$$ anywhere near the seat of a 400hp motorcycle until you get a handle on riding something a little milder, like a 13hp scooter. [/align]

 

thank god the mini-van was there to stop him or he would've ended up in mexico.

 

The crash did suck, for him, but that bike is bad @ss. Fast, fast, fast.

 

Easy Poppa - someone will come out of the wood work and start complaining this is an HD forum, not a forum for newfangled battery powered bikes! LOL!

 

if his heart stopped beating they could have used his bike to jump start it

 

I THINK HE SHOULD SUE THE OWNER OF THE MINI VAN FOR GETTING IN HIS WAY.LOL