Under lördagen visade Ligtning Motorcycles upp sin senaste skapelse, en landsvägsversion av deras racemaskin som de bland annat vann 2013 års Pikes Peak med, och då visade att eldrivet kan vara snabbare än bensindrivna motorcyklar. Här kan du se de första bilderna på den nya modellen LS-218, som tillverkaren själv hävdar är världens snabbaste serietillverkade motorcykel. Med över 200 hästkrafter och mer än 200 Newtonmeter vridmoment kan så mycket väl vara fallet...
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Saxade faktauppgifter från tillverkaren:
Each part of the SuperBike is purpose built to provide you the most performance on or off the track.
TRANSMISSION:
- None. Direct drive motor.
SUPERBIKE MOTOR
- IPM liquid cooled 150kw+ 10,500 rpm electric motor. This generates an equivalent of 200 hp and 168 ft/lbs of torque.
BATTERY PACK
Battery Pack options:
- 380V 12kwh battery pack good for 100-120 miles per charge*
- 380V 15kwh battery pack good for 120-150 miles per charge*
- 380V 20kwh battery pack good for 160-180 miles per charge*
Lightning Motorcycle exclusively uses the most powerful and safest best of breed batteries currently available.
Charging time:
30 mins on a quick charger or 120 minutes on level 2 charger.
WEIGHT
- 495 lbs
SUSPENSION
Front suspension:
- Öhlins FGRT inverted fork
- NIX30 cartridge internals, TiN surface treatment, billet aluminum radial caliper mountings.
- Fully adjustable spring preload, compression and rebound damping.
Rear suspension:
- Billet aluminum swingarm with linear
- Öhlins TTX36 Shock and linkage system
- Adjustment for preload, ride height, high and low speed compression and rebound
BRAKES
- Dual Brembo 320mm disc; Brembo radial-mount forged 4-piston calipers
- 2 Brembo T-Drive 320mm Fully-Floating Rotors
- 2 Brembo Brembo GP4-RX CNC Radial Calipers
REGENERATIVE BRAKING
User programmable
WHEELS AND TIRES
Front:
- Marchesini forged magnesium 3.5″ x 17″, 120/70ZR17
Rear:
- Marchesini forged magnesium 6.0″ x 17″, 190/55ZR17
SEAT HEIGHT
- 32 inches