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Zero Motorcycles has just released their new 2009 Zero MX electric motocross bike.
This motorcycle was made for heavy dirt track riding but only weighs 150 pounds (wow) and sports a lithium-ion battery with a life of 40 miles (roughly 2 hours of continuous riding). The drivetrain is so silent you could probably ride this thing through a library and nobody would know, except the naughty librarian's assistant, who would quickly notice and extort a steamy session of, uh, a game of scrabble out of you before letting you on your way (okay enough of our fantasies). The bottom-line is, MX uses the same 23-horsepower, 8-inch brushed permanent magnet motor as the X enduru bike, which founder Neal Saiki says produces as much power as a 250-cc gas engine, and with 50 foot-pounds of torque it’ll smoke the tire.
The Zero MX electric motorbike is available for about $8300, and thanks to its near-silent operation, can be ridden in a lot more places than regular bikes where the ensuing gasoline-fueled braaaap-brap-braaaaaap racket usually draws the attention of local residents.
Details at Wired.com
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