Orange County Choppers, the New York-based custom motorcycle shop, is famous for its loud, raked-back choppers. The shop is also the scene of the TLC reality show American Chopper. Recently, OCC worked with Siemens to develop an electric motorcyle:
On Wednesday, Siemens, the electronics and electrical engineering global powerhouse, unveiled the Smart Chopper it commissioned from the renowned custom motorcycle outfit. Siemens claims the bike has a 60-mile range and a 100 mph top speed. An onboard charging unit can be plugged into any 110-volt socket to charge the bike in five hours, and Siemens says it’ll charge in as little as one hour when plugged into a higher-voltage station. A single-speed, clutch-less transmission delivers the power from a 27-hp electric motor.
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The world's fastest motorcycle has already been built and crashed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o15EALghp0
(note: no one super badly hurt)
The design also suffers from the Siemens logo, they should have come up with something special for the occasion. It turns this bike into a kitchen appliance.
There are a lot of self built electric dragsters already and they are super impressive, at least on the quarter mile.
Surely if they put the effort into better charge times, longer range, lower prices...
their facebook page is on the way, as well.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Smart-Chopper/122737577203
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