Chip Yates and his team took the world’s most powerful and world’s fastest electric superbike to an official 2-day test at Pikes Peak in preparation for the 89th running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on June 26th 2011. This was Chip’s first-ever run up the hill and the team showed impressive speed right out of the gates!
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Erik Buell is right: Everything would have been different if Buell Motorcycles had built this bike first, as he intended, instead of the quirky 1125R that parent company Harley-Davidson demanded in 2007. Motor Company management feared competing with Japanese and European manufacturers head-on, so rather than green-light a pure superbike they commissioned the offbeat 1125R. That bike’s failure to connect beyond a small group of outlier enthusiasts was the beginning of the end for the Buell brand.
Erik always believed he had the engineering and technological prowess to take on foreign competition. Now liberated from Harley and   … Pictures & More
2012 EBR Erik Buell Racing 1190RS Engine build and start-up.
Motorcyclists from throughout the Southland and beyond are making their way to Big Bear Valley for the ninth annual Big Bear Choppers Ride the Mountain Saturday, June 11. The bike show, concert and poker run returns to Snow Summit Mountain Resort from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Music, vendors, entertainment, food, and a bike show are part of the fun. “Our run is the only Southern California run that is getting bigger as  … More