University of Denver engineering graduate student Eva HÃ¥kansson pushed her home-built electric sidecar motorcycle “KillaJoule” to just over 216 mph (347 km/h) last week, while setting a new world record for electric sidecar bikes at the BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials at Bonneville Salt Flats. The top speed comes achingly close to the fastest record ever set with an internal combustion engine for a bike of that type: 219 mph (352 km/h).
HÃ¥kansson and her husband Bill Dube are well known on the electric motorcycle racing scene, especially for their “KillaCycle” electric drag bike. Unlike the KillaCycle however, the 18 foot (6 meter) long KillaJoule is   … Pictures and more
MotoGP star Valentino Rossi will return to sports cars for next weekend’s Blancpain Endurance Series race at the Nurburgring.
The seven-time MotoGP champion contested the opening Blancpain race at Monza in April, sharing a Kessel-run Ferrari with Alessio Salucci. They qualified in the top 10 and finished 18th after an incident in traffic. Rossi will drive the same car in the German event, which shares the bill with the penultimate round of the GT1 World Championship   … More
You can read this as a tardy race report, or more appropriately as a glimpse at the most brutal motorcycle racing series and the emergence of a diminutive female as a competitor at the top.
No sooner does the national anthem hit its last note than an Apache attack helicopter soars upward, banks a few times for a good show, then thunders out of view. Seconds later the booming of the Apache is overpowered by the music of twin-cylinder motorcycles roaring to life. Mechanics lugging starter motors scurry out of the grid as the HarleyKawiTriumDucati symphony reaches full thunder.
The AMA track boss, a no-nonsense lady if ever there was one  … More
Jason Weigandt takes you through the extended highlights from the 450, 250 and WMX classes at the Red Bull Lake Elsinore National. Find out how Blake Baggett locked up the 250 Class title, then hear from the champ himself as we catch up with Baggett for an interview.