Maker Faire 2008: Electric motorcycles

posted May 7th 2008 10:15pm by Eliot Phillips
filed under: transportation hacks


Builder [Justin Gray] brought a pair of electric motorcycles to Maker Faire last weekend. Pictured above is the R84, which has 28 LiFePo cells and an 84v AC induction drive providing 54HP. All of that is stuffed in a 2000 Yamaha R1 frame. You can buy it now for $14,000.

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