Astonishing electric bike 0-100mph in 1 second !!

Not to be dubious, but that's 4.5Gs. I don't see how you'd be able to stay in the saddle. They may have meant 0-100km/h (62mph). That would be 2.8Gs, which is more in the realm of possibility.

 

The KillaCycle is a pretty amazing piece of machinery! From their website:
KillaCycle - World’s Quickest Electric Motorcycle

- KillaCycle is the quickest and most powerful electric motorcycle in the world. It has over 500 hp and accelerates 0-60 mph (0-96 km/h) in less than a second!

- has made the fastest (mph) and quickest (ET) ¼ mile pass ever made by any electric vehicle of any kind (7.824 s @ 168 mph, Pomona, November 2007).

Timeslip:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s196/SueBriMegJake1/DSC00199photo.jpg
Video:

KillaCycle facts:
0-60 mph (0-96 km/h): 0.97 seconds
Acceleration: 2.89 G (almost 3 times free fall)
¼ mile: 7.82 seconds @ 168 mph
Power: over 500 hp
Battery: 1210 lithium iron nano-phosphateâ„¢ cells from
A123 Systems
Battery weight: 200 lbs (90 kg)
Battery voltage: 374 Volts
Battery capacity: 9.1 kWh
Motors: Two DC series motors @ 87 lbs (40 kg) each.
Controller: Cafe Electric Zilla2k-HV
Drive: direct chain drive on the rear wheel.
Total weight of the bike: 653 lbs (296 kg).
Electricity consumption: 0.6 kWh, worth $0.07 for each run
down the strip including the burn out. It corresponds
to 2 ounces (70 ml) of gasoline.
Charger: Manzanita Micro PFC-50, 12kW power-factor corrected, multi-voltage input
Tires: M&H Racemaster 10.0/27.0 - 15 MHR-68

They are in the middle of a refit with a new battery pack using the latest gen A123 cells cutting pack weight in half. They are also transitioning to a new inverter and AC motor in hopes of going even faster.

Another good one to check out is the White Zombie:
Welcome to Plasma Boy Racing, home of White Zombie, the world's quickest street legal electric door slammer in the 1/4 mile drag.
Worlds fastest street legal electric car, 1972 Datsun 1200 w/ 772 ftlbs of torque Best run so far <12s on PbA, <11.5s on Li-ion.

Rob

 

Now that's a crotch rocket. Wow.

 

I pulled 2.8 G's once. But I was in the back seat of an F-4e at the time! I cannot imagine a bike doing that!

 

Have you guys seen thise bike before?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBu39z-LC7M]YouTube - burn out on bike[/ame]

 

wow awesome! :thumb:

 

In the killacycle youtube, why did the engine sound like a combustion? Or was that my imagination?

After take off it sounded like an electric.

Very fast indeed.

 

You can hear the bike in the background.