Electrobike racing from France

With its new electric motorcycle company H-KER expects next year to enter the starting grid championship FIM eRoadRacing.

From about the end of the last decade in various tournaments around the world have begun to hold competitions, where the speed of the track racers competed on elektrobaykah. Gradually, the individual races were organized into several independent series, the most famous being the TTXGP and FIM e-Power. This spring, the International Motorcycle Federation (FIM) announced an agreement with TTXGP on the establishment of a new racing series for motorcycles with electric motors. The new series will be held in the format of the World Cup, and 2013 will be the first season of the new competition. Four races of the new series will take place in Europe and the U.S., and the finale will be held in Asia. In 2014, the calendar will include the past six races, which will take place on three continents.

In preparation for the 2014 FIM eRoadRacing French company H-KER is actively working on his new motorcycle racing and has already presented the first sketch of the prototype. The new machine is based on a model of H-KERFirst, manufactured by the company at the moment, but its characteristics have significantly outperformed its predecessor. It is expected that the 2014 model year will be to develop the capacity of about 150 horsepower and accelerates to 280 km / h Unfortunately, until the championship eRoadRacing is in its infancy, as represented by only three major producers elektrobaykov. But in the H-KER are making every effort to Top racing season bring a working prototype and share the grid with such well-known manufacturers of electric motorcycles, such as Brammo, Zero and Zongshen.

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Desmo Tracker will go under the hammer

American customizer Roland Sands put up for online auction eBay his famous project Desmo Tracker, built on a replica motorcycle MotoGP Ducati Desmosedici RR.

The project Desmo Tracker was born in 2011, when a friend of Roland Sands lent his Ducati Desmosedici RR 2008 for alteration. To the place to mention that replica motorcycle MotoGP, created by Ducati, was released in quantities of 1,500 units and sold at a price of $ 72,500. So in the hands of Sands got a very exclusive device, which became after the re truly exclusive.

Grasp the case, experts Roland Sands Design studio decided to leave most of the mechanics of a motorcycle in an unchanged form, concentrating on his appearance - a new aluminum fuel tank, new radiator panels on the sides, an aluminum base for the seat. Powerful aluminum swingarm masters replaced by a console, and two 4-piston radial Brembo Monobloc staples left only one.

The exhaust system custom-studio employees have created their own, as the finished part using a titanium exhaust FMF. In addition, the standard 17-inch front and 16-inch rear wheel Ducati Desmosedici RR have been replaced by 19-inch by RSD. Future owner of the nearly 200-strong flat-tracker RSD Desmo Tracker will have to seriously go broke - online auction will start at $ 50,000.

The company Roland Sands Design, established in 2005 and located in the town of La Palma, California, is currently one of the most respected and sought after custom-tailors in the United States. During its short history RSD has worked with such renowned brands like Harley Davidson, Ducati, Victory, Yamaha, Honda, KTM, Aprilia and others.

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