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Killacycle's (Electric Drag Bike)

Postby limbo » Tue Dec 15, 2009 10:42 pm

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The world's quickest and fastest electric vehicle on the quarter mile is coming to New Zealand in January.

Philip at Greenstage has organised the KillaCycle team to come out for a tour of the North Island including a few runs at Meremere. This bike is seriously fast, it does 0-100km/h in less than 1 second! It holds the world electric drag record, covering 1/4 mile from a standing start in 7.864 seconds and doing 169 MPH at the end. That's 272km/h.

The confirmed events are thus:

1. Thur 21st - Sun 24th Jan - Wellington, show and talk at Te Papa (Bill Dube, the KillaCycle owner, will be speaking 6:30pm Thursday and 1pm Sunday for 30-40 minutes).
2. Mon 25th Jan - Manfield, show and talk (Te Manawa museum).
3. Wed 27th Jan - Taupo, show and talk (exact location to be determined).
4. Thur 28th Jan - Hamilton, show and talk (Wintec, Automotive workshop D1.01 Avalon Campus).
5. Sat Jan 30th - Auckland, 4 and Rotary Nationals show and shine (ASB Showrounds, Greenlane, Auckland).
6. Sun Jan 31st - Meremere, 4 and Rotary Nationals - exhibition drag race (Fram Autolite Dragway, Meremere).


http://www.killacycle.com/

Vid of a 1/4 pass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akximCGuLm8

and a better vid of him doing an interview then crashing it into a parked car with no safety gear on. (jump to 3:00min in if you have ADHD)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV8_meso6kU
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Postby Brick » Tue Dec 15, 2009 10:48 pm

8O whoa that thing is cool

not sure about that crash though? fake?
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Postby snwtoy » Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:10 pm

That dragstrip looks soooo downhill
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Postby limbo » Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:15 pm

The crash is real, my brother is balls deep in electric everything, and is on the pit crew for him when he is in Auckland/Meremere.
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Postby cole86 » Wed Dec 16, 2009 9:31 am

that thing is $&#$% SICK
will definitly be going to see this little baby haul ass in person!

good news is good.
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