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Hobbies & Interests => Two Wheel Forum => Topic started by: theking on September 15, 2014, 07:21:10 PM

Title: Sure she rode it and was fast on it but not sure about that sidecar
Post by: theking on September 15, 2014, 07:21:10 PM


Fastest woman on a motorcycle hits 241 mph with electricity instead of gas


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Colorado resident Eva Håkansson and her husband Bill Dubé, both engineers, have been building their KillaJoule streamlined sidecar machine for five years in their Colorado backyard, powered by a brace of A123 Systems' lithium-ion batteries and electric motors generating some 400 hp and 800 ft.-lbs. of torque. Last month, at the Bonneville Speed Week, Håkansson ran a two-way average of 240.726 mph over the six-mile course.

Speed records are meant to be broken on the salt flats, but Håkansson's mark stands out. That speed bested the previous record for a sidecar motorcycle by 25 mph — a huge jump by land-speed standards. The record made Håkansson the fastest woman on a motorcycle of any kind



Title: Re: Sure she rode it and was fast on it but not sure about that sidecar
Post by: Finest on September 18, 2014, 03:21:43 PM
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but don't motorcycles have TWO wheels instead of FOUR?

Title: Re: Sure she rode it and was fast on it but not sure about that sidecar
Post by: theking on September 18, 2014, 07:41:49 PM
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but don't motorcycles have TWO wheels instead of FOUR?



The one in discussion has 3 wheels which is why I think it's more of a trike.

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