Originally known for his dream of designing and building a MotoGP bike, American Michael Czysz is working on a new project. Building an electric powered motorcycle for the world’s first zero emissions Grand Prix. The event is taking place on June 12th alongside the Isle of Man TT, and will be called the TTXGP.The bike, known as the MotoCzysz E1pc “Digital Superbike”, was taken from concept to construction in less than five months. Czysz claims the bike will do 0-120mph in 7-8 seconds, and handle like a sportbike with torque and acceleration. All this in a bike with no gas, no oil and no clutch. It’s easy to doubt a man who has yet to sell one of his creations, but his C1 MotoGP bike featured several innovative designs.
Czysz’s evolution into designing and building motorcycles is the unlikely story of an architect and motorcycle racer with the dream of building an American made MotoGP bike. The work of Czysz and his team was captured in a Discovery Channel documentary entitled Birth Of A Racer. All the drama of building, testing and improving the bike known as the C1 was captured in the film. Czysz’s imagination and determination have now been focused on the new electric bike. The TTXGP race at the Isle of Man will the first competitive test for any Czysz bike.
Click on this link to find out more about the MotoCzysz E1pc, and hear how loud an electric bike can be:
http://www.motoczysz.com/club/
Mark Niel, the director of Faster, is doing a documentary on the MotoCzysz effort at the Isle of Man, and Road Racer X is publishing a blog by Mark Miller who will be racing the bike.
http://www.roadracerx.com/news/mark-miller-isle-of-man-tt-report-5/
