Team Agni wins first el-bike race on Isle of Man
Team Agni won the first inaugural TTXGP, a race for electric motorcycles, thanks to electricmotorsport.com for the picture.
This is kinda old news since the race was in June, but hey, it’s still interesting! Indian based Team Agni won the very first electric motorcycle race, TTXGP, that I wrote about in a previous post (click here to read that one).
Their bike was a modified 2007 GSX-R600. The average speed for the bike around Isle of Man was 140,7km/h (87,434mph), not bad for something that runs on a battery! Thomas Schönfelder took second place in his battery powered Laverda and he also had the top speed during the race, a gasping 171,5km/h (106,5mph)!
A new race next year is confirmed and it will be interesting to see what batteries they’ve come up with then!
Hit this site for lots of cool photos of the motorcycles that participated: EV Racing News.
Isle of Man electric motorcycle race
Inspection before the race starts, no petrol here! (left), Team Kingston University (right)
Links:
More Photos of the bikes: EV Racing News
MotorcycleNews: TTXGP: Team Agni blitzes field in first practice
HellForLeather: Team Agni wins inaugural TTXGP
