[News Bot]

January 9, 2011 Chip Yates will pit his SWIZG.com superbike against the top gasoline bikes at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontant, CA.

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[RoughRider]

the weight of the bike is 266kg and they want to keep up with the gasoline racebikes, wich are just around 180kg(including fuell)??

how should this happen?

[frodus]

Because the torque that an electric has at 0rpm is much higher than a gas bike. Its heavy, but its also packing a LOT of HP.

[RoughRider]

Originally Posted by frodus

Because the torque that an electric has at 0rpm is much higher than a gas bike. Its heavy, but its also packing a LOT of HP.

SO WHAT?

1. how much power does this pike has? 100kW PEAK?

a gasoline racebike has min. 180HP CONTINUOUS...

greater torque at zero rpm...OK...but again SO WHAT?

you can start your gasoline bike at 5000rpm(or higher) and than hit the clutch and you will have a greater torque that this swigz bike...

what do you understand about racing?

if you have a bike like this swigz, you will be a loser on the track...thats for sure...

with a bike of 180kg, you will have MUCH more speed in the corners and therefor you will have more speed at the straights....and you can hit the brakes much later...because you have 80kg less weight...

again, more speed in the corners, more speed at the starights...and so on and so on...


dont get me wrong, i am a BIG FAN of electric bikes and cars...but dont tell me, that the swigz can hold up with a gasoline racebike...NO WAY

[Jozzer]

Electric bikes can already hold their own against smaller ICE bikes, the TTXGP lap times were certainly competetive with 400's, the better lap times closer to 600cc's.
I agree though, I think Chip will need to do a lot more work before he gets there with his first package. There is hardly any room for a pack on board, can't be bigger than 12KW/h (quite possibly less than 10, certainly at that high a drain rate). That's 15C+ discharge to make the power he claims, so he can achieve that for some 3-4 minites only. If he does manage to keep up with a 1000cc for a lap, he'll be pushing it home the second lap!

Steve

[RoughRider]

not even for a lap...no way...not now...maybe in 5years

[drivin98]

Originally Posted by RoughRider

SO WHAT?

1. how much power does this pike has? 100kW PEAK?

a gasoline racebike has min. 180HP CONTINUOUS...

Actually, it supposed to be 194 hp peak. Going by power-to-weight, he expects to be mid-pack and, hopefully work his way up from there. He says they might be able to somehow increase hp by 20% after the first race as well.
I think it'll be an interesting race and I'm glad WERA will let him compete.

[RoughRider]

everyone knows the saying: talk is cheap

so, let wait and see...

[RIPPERTON]

Theres no such thing as a 266kg race bike no matter what its powered by,
Lipo Gas or solid rocket fuel, that bike aint going no where.

My Lipo battery is going to weigh 45kg thats a build weight of 135kg
Thats the difference between Mechanical Design and Mechanical Engineering. 131kg

[major]

Originally Posted by RIPPERTON

Theres no such thing as a 266kg race bike no matter what its powered by,
Lipo Gas or solid rocket fuel, that bike aint going no where.

My Lipo battery is going to weigh 45kg thats a build weight of 135kg
Thats the difference between Mechanical Design and Mechanical Engineering. 131kg

Hey RIP,

The Lightning #80 weighed in at about 275kg. Meet us on the track anytime and we'll see about that

major