The KillaCycle uses about 0.6 kWhr for each run down the track. (That
includes the burnout, by the way, plus the trip back to the pits, which
the ICE drag bike doesn't run, but is towed.) About 7 cents worth of
electricity at local residential rates.
An equivalent drag bike uses about $3.77 worth of racing gasoline. About
a 1/5th of a gallon.
We actually documented this exact test on TV. This comparison starts at
about the one minute mark in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWM1xeWusi8
We truly enjoyed meeting Connie Cohen, the owner/rider of the ICE drag
bike we were matched up against for this episode of "Mean Green
Machines." She is a wonderful person and a lot of fun. The whole event
was a real treat for the entire KillaCycle team.
Bill D.
On 10/12/2015 12:50 PM, Rush Dougherty via EV wrote:
Damon,
Why don't you do a little experiment - get a friend/somebody who has the 'same'
motorcycle as yours, fill his tank with the equivalent amount of kw as your
battery pack (don't for get to run his tank/carburetor dry to equalize the total
amount of energy), and see who runs the longest, then the farthest, up a hill
the quickest etc.
It would really be interesting to see the results.
Bill Dube - what is the equivalent amount of gas that your competition runs for
the track compared to the kw that the KillaCycle uses for a run?
Rush Dougherty
www.TucsonEV.com
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