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Killacycle Electric Bike Breaks World Record For Quarter Mile in 8 Seconds, 168MPH
Posted by Brian Lam at 6:23 AM on November 17, 2007
That dude who drove his electric motorcycle into a minivan while showing off for reporters at Wired Nextfest got out of the hospital and put some 300 extra Li Ion cells on his bike. Then he broke the electric vehicle world record in the quarter-mile running it at less than 8 seconds @ 168MPH. [TG Daily]
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theimmc
Posted 3:08 PM 16/11/07
Here you go
[www.youtube.com]
theimmc
demonwolf
Posted 3:01 PM 16/11/07
I agree without a video this never took place.
demonwolf
Joseph
Posted 3:01 PM 16/11/07
Good to see he didn't run into anymore minivans.
Joseph
GizFanAlpha
Posted 2:54 PM 16/11/07
@Palestina:to quote many people on forums everywhere. Video or it didn't happen.
GizFanAlpha
ANoel
Posted 2:53 PM 16/11/07
Sweet Cheeses!
0 > 168 in < 1 second
168 > 0 in < than that!
ANoel
Palestina
Posted 2:46 PM 16/11/07
Video please?
Palestina
s0crates82
Posted 2:37 PM 16/11/07
@s0crates82: ~hires. danggit.
s0crates82
s0crates82
Posted 2:36 PM 16/11/07
Wait, the inventor broke the record, or the trained motorcycle racer he hiers to drive the bike broke the record?
s0crates82
JRo
Posted 2:30 PM 16/11/07
I think he was aiming for B. Lam when he hit that van.
JRo
htfiles
Posted 4:23 PM 16/11/07
@nutbastard:
Do you mean 5.809 sec @ 245.36 MPH ?
See here: [www.amaprostar.com]
htfiles
nutbastard
Posted 3:52 PM 16/11/07
found it:
Larry McBride currently holds the top-fuel record of 5.08 seconds and 245 mph
nutbastard
dontforget
Posted 3:50 PM 16/11/07
@htfiles: usually i don't nit pick but i agree. can't round up
dontforget
kc2idf
Posted 3:42 PM 16/11/07
@Palestina:ASCII and ye shall RECEIVII. Here's the video link from the bottom of this page which contains the article that is linked to at the bottom of the post here on Giz. (Got all that?)
kc2idf
htfiles
Posted 3:29 PM 16/11/07
Here's some corrections:
- The rider who crashed the Killacycle was the team's owner, Bill Dube.
- All of the racing is done by their team rider, Scott Pollacheck.
- the posts title, "...Quarter Mile in 8 Seconds, 168MPH...", is misleading, 7.824 Seconds @168 MPH is the actual time. When thousandths of a second make all the difference to a record, rounding up is perhaps not appropriate.
- There's plenty of accurate info on the front page of the teams site: www.killacycle.com
htfiles
nutbastard
Posted 3:21 PM 16/11/07
whats the record for gas-powered 1/4 mile?
nutbastard
deedrit
Posted 4:59 PM 16/11/07
at least he wore a helmet this time
deedrit