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		<title>An electric motorcycle to drool over</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Electric motorcycles just got damned sexy! The MotoCzysz E1pc is drool worthy indeed.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m usually loyal to my very sexy Triumph Daytona 675 (both of them!) but <a href="http://www.motoczysz.com/club/?p=258" target="_blank">this beautiful machine</a> changes all that: the MotoCzysz E1pc.</p>
<div id="attachment_561" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 410px"><a href="http://nathan-lee.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/e1pc-cg_a.jpg" rel="lightbox[560]"><img class="size-medium wp-image-561" title="MotoCzysz E1pc" src="http://nathan-lee.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/e1pc-cg_a-400x169.jpg" alt="MotoCzysz E1pc - Electric just got sexy!" width="400" height="169" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">MotoCzysz E1pc - Electric just got sexy!</p></div>
<p>Their petrol burning version is pretty sexy also:</p>
<div id="attachment_563" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 410px"><a href="http://nathan-lee.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/motoczyzs-vegas-560x291.jpg" rel="lightbox[560]"><img class="size-medium wp-image-563" title="motoczyzs-vegas-560x291" src="http://nathan-lee.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/motoczyzs-vegas-560x291-400x207.jpg" alt="The petrol burning cousin the C1" width="400" height="207" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The petrol burning cousin the C1</p></div>
<p>I mean there&#8217;s so much good stuff about this thing it&#8217;s hard to know where to start:</p>
<ul>
<li>aesthetics are beautiful (see <a href="http://www.motorcyclenews.com/upload/251675/E1pc-CG.jpg" target="_blank" rel="lightbox[560]">here</a> for the full sized glory)</li>
<li>it&#8217;s electric</li>
<li>it has easily swapped out battery packs</li>
<li>it&#8217;s beautiful from any angle I&#8217;ve found a picture of</li>
</ul>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 410px"><img title="Dash of the MotoCzysz E1pc" src="http://www.motoczysz.com/club/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/e1_dash.jpg" alt="Dash of the MotoCzysz E1pc" width="400" height="229" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Dash of the MotoCzysz E1pc, is that an iPhone for the console?</p></div>
<p><strong>Technicals</strong></p>
<p>Bit hard to find out much, but here&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve found or guessing on:</p>
<ul>
<li>lightweight carbon fibre and aluminium construction to free as much weight for batteries as possible</li>
<li>125kg of &#8220;hot swap&#8221; lithium ion battery packs (according to <a href="http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/eco-motorcycles-motoczysz-debuts-e1pc-electric-motorcycle-for-ttxgp/" target="_blank">ecofriend</a> and <a href="http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/tag/electric-motorcycle/" target="_blank">ashphaltandrubber</a>). There are 10 (6 visible, 4 hidden under the faring).</li>
<li>Three electric motors for drive</li>
<li>Suspension adjustment is different (MotoCzysz fork/suspension assembly has some magic from their C1 bike)</li>
<li>crank appears to go through the pivot point to the right side for final drive to the rear sprocket (see picture below and see whether you agree with me)</li>
</ul>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 410px"><img title="E1pc swingarm" src="http://www.motoczysz.com/club/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/e1_swingarm.jpg" alt="Swingarm of the e1pc" width="400" height="272" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The swingarm, but pay attention to the pivot point - some magic for drive transmission to the other side of the bike?</p></div>
<ul>
<li>I think the chain goes something like:</li>
</ul>
<div id="attachment_562" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 410px"><a href="http://nathan-lee.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/closeupdrive.jpg" rel="lightbox[560]"><img class="size-medium wp-image-562" title="closeupdrive" src="http://nathan-lee.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/closeupdrive-400x324.jpg" alt="My guess as to how they have the 3 motors rigged" width="400" height="324" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">My guess as to how they have the 3 motors rigged</p></div>
<ul>
<li>This appears to be the &#8220;frame&#8221; of the bike:</li>
</ul>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 410px"><img title="The e1pc frame I presume. Certainly a bit different." src="http://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop/200904/motoczysz-has-electr_800x0w.jpg" alt="eqpc frame" width="400" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The frame I presume. Certainly a bit different.</p></div>
<ul>
<li>No gears (pretty standard for electric vehicles)</li>
<li>0 to 120mph (193km/h) in less than 11seconds (this was an &#8220;easy&#8221; test with less than 100% capacity)</li>
<li>probably has some storage capacity in the &#8220;fuel&#8221; tank</li>
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<p><strong>History and Early Concept Pictures</strong></p>
<p>The earlier pictures are a bit different, but pretty close really:</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 410px"><img title="Early sketch" src="http://sakamotodaisuke.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/e1pc.jpg" alt="e1pc early sketch" width="400" height="209" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Early sketch</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 406px"><img title="Concept shot of the Motoczysz E1pc" src="http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2009/04/13/motoczysz_YfWaR_69.jpg" alt="Concept shot of the Motoczysz E1pc" width="396" height="221" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Earlier concept shot</p></div>
<p>There&#8217;s a <a href="http://www.motoczysz.com/videos/e1_dyno2.html" target="_blank">video of the MotoCzysz E1pc</a> to show it&#8217;s not just fluff.</p>
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