Sizzling Superbikes
SIZZLING SUPERBIKES
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Right now, if you want an electric motorcycle, the choice is between Brammo and Zero. But if you want an electric superbike, well, you'll have to wait until next summer, when the new Mission R and RS arrive. These high-tech bikes, built by Mission Mo-
tors in the San Fran cisco area, boast 163 horsepower and a peak claimed range of 140 miles. Better yet, both should take well to curvy roads because they're based on the Mission Motors racebike that Steve Rapp rode to victory in the FIM/TTXGP race at Mazda Race way Laguna Seca in 2011.
The $29,999 R
(after a $2500 federal tax credit) is available with 12-kWh, 15-kWh or 17-kWh lithiumion battery packs, offering respective claimed real world" ranges of 105, 120 and 140 miles. Ohlins suspension, Brembo brakes and forged Marchesini wheels highlight the hardware of the R, which hits 60 mph in a claimed
3.0 seconds. The RS bumps up the hard ware quotient with Superbike-level Ohlins and Brem bos, plus carbonfiber Marchesinis and more advanced traction control. The price of $56,499 is steep, but the RS is limited to only 40 units, one for every second in Rapp's victory margin at Lagu n a.
-Andrew Bornhop
