By Chuck Squatriglia

This is Mavizen TTX02 electric motorcycle serial No. 0001. It is ready to race. And it is headed to California.

Azhar Hussain and the guys at Mavizen boxed the bike Wednesday and loaded it onto a plane bound for San Francisco. When it arrives, Jennifer Bromme and her crew at Werkstatt Racing and Repair will have one week to prepare for the first TTXGP electric motorcycle race of the North American season.

The Mavizen TTX02 electric superbike is based on the KTM RC8 streetbike, which sports a chrome-moly trellis frame and top-shelf components from WP, Brembo and Marchesini. It is a serious bit of kit. The rolling chassis are sent to Mavizen, sans engines of course, directly from the KTM factory.

Once they arrive in Britain, they get a pair of Agni 95 electric motors. Each produces 22.5 kilowatts continuous power (about 30 horsepower), 36 kilowatts peak (48.2 horsepower) and 40 pound feet of torque. Customers can choose from among three lithium-ion batteries ranging from 4 kilowatt-hours to 10 kilowatt-hours.

For those of you who might scoff at the bike’s output, bear in mind the TTX02 weighs just 110 kilograms (242 pounds) without the battery.

Source: Wired.com