Historical First Electric vs. Gas Superbike Race - Chip Yates Full Race with Commentary

[Rand0mManic]

The most efficient electric motor is rated at 95% efficiency and invented by CSIRO in Australia.

Compared to 20% for ICE, means ICE make more noise and heat and self damage than anything.. Electric engines pwnage.

Any one here knows anything about engineering will not argue, The brushless motors can never be surpasses in power input to output efficiency.

[maryjane123rd]

Awesome vid. Makes the gas jobs look like a joke. Considering the millions spent in perfecting their technology. Imagine what we'll see in another three years. You say what's next. I would work on weight reduction. And the option of pit stops in electric super bike racing. If you can develop a quick battery change system you'll break allot more records. It will allow you to do major weight reductions. It will also give you pit crew something productive to do. Also your bike should automatical

[philhindu29]

300lb/ft of torque???!!! lol i want one! :O)

[GrandPrixBoss]

what does the heavyweight mean in racing ?

[WatiTheChef]

If electric bikes are quieter, I prefer them. I'm sick of FAGS driving by on their loud ass harley davidson motorcycles, thinking they're all badass because they make more noise and eat kfc for breakfast..

[byoniks]

@WatiTheChef

When you're dealing with and moving between cars, which have thousands of times your mass behind them, announcing your presence with something other than a whisper-quiet motor can be a good thing.

[pcarlson1979]

Great video that shows how touchy electric bikes can be. I had trouble with my front wheel lifting so instead of a normal throttle to your controller I used the current throttle option on my "cycle analyst". It throttles your current, so if your maximum current is 300amps you know that half throttle is 150 amps. Much better than a hall effect throttle.

[theantiredneck]

You need a button to only limit torque when you need to, off button full set torque on button set reduced torque!

[Zircee]

great finish, very nice!! i have to admit to drinking a glass of hateraid while watching, but only cause i have to race agents 1/8 offroad buggys that run electric agenst us nitro guys. but no arguing that bike is fast and finished the race. good luck in future races

[Topthai23]

Electric bike gay pussy bitch

[phqinhipp]

@Topthai23 your vibrator is electric, u gay ass pussy bitch, go slap yo momma for raising a dumb fuck tard, hurry up,

[Topthai23]

@phqinhipp Oh boy sound like you more than me faggot .

[phqinhipp]

@Topthai23 is that it??, thats the best u can think up??,,,i feel fk,n cheated!!, fk,n rookie,,

[Topthai23]

@phqinhipp Yes that all i could think of you so ...... r u more than that man you need to see a doctor faster than that all noobs electric bike of your .

[1wibble2]

Awesome bike, watchout petrolheads :D. With improved weight distribution and more downforce on the aerodynamics, this bike could run at a higher torque setting and really kick those other bikes butts.

[kunghenry]

Fantastic

[FZR750Genesis]

Thats totaly cool, the bike is still in development so looks sounds and wieght will no doubt all change by the end of the season,

i hope you get some real good results from this season's race/testing.

how many miles would you get from that bike per a full charge.

[diysolarpanels100]

Thanks for the good time.

[Sidewlk]

For all those who want to know more, there are a couple of good interviews with Chip on the pocast Motopod this month. I highly recommend listening to them if you want to know more about the rider and/or bike.

I know I really want to check this bike out in person.

[wallaceju]

Just want to say awesome job. As you were succeeding in you first race, I decided to crash out of my race that would have been a first place start to finish. You can actually see my bike luring down resting on you last lap. I had wondered off in a rage of disappointment. But anyway, good luck for the next one!

[M4OON]

589lb's - good god, that a lardy bike - 1979 CBX1000 anybody ? Seriously - great result

[M4OON]

Great Result ! well done

[JakobusVdL]

Congratulations. It's amazing that you can be competitive with a bike that weights so much. It must be a beast to stop and turn.

How much energy does the electric bike use in comparision to an ICE bike in the same race?

[JakobusVdL]

Congratulations. It's amazing that you can be competitive with a bike that weights so much. It must be a beast to stop and turn.

How much energy does the electric bike use in comparision to an ICE bike in the same race?

[RIPPERTON]

Fantastic vid Chip but its back to the drawing board for you.

take 100kg off that bike. take out the car motor and put a bike motor in.

[DanFrederiksen]

very nice but if it's so prone to wheelies shouldn't the weight come forward and down? that heavy box that's high and rear seems like a real nono. it's a wheeliebox.

I'd also recommend smooth aerodynamic body work so the air slips around instead of the very convoluted surface it has now. it's maybe 95% of your power use at high speed and the right body work might reduce that by factor 10.

high speed aero significance cannot be overstated especially on bikes that by default has horrible Cd

[emc4TW]

Congrats on the impressive results and thanks for the new vid with commentary. Very cool! How about some digital readouts (throttle %, mph, rpm, bms info/kers info etc.) in the vid that correspond to what we are watching.

Hope your sponsors will pay for a private track day at every TTXGP race venue until the TTXGP reverses their decision excluding your bike. Need to see the fastest ebikes available race, regardless of weight.

[eldictator1]

Wouldnt mind seeing one in the supersport section of British superbikes. My dads friend and ex boss had his own race team for BSB, isle of man, NW 200 and macau..only wish I could persuade him to get back into it and help a team like chipyates

[a6km]

a huge part of buying a bike is the way it sounds and this sounds like a tram :(

[eldictator1]

@a6km A huge part is looks, handling, speed and cost..sound less so on road going bikes

[swaanson]

@a6km or a TIE fighter muahahaha :D

[fairyheli2]

@a6km or a jet engine

[steadiworkz]

respect for taking the challenge !

[zikzakfr]

Congrats ! Keeps beating the gas out of these dinosaurs ICE bikes !

[Chilli0912]

Ahhh Americans call petrol gas. Thought I was going to be watching a bike running on calor gas or the sort of stuff you heat your house with.

[xuancris]

I am curious about regulations - WERA is a very flexible organization, but what parameters were used to determine what class to race the bike in? It looks very promising. Good job!

[TrackDaysByKris]

Epic!!

[nja2015]

thanks for the video

[gasdive]

I'm reminded of Jack Brabham. How many people build a racer themselves and then get it on the podium in it's first race? Kenny Roberts worked for 25 years before he took that step of building his own bike. He worked on it for over five years and had bike that never got to the podium. From first knee down 3 years ago to this today. I'm amazed.

[D0li0]

Outstanding! Thanks for doing the video commentary, gotta fill the audio with something since the bike is so quite...

[alyinsanfran]

Kick arse. Well done gents.

[xphilip]

More technical details!

Battery capacity?

Ampage draw at full throttle?

Areas for improvment?

Thanks - well done!

Thumbs up to WERA for letting you play.

When you win one, time to go to another league!

[BusaFalconer]

awesome!

[theturboderek]

Rider commentary was great.  very cool bike. good luck.