Photo: Gary Inman
Last minute disasters, sleepless nights, upsets and a broken lap record, the dramatic TTXGP wasn’t just historic. For many it was a return to the principals of why we race. Each prototype machine was a radically different attempt to achieve the same end. Gary Inman of Sideburn Magazine reports from the Isle of Man.
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Better late than never, here’s race footage from this morning’s all-electric TTXGP. > :continue:
Riding the Agni X01, Rob Barber has won the first TTXGP. The 2007 GSX-R600-based electric motorcycle uses two Agni 95 reinforced motors and a Kokam lithium polymer battery of 42 cells totaling around 12 kilowatt-hours of energy. According to the team, this gave around 40 or 50bhp for the entire length of the race. Barber completed the lap in 25:53.50 averaging 87.434mph and maxing out at 97.8mph at the Sulby speed trap. This breaks the 50cc lap record that was set in 1971.
Update: full race results below.
Update 2: Chris Heath and Electric Motorsport had their disqualification overturned and are, in fact, the winners of the Open Class. > :continue:
