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NZ-BUILT ELECTRIC FTN MOTION HERE SOON

Dean Mellor — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:01:36 +0000

The FTN Motion Streetdog, an NZ-built electric motorcycle, will launch in Australia in March. An innovative NZ-built electric motorcycle called the FTN Motion Streetdog will launch in Australia in March 2025. The base-spec Streetdog50 will be priced from $11,260 ride [...]

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KAWASAKI GOES ELECTRIC

Dean Mellor — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 02:07:35 +0000

Kawasaki goes electric with the launch of the Ninja e-1 and Z e-1 commuter models in Australia. With the launch of two new models Kawasaki goes electric in Australia in what it describes as a [...]

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Long-Term Electric

Nigel Paterson — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 23:14:30 +0000

By the time you read this, Australian Road Rider will have a Super Soco TC Max in its garage, the new electric bike doing the commuting duties and some longer rides as we start to [...]

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Can-Am’s electric motorcycles

Nigel Paterson — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 03:18:40 +0000

It’s been a long time since you’ve been able to buy a Can-Am two-wheeler, but they will be back soon – powered by electric engines. Can-Am’s parent company, BRP Inc, bought the remains of early [...]

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Swappable batteries the future of electric motorcycles?

Nigel Paterson — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 07:31:54 +0000

Yamaha, KTM, Honda and Piaggio are combining to use the same swappable batteries for electric motorcycles. In the process they have created a consortium which could result in you pulling into a service station and [...]

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Harley’s EICMA reveal for 2019 LiveWire electric cruiser

Greg Leech — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 00:20:05 +0000

The all-new electric Harley-Davidson® LiveWire™ made its European debut at a press conference held at the EICMA show in Milan. During the presentation, Vice President of Product Planning and Portfolio Marc McAllister revealed eagerly-awaited specification and [...]

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Victory for electric bikes: Empulse plugs in

Mick Matheson — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 05:19:47 +0000

Victory Motorcycles has confirmed it will release the Empulse TT electric motorbike, but no decision has been made about bringing it to Australia. The production Empulse follows on from Victory’s success in electric bike racing [...]

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