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[Doug S]

It has been reported that Honda Mugen licensed the Mission Motors IP.

Oh, that's fascinating. Mugen's been dominating at the TT Zero for several years now, do you suppose Honda's got a skunk works project going to introduce an electric street bike? That would tilt the tables in a big way.

Or are they just using that tech on their race bikes? Seems like a big investment to make if they're not seeing some sort of payback for it, even for a company like Honda.

[togo]

I'm guessing Honda will continue refining until they decide it's profitable,
and then enter the electric market with a big splash, having observed
and learned from H-D et al.

[Frank]

I don't know the current state of affairs at Lightning, but in early 2014 I visited their facility, saw several bikes being assembled and sat on some of the race bikes.

@jayski: think about coming up to Loring some time.  As far as Bonneville, they're still using the "weight" classification system whereas the LTA has adopted NEDRA's voltage based classes.  (BMST showed interest in moving to a voltage-based classification and rules have been written but I'm not sure they've ever implemented it.)  I don't know which pack you're running but you'd probably fall into either A2 (90S) or A3 (96S).  The MPS and APS records are taken but Production records are open (be sure to fit the stock fairing).  Post here or pm me for any details.  I keep trying to get some of the Zero guys interested in LSR but it's hard to convey how much fun it is.

Frank

[togo]

David Herron has looked into it:

https://longtailpipe.com/2019/11/13/scam-alert-tossed-at-lightning-motorcycles/