MotoGP veteran, Max Biaggi, has set a new electric motorcycle speed record. He used a modified Venturi Voxan Wattman EV to achieve a top speed of 455 km/h (283 mph) on a decommissioned NASA runway in Florida.To get more news about electric motorcycle, you can visit davincimotor.com official website.

With this achievement, Biaggi has broken his own electric motorcycle speed record of 407 km/h (253 mph) that he had set last year astride a previous version of the Wattman. During his latest record run, he has broken a total of 18 land-speed records for electric motorcycles.
The Venturi Voxan Wattman electric motorcycle that Biaggi has used to set a new speed record had been specially modified. The EV features a double-wishbone suspension that had been precisely tuned for this record attempt. The motor of this machine is capable of producing 429 BHP.

One of the most important modifications made to the Wattman was the specially designed and carefully developed aerodynamic fairing. The EV was also fitted with a more potent and lightweight battery.

Having owned and ridden petrol-powered two-wheelers since the age of six — and with a collection of 15 of them currently jammed into my garage — I can’t say I’m looking forward to the day when the mellifluous bark of my Ducati’s V-Twin exhausts might be considered such an anachronism that I’d be ashamed to ride it. Neither am I looking forward to the possibility of not being able to jump on my BMW and set off across Europe without worrying about places to “plug in” en route.

Yet that day is coming, and fast. In the UK, the government’s ban on the sale of new petrol- and diesel-powered cars will arrive by the end of this decade. For motorcyclists, a date of 2035 has been proposed as an end point for the sale of all new, non-zero-emission vehicles. Whatever my pangs of nostalgia for the sights, sounds, smells and thrills of the “dinosaur” bikes I have loved, I know it’s now time to get on board.

The good news is that the electric motorcycles I have ridden have all been rather good, and they’re only going to get better. So far, younger specialist makers have been leading the way. After 12 years in the business, California-based Zero is regarded as the leader in the high-performance electric motorcycle sector, offering the greatest range of machines as well the quickest. Its SR/F can hit 124 miles per hour, yet starts at a realistic ￡18,990. Fuell, meanwhile, is the brainchild of former motorcycle racer Erik Buell and will shortly launch a model called the Fllow that promises “the acceleration of a superbike” at a price of €11,995 (￡10,200).

The only electric superbike from a widely recognised marque to have entered production is Harley-Davidson’s LiveWire, released two years ago. I spent a week with the LiveWire back then and, while its top speed was just 110mph, the way it got there was certainly superbike-thrilling. Thanks to the instant pull of the electric motor, it jets from zero to 60mph in three seconds. A visceral, sci-fi whine from the geartrain made up for the lack of the famous Harley-Davidson exhaust note, and the bike handled superbly despite being weighty.