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A couple of weeks ago, we reported on the Kick Gas Festival in San Diego - the place to go to meet EV and gas motor heads. One of the folks we met at the event was Todd Kollin, owner of Electric Motorsport, of Oakland, CA. Electric Motorsport has been a well-respected motorsports part shop for many years, and they are now getting into a whole new game - electric motorcycles.

Electric Motorsport has recently announced the release of their GPR-S electric motorcycle. Todd says the GPR-S is the “first street and freeway-legal electric motorcycle available in the USA”. The electric GPR-S looks exactly like a gas sport bike, except for two distinct differences - no gas cap, and a visible electric motor that slightly protrudes from one side of the unit.

Todd Kollin from Electric Motorsport with his GPR-S electric motorcycle.		Another shot of the GPR-S electric motorcycle.

The GPR-S electric motorcycle costs $8,000. The permanent DC motor in the GPR-S can pump out about 19-horsepower, and the GPR-S has a top speed of about 70 miles per hour with a range of up to 60 miles. The electric GPR-S weighs a total of 285 lbs, with 90 lbs of that being the vehicles Li-Ion battery. The battery pack itself takes about 4 hours to recharge with the included stock charger. A high speed charger option is available, which cuts the charge time down to about 1.5 hours.

Since the electric GPR-S is based on a modular design, with batteries, motors, and controllers all designed to be interchangeable, the electric GPR-S platform should last well past the technological lifetime of any one component. And, if past performance is any indication, we’ll be seeing a lot more innovation on the GPR-S from Electric Motorsport, a company which has already stood the test of time in the motorsports industry.

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