This converted electric motorcycle sets a speed record
From the ancient history of motorcycles, this is a car converted on the basis of the Dnieper and piloted by the champion of Ukraine Sergey Malyk, who set a new record on the famous salt lake.
Legend in Ukraine
Speed Week, first held in 1949, is traditionally held annually in August. The event welcomes daredevils from all over the world to try and go faster than others in 2, 4 and x-wheel cars. The holder of almost 40 international and national records on the road, track and in the air, Sergey Malyk is the type of atypical character that can be found in Bonneville.
The nearly 55-year-old former soldier is also the founder and president of the Kiev Automobile Club. On account of the organization of about 800 events, including 300 motor racing competitions. This man is a regular at Bonneville. In 2017, he set the first motorcycle record: 116,86 km / h at the Dnepr KMZ running on gas. The next year he won another victory, this time with his Dnepr Electric: 168 km / h.
Record 172,5 km / h in category A Omega.
While the bar does not seem out of reach compared to the 534,96 km / h recorded for a motorcycle in 2004 (Sam Wheeler in Kawasaki), the record set by Sergei Malyk this year is 172,5 km / h in category A for chassis ( Special design) and Omega for the electric motor.
Its Delfast Dnepr Electric prototype was made specifically for the event in partnership with the Dnepr manufacturing plant. What is the role of Delfast in this story? Also, the Ukrainian manufacturer of two-wheeled bicycles between bicycles and mopeds acquired all the rights to old brand motorcycles this year. ” Technological developments and developments of DNEPR became the intellectual property of Delfast at the end of July this year. ”, confirms the communication department of the young company.
50 kW power
Sometimes the recording is very small. For example, a small electric motor weighing only 12 kg on a scale, as is the case with the EMRAX-228 synchronous device, which is the heart of Delfast Dnepr Electric. Developing a power of 50 kW and a maximum torque of 220 Nm, it is powered by a 12 kWh battery powered by 800 volts.
Who expects the most from the performance that made Speed Week history just a few days ago? Sergey Malyk or Delfast? Of course, the company, which already managed to get into the Guinness Book of Records in 2017, the year of its creation, with a range of 367 kilometers after recharging on an electric bike (Prime model).
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