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Bolt of Lightning: Lightning Electric Motorcycles

Richard Hatfield is a man on a missionThis year has been hectic for Lightning Electric Motorcycles founder Richard Hatfield. The Lightning race team, with rider Michael Barnes, just clinched the inaugural American TTXGP championship. In addition, Hatfield's team competed in the Pikes Peak hillclimb, the FIM e-Power support race during the USGP at Laguna Seca, and at press time was preparing for the BUB Speed Trials at Bonneville. His goals on the hallowed salt flats are to surpass the Lightning's previous 166-mph run, break the current 176-mph electric-bike record and, ultimately, the 200-mph barrier. Why the frantic racing schedule, chasing glory in multiple disciplines? Hatfield is very simply a man on a mission. "We're trying to push electric-motorcycle technology to parity with gas-powered motorcycles."


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