Victory Motorcycles enters two electric motorcycles in the Tourist Trophy
The American customs builder Victory Motorcycles will enter two electric motorcycles in the next Tourist Trophy (TT), which will take place on the Isle of Man (Great Britain) on June 10, 2015, with two prototypes entrusted to pilots William Dunlop and Lee Johnston.
The American customs builder Victory Motorcycles will enter two electric motorcycles in the next Tourist Trophy (TT), which will take place on the Isle of Man (Great Britain) on June 10, 2015, with two prototypes entrusted to pilots William Dunlop and Lee Johnston.
Victory, owned by the Polaris group which also owns the brand of electric motorcycles, has joined forces with the giant Parker Hannifin, "the world leader in manufacturers of diversified motion and control technologies".
As on the Brammo, Parker will supply the GVM (Global Vehicle Motor) PMAC engines to the two Victories entered in the "SES TT Zero Challenge" category reserved for electric motorcycles, for a course of 60.72 km.
Brammo had already entered an Empulse RR in the Tourist Trophy during the first edition of the electric motorcycle race in .
The Victory Motorcycles team will notably find on its road the hired by the famous Belgian constructerur of the 40s, but "we know that the experience of William Dunlop and the development of the electric Victory Motorcycles through the work of Parker will propel us in a solid future with electric motorcycles ", assures Rod Krois, CEO of Victory.
"The Isle of Man is one of the best tests in motorcycle racing"
“I am more than delighted to be racing this prototype on the Isle of Man,” said William Dunlop: “Electric motors have many advantages and the Isle of Man is one of the best tests in the world. motorcycle competition ".
As for Lee Johnston, who will ride the second Victory, he is "very happy to make the history of Victory racing on the new electric motorcycle prototype, it’s exciting to be part of the emerging electric motorcycle movement".
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