(31-01-2015, 11:07 AM)scaramanga Wrote:

(30-01-2015, 06:41 PM)Steady the Edward Wrote: The biggest pity to me is that as the bikes get faster the amount of bikes gets less , that amount of bikes participating in a so called race on a 37 mile circuit , is not exactly exciting to put it nicely , very sorry but to me the Electric bikes race is on a par with Subaru's , track time wasted

as the bikes get faster the costs will also get bigger
im sure the cost for racing a low budget electric racer will be much more than a high spec 650 twin or even a 6oo supersport
if there was more posotive feedback from fans it might give others a bit more incentive to try the mountain coarse
after all racing round a track is nothing like the tt
i actualy like watching the top electric bikes there speed is amazing and johns onboard lap last year was pritty impresive
as for the motocysz i would love to see them back
but more important i hope michael is winning his battle with ill health 
 is there any updates on his health ?

Regarding Michael Czysz' health it's probably best to read the following article:

http://www.motorcycle.com/features/motor...story.html

I think we have to assume that the team will not continue.

Anyone who knows me, either personally or via the forum will know my opinion about electric bike racing.  My belief was that it all happened too soon so that a couple of politicians could try and gain some kudos.  I've always said that if there were 30-40 of these things, say at the level of or within 20% of the performance of the Mugen & Motoczysz machines, then it would be hard to argue against.  But there aren't and there never has been.

Do a web search and see what you can find about electric bike racing (other than TT Zero) for last year or this coming season.  There's very little happening and it's poorly supported.  In a nutshell, electric bike racing is dead on it's feet - in fact it never really took off.  So, how long can we keep saying 'it's the future' when no-one can put a grid together that has more than about 6 bikes on it?  And it's been that way for 6 years now.

I'm not saying the achievements made in performance by the likes of Mugen isn't impressive - it plainly is but the whole concept hasn't taken off and it's hard to see, after so many years of poor support, that it ever will.