While electric-powered motorcycle racing really came to the forefront this summer, the idea has apparently been around for a long time and it wasn’t looked upon favorably even then. This is an artist’s concept of an electric road racer called the Voltmaster that appeared in Cycle Guide in August of 1980. Tongue was obviously firmly planted in cheek with this drawing (the seat is referred to as “electric chair”.) It’s pretty amazing how close in this concept 30 years ago the artist came to visualizing what electric racers actually look like today.
The Voltmaster: A humorous look at the concept of an electric-powered road racer from the pages of Cycle Guide magazine in 1980. Surprisingly the artist wasn’t all that far off the mark.
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I think Suzuki used this sketch when they made the Falcorustyco concept bike in the late 80’s.
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[img]http://www.suzuki.ua/moto/img/history/1980/1985_FalcoRustyco_l.jpg[/img]
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Tried to embed the picture in that second comment – didn’t work.
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Now that’s futuristic looking. I wonder how long it will take before our street bikes look like that? Thanks for the link Chris.
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