Electric bike hits 166mph in new speed record (visordown.com )

AN ELECTRIC prototype motorcycle has achieved a top speed of 267.776 kph (166.388 mph) during the SCTA World Finals at the Bonneville Salt Flats.

The bike was constructed by Lightning Motorcycles, an American electric bike specialist. The 166mph record, set by Paul Thede from Race Tech, during the world famous Speed Week Time Trials, makes the machine the world's fastest production electric bike.

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