With all the announcements during December I wanted to get in one place a list the known teams, and whether they've announced for TTXGP or FIM or both or what
Mission Motors - Race in TTXGP - Exclusive to TTXGP
CRP Racing - Race in TTXGP - Exclusive to TTXGP - http://www.egrandprix.com/news.php?id=52
666 Racing - Race in TTXGP - Exclusive to TTXGP - http://www.egrandprix.com/news.php?id=50
Zero Motorcycles - Race in TTXGP - No stated exclusivity
SWIGZ.COM - Race in TTXGP and FIM - No exclusivity - They're based in southern California but are setting up a shop in the UK to make it easier to participate in European EV motorcycle races
Motoczyz - unstated - unstated - article w/ interesting commentary
http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/motoczysz-talks-future-plans-electric-racing/
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/General-news/2009/December/dec1109-who-will-sign-motoczysz/?R=EPI-120778
Brammo - unstated - unstated
Lightning Motors - unstated - unstated
Barefoot Motors - Has dropped out of racing, claims their business selling electric ATV's is doing well
Electric Motorsport - Race in TTXGP - no exclusivity - number of races they attend will be directly related to the sponsorship they receive
Quantya - ?? email sent
Team Agni - two bikes in TTXGP, see http://brammofan.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/i-am-woman-eat-my-dust/
XXL Racing - http://www.xxlracing.de/ - email sent
Brunel X-Team - http://www.brunelx-team.co.uk/ - will race in TTXGP, not in US, not exclusive (private email)
Kingston Univ -
Manx TTX -
TORK - UNKNOWN - http://twitter.com/torkindia/status/7086895416 "We surely confirm our interest shortly . For now we have no confirmed plans. Thank you" - http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3670742&id=108490011754 is a teaser picture of a covered bike.
EVOdesign -
eROCKIT -
Imperial TTxGP -
Roehr - They haven't announced details yet but are gearing up to produce bikes for sale, and will run a team in at least TTXGP racing
EPO-Bike - FIM - Unknown about exclusivity - First FIM e-Power entry confirmed http://ivarkvadsheim.posterous.com/first-fim-e-power-entry-confirmed - Epo-Bike First Confirmed FIM ePower Entry http://plugbike.com/2010/01/20/epo-bike-first-confirmed-fim-epower-entry/comment-page-1/
Sweden Electric Racing - TT Zero - http://visforvoltage.org/forum/8462-sweden-fields-electric-motorcycle-team
eCRP exclusivity announcement - http://www.egrandprix.com/news.php?id=52
666 Racing - Race in TTXGP - Exclusive to TTXGP - http://www.egrandprix.com/news.php?id=50
- David Herron, The Long Tail Pipe, davidherron.com, 7gen.com, What is Reiki
EPO-Bike - FIM - Unknown about exclusivity
First FIM e-Power entry confirmed
http://ivarkvadsheim.posterous.com/first-fim-e-power-entry-confirmed#comment
Epo-Bike First Confirmed FIM ePower Entry
http://plugbike.com/2010/01/20/epo-bike-first-confirmed-fim-epower-entry/comment-page-1/#comment-196
- David Herron, The Long Tail Pipe, davidherron.com, 7gen.com, What is Reiki
what about Derbi?
http://plugbike.com/2010/01/22/derbi-gpr-ev-geared-up-to-shock-the-competition/
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Travis Gintz
1986 Honda VFR Conversion
www.evfr.net
Morris Motorcycles:
http://ivarkvadsheim.posterous.com/morris-motorcycles-to-crowdsource-ttxgp-effor
MIT:
http://mit-evt.blogspot.com/2009/08/ttxgp-isle-of-man-electric-motorcycle.html
There are others as well, but its firsthand priviledged information, will share when they release more details.
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Travis Gintz
1986 Honda VFR Conversion
www.evfr.net
Yeah I know of some others too, but its still privileged information
- David Herron, The Long Tail Pipe, davidherron.com, 7gen.com, What is Reiki
More on SWIGZ.COM status - Will race all of FIM e-Power, and in TTXGP US. Will not appear in TT Zero or other TTXGP Europe events. They expect to be in TTXGP finale.
http://plugbike.com/2010/02/09/chip-yates-on-swigz-com-pro-racing-electric-superbike-progress/
- David Herron, The Long Tail Pipe, davidherron.com, 7gen.com, What is Reiki