This article is about one of the teams racing in the North American TTXGP. His local newspaper appears to have interviewed him. This guy, Brian Richardson, part time sheep farmer, part time lawyer, living in the most rural county east of the mississippi, had this idea to build an electric motorcycle. It's quite a story. And his bike won 2nd place in Mosport.
Highland County man builds his own electric motorcycle
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/article/a_highland_county_man_builds_his_own_electric_motorcycle/112721/
I shot my own video with him