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Admittedly, the tag "Born of Twin Otters" has less of a ring to it than Saab's "Born of Jets" slogan, but in the case of the Amarok P1 from Michael Uhlarik's Amarok Consultants, it is much more fitting. The Canadian designer decided to build a better electric road racer using some of the same concepts and techniques employed by those winged workhorses of the North with the resulting motorcycle exemplifying the use of light weight as a weapon.
Working from paper drawings, the P1 was hand built in an ancient coach house in Quebec using an aluminum monocoque that functions as frame, battery box and exterior skin. The finished machine pushes the scales to 325 lbs (147 kg) while packing 7.5 kWhs (killowatt hours) worth of lithium-based battery and a pair of Agni 95R DC motors.
The electro cycle will attempt to prove its racing worth this season in the Formula 75 class of the upcoming TTXGP. Regardless of how it does, Uhlarik is already at work on its replacement; the P2, which has a target weight of 275 lbs (125 kg). The overarching goal is to achieve power-to-weight parity with gas-powered 250cc Grand Prix bikes.
While officially known as the P1, this bike also sports "Sudbury Saturday Night" on its id tag and it's this ditty, performed by its iconic Canadian composer Stompin' Tom Conners, that waits to accompany your reading of the official press release after the break.
[Source: Amarok Consultants]
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