
Still, Swind will happily make you one of these two-wheel insanities on a made to order bases, for a low cost $20,000.
SWIND EB 01 ELECTRIC MOTORBIKE LICENSE
This means countries such as the US will classify this as a motorcycle, requires its users to obtains a motorcycle license to ride one. Most countries have a limit to just how fast and powerful an electric bicycle can be, and EB-01 pretty much exceeded most of them. Of course, such performance comes at a cost. Its ultralight carbon-aluminium frame holds the cycle's 1,750Wh battery, which gives the cycle a pure electric range of 80 miles with regenerative braking. Fitted with a 1,500W rear hub-mounted motor which delivers power through a 9-speed sequential gearbox, this cycle can reach an eye-watering top speed of 60 mph.

Remember how we said the Vintage Electric Shelby is one of the fastest electric bicycles you can buy? Well the EB-01 by the British company Swind is not "one of", but is the fastest electric bicycles currently on sale. Ducati is asking $7,130 for the Mig-RR, making it the cheapest Ducati new on the market, albeit the fact it comes with pedals. In terms of range, the cycles 504Wh battery gives it a range 15–30 miles, but the cycle lacks regenerative breaking. This emphasis on torque is also reflected in the cycles pure-electric top speed, which is limited to 15 mph. The torque figure is important, as the main purpose of an electric motor in a mountain cycle is to assist the rider in climbing steep mountain trails. In August 2020, he suffered a broken back after crashing an ultra-powerful Swind EB-01, which with a 15kW motor and speeds up to 60 mph, lies somewhere in the un-regulated grey area between electric motorcycle and e-bike. The result is Mig-RR, an excellent mountain cycle featuring a 250W Shimano Steps E8000 mid-drive motor making 51.6 ft-lbs of torque.

Ducati has instead teamed up with the Italian electric cycle maker Thok, merging its manufacturing experience with Ducati's eye-catching design. And as much to our disappointment, the partner is not the famous Russian fighter jet builder. Moving from one performance legend to another, the Italian supercycle maker Ducati has also entered into a partnership to build their built their own electric cycle.
