Lightning Motorcycles did it again this past weekend. The company’s Lightning SuperBike zipped across the finish line at Bonneville at a record-breaking 206.079 mph during the Southern California Timing Association’s Speed Week. The Lightning SuperBike, which uses Ener1’s PHEV lithium-ion battery cells, is the first electric motorcycle to break the 200 mph mark.
Paul Thede (pictured) from Race-Tech, who raced the bike for Lightning Motorcycles, became one of only 65 people to ever break 200 mph on a motorcycle. He’s the first one to do so on an electric motorcycle (hence the big smile).
