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Faster, faster Killacycle

October 23, 2006 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 84, Issue 43

Killacycle, the world's quickest electric motorcycle, is owned by William P. Dub?, a research engineer at the National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, Colo. (C&EN, June 12, page 36). The official world record holder was clocked at 9.450 seconds for a quarter-mile reaching 152.07 mph. For drag-racing aficionados, a video of a recent practice run may be viewed at www.killacycle.com/Second%20Run.wmv.

Sonja G. Ringen
Laramie, Wyo.

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