In 2010, Lightning Motors set an incredible land-speed record of 173 mph with an electric motorcycle. It was an unprecedented feat that is now an ancient relic. The Lightning Motors crew became the first to ever ride an electric motorcycle past 200 mph, but they didn't stop at that historic barrier.
Nope, the Lightning Motorcycle hit a top speed of 218.637 mph before the weekend was over.
Here's a video from the point of view of rider Paul Thede as the Lightning Motorcycle races past 200 mph.
From Lightning Motors:
"This was a "video run" as the camera was right in front of Paul's face. We had some side wind (notice the bike is leaning) but the camera was angled a bit so it looks worse than it was. Paul's previous run was faster at 218.6 mph and is the first electric motorcycle to go over 200 mph. Check out the black and orange markers on the sides of the track. They are 1/4 mile apart. By the way we used 18 cents of electricity on this run."
