The livewire s top speed is 110 mph 177 km h.
Harley davidson electric bike top speed.
The deed s was done when harley davidson screamin eagle vance hines rider angelle sampey swapped her harley davidson fxdr pro stock competition motorcycle for the livewire and recorded the world record breaking runs on the quarter and eighth mile covering the eighth mile distance in 7 017 seconds and the full quarter mile course in just 11 156 seconds at 110 35 mph the 2020 livewire motorcycle s top speed is limited to 110 mph.
In this latest stunt harley davidson tasked riders with a drag race in indianapolis to cover as much ground as quickly as possible and also see where the naked maxes out at top speed.
And the winner was harley davidson screamin eagle vance hines rider and pro stock motorcycle champion angelle sampey who managed to hit 110 35mph the bike is limited at 110mph and more importantly cover a one eighth mile distance in 7 017s plus a quarter mile in 11 156s.
Sean kerr of bikes and beards got his hands on a harley davidson livewire to test how well those factory reported specs match reality.
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The 0 60 mph 0 97 km h time has also been nailed down to a flat 3 0 seconds with the next 60 80 mph 97 128 km h taking just another 1 9 seconds.
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Top speed is governed at 95 mph and 0 to 60 times are reported at 4 seconds flat.
As a quick refresher the livewire is rated for a top speed of.
The records were set during exhibition runs at the denso spark plugs nhra u s.
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