Filed under: EV/Plug-in, On Two Wheels, USA



The One Motorcycle Show is an annual exhibition of a certain breed of customized bikes, and as attendees stomped the unexpected snow from their footwear and filed into the Yale Union Laundry Building in downtown Portland, OR last month for the fifth edition of this two-wheeled-centered circus, one machine prompted more quizzical cocking of the head than perhaps any other: the "Baker" from Works Electric.

While it had many of the same elements as its chopper kin in attendance - springer forks with generous rake, a hard-tail frame, heightened handlebars - it seemed to be missing a few things. Something exhaust pipe-like, for instance. Or anything resembling a V-twin. There wasn't even a gas cap to gander on the hand-crafted, aluminum bodywork. That's because this particular expression of road-going freedom doesn't need any of that stuff. It relies on a bank of batteries and an electric motor within its bosom to bring bugs to the teeth of its rider.

Works Electric is, of course, best known for taking the toy out of stand-up scooters and inserting enough awesome to create beastly urban-commute assault vehicles. That continues to be the case and, in fact, the company has a couple new models coming out later this summer that we'll tell you more about soon. The introduction of motorcycles into the mix, though, is something a bit different from that effort.Continue reading Works Electric gets to the chopper, offers custom motorcycles [w/video]

Works Electric gets to the chopper, offers custom motorcycles [w/video] originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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