100 MPH OCC Silent Chopper
The Beefy OCC Gent Rides Silent
Paul Teutul, Sr, presented the company’s first all-electric chopper.
Commissioned by Siemens and built using recycled steel, LED lighting and environmentally-friendly water-based paints, the Siemens Smart Chopper features a 27hp brushless motor good for a top speed in excess of 100mph, and enough battery life for a 60-mile range.
OC Choppers had built the electric motorcyle for Siemens over the course of the past month or so and the story of how it was built is scheduled to air American Chopper on TLC on Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 9PM ET/PT.
The bike is going up for auction… And why not, who would want to get stuck on a bike if you had 61 miles to go.
The Siemens Smart Chopper is an unusual design for OCC – not exposed engine, which is the heart of a good chopper… just gobs of white plastic.
Siemens commissioned the bike to demonstrate that electric motorcycles aren’t some sort of out-there Star Wars technology – all the elements you need to build one are available and ready to go. Of course, there’s the small issue of range – and 60 miles will satisfy most commuters.
Siemens plans to showcase the Smart Chopper at energy and industrial tradeshows and conferences in the coming months. In 2010, the motorcycle will be auctioned off with the proceeds going to a charitable cause that will help benefit the environment.
The motorcycle features and design include:
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•First electric chopper by Orange County Choppers
•Built out of recycled materials
•Advanced DC Motors Inc. Series Wound 8” motor
•LED lighting by OSRAM SYLVANIA, a Siemens company
•27 Peak horsepower and maximum speed of 100 MPH
•Range of 60 miles on a single charge
•On-board charger that can be plugged into any 110-volt outlet
Siemens also developed a compatible Smart Grid-ready charger which communicates with the utility to enable charging when the electricity is most affordable.
The Daily Decibel is interested to know more about this bike and the target market Siemens and OCC are looking at. Would that all instances of aftermarket mufflers emitted at dangerous decibel levels would be replaced by something like this. Thank you.
Can’t imagine that their is a target market or audience for a silent chopper… what good would that be? Now it could be a PR stunt, a way for Siemens and Paul to get a lot of TV exposure. Loud pipes save lives; silent pipes get press!
“Loud pipes save lives”? Hi “bikerpros”, we’re sorry to find out that you believe in that myth. No serious study has **ever** been done to affirm that. Even the AMA denies it. The current and former heads of the American Motorcyclist Association both have condemned it. In Motorcycle Daily, CEO Rob Dingman came out against loud pipes. Motorcycle groups have admitted that “Loud pipes risk rights”. We hope you be willing to wear bright, shiny, colorful clothing instead.
Really, the myth is that they do not save lives. As you say, No serious study that says otherwise… And CEO Rob Dingman is a non-event… With his moves at AMA Pro Racing he has just about ruined motorcycle racing in America, why should I consider his ideas.
Besides all previously mentioned propaganda regarding that loud pipes save lives being a myth…
I’ve started riding about 35 years ago, and can say with all certainty that my loud pipes saved my bacon more than a couple of times.
When you see again and again a car actually stop in their advance through an intersection specifically in response to your last ditch wild blip of the throttle, you tend to know the facts verses the truth in this ridiculous debate over
some morons who only see complete bad and refuse to see some noise as tolerable due to the actual safety it provides.
Having seen the looks of shock after doing this many times, and avoiding an absolute no way out crash situation, you know with no doubt who is full of it in this matter.
Being someone who also has to drive a car I can also say I have experienced being alerted to a bike due to their pipes before I pulled out into their path myself.
Visibility is a good idea but parked cars and traffic and other things can often impair our view of a bike coming down the road.
Which is a greater right, the right of less noise pollution meaning ALL noise or the to survive period?
Ditto on every word that bikerpros said as well.