KTM set to make and all-electric motorbike

KTM has announced its plans to release an all-electric dirt bike into showrooms for 2010. Spec include a lithium-ion battery with an estimated range of 30-40 minutes race time. The bike will hit the scales at 198 pounds and the same torque of a two-stroke 250cc bike. Like other electric bikes it also runs silently which would make free-riding through the wilderness and exhilarating experience. KTM will join other manufacturers ZERO, Brammo and Quantya who are all releasing all electric motorbikes. Honda and Yamaha also have bikes in the pipeline for 2010.