We’ve been following the guys at BRD since the beginning of the year, and this scrappy San Francisco company has finally busted out of stealth mode with its first electric motorcycle line: the BRD RedShift. With a goal of meeting or exceeding parity with gasoline-powered two-wheelers, BRD’s first foray into the motorcycle industry is an interesting one, as the RedShift line brings true 250cc four-stroke power to the electric realm. Producing 40hp from the company’s proprietary water-cooled AC motor, the BRD RedShift SM produces more power than a Honda CRF250R while tipping scales at less than 250 lbs in supermoto trim (less than 240 lbs in MX-spec).
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There are opportunities in the moto-journalism profession that are to be jumped on, and this is one of them. The opportunity to ride on a track, three SWBK motorcycles is so overwhelming that everything else became of secondary relevance. So, when I received the invite from BMW to go ride around Monza with the very best of its motorcycles, my response was simply the most obvious one…I’m COMING! Click through to read Lorenzo Gargiulo’s account of riding BMW’s Superstock, sateliite Superbike, and factory Superbike S1000RR race bikes.
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