2011 Mission R Pics

Mission redesigned their website, James Parker showed up on the team page. He did not manage to talk Mission into one of his patented RADD front ends but he did design the Mission R chassis from scratch around the Mission EVT and the payload of lithium that powers it. Mission brought in Timothy Prentice of Motonium to wrap the bike in sexy. He’s the guy who designed my late 90′s bike-lust, the Honda Superhawk VTR 1000 and that vTwin sport bike prototype Honda should have built.

Mission did a great job of highlighting the EVT. When you look at it there is not doubt the bike is electric. It seems the electric motorcycle will never loose the tank but I’m not sure my mind can do without it yet anyway.

Mission R Specifications

Motor
141 horsepower liquid-cooled 3-phase AC induction

Torque
Crank: 115 ft-lb (0 – 6400RPM)

Top Speed
160+ mph

Energy Storage
• MissionEVT battery modules with integrated Battery Management System
• Carbon fiber casing with dielectric liner
• Swappable architecture
• 14.4 kWh total energy storage

Power Control:
MissionEVT 100kW controller with integrated Vehicle Management System
• Adjustable throttle mapping
• Regenerative braking
• WiFi & 3G data connectivity

Transmission
Single speed, gear-driven primary reduction

Chassis
RADD-designed Quad-Element Frame
• Billet aluminum and
• Chrome-moly
• Power-Unit as fully-stressed member
• Battery box as semi-stressed member

Front Suspension
• Öhlins FGR-000 TTX25 Gas Charged Fork
• Adjustment for preload, ride height, high and low speed compression and
rebound

Rear Suspension
• Single-sided billet aluminum swingarm with linear wheelbase/chain adjustment
• Öhlins TTX36 Shock and progressive linkage system
• Adjustment for preload, ride height, high and low speed compression and
rebound

Wheels
Marchesini forged magnesium 10-spoke.
• Front: 17” x 3.5”
• Rear: 17” X 6”

Front Brake
• 2 Brembo 320 mm narrow-band racing stainless rotors
• 2 Brembo 2-piece billet 4-piston 30/34 mm differential bore radial-mount calipers

Rear Brake
• 245 mm stainless rotor
• Brembo HPK 2-piston 34 mm caliper