All-electric KillaCycle tries to kill its maker

You may have heard about the all-electric "KillaCycle" - a 158MPH drag racing bike powered by a bank of 990 lithium-ion batteries that does 0-60 in .97 seconds. Well, the bike isn't shy about living up to its name - in a demo for reporters at Wired's NextFest, creator Bill Dube was doing some innocent burnouts when the rear tire hooked and fired him off like a shot...into a parked minivan. Dube appears to be okay - he was conscious and had feeling in all his fingers and toes -- but paramedics took him in for X-rays just to be sure. Here's hoping he recovers quickly - and lets us take that thing for a spin. Hit the read link to see it all go down on video. Video: Electric motorcycle inventor crashes at Wired NextFest



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