No road vehicle needs a 218 mph (350 km/h) top speed. No motorcycle needs to make 200 horsepower, with as much torque as a Hyundai iMax people mover. These are figures of absolute excess – and that's ...

Last May, when Gizmag first featured the "truly, horrifyingly fast" Lightning LS-218, I ended by saying: "If I could take any bike in the world out for a test today, this would be the top of the list.

It’s been a busy weekend for electric mobility. We knew that Lightning Motorcycles would unveil the production version of their electric superbike at the Quail Lodge event in California, and we’ve ...

The LS-218 gets its name from its best-timed run of 218mph (351kmph) at the Bonneville Speedweek in August 2018 Lightning Motorcycles' LS-218 is the world's most powerful production electric ...

Lightning Motorcycles intends to pull the wraps off its newest machine, touted LS-218 in honor of the 218 mph (350.7 km/h) top speed the prototype it is based on reached at the Bonneville Salt Flats ...

The world’s fastest motorcycle on record is the Dodge Tomahawk, capable of 420 miles per hour (mph). Although this is the fastest speed for a motorcycle in history, the Tomahawk was a concept vehicle ...

Last year, a man named Carlin Dunne raced an electric motorcycle in the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb. He reached the summit in a blistering 10 minutes flat, handily beating his closest ...

Charles has been in the industry for 19 years now, and has worked with brands such as Autocar India, Overdrive, Motoring World, CarWale, BikeWale and Powerdrift. He has more experience reviewing cars, ...

With a 200 horsepower electric motor and a top speed of 216 mph, the Lightning LS-218 SuperBike is not just the world’s fastest production electric motorcycle – it also holds the world land speed ...