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250KM/H Peraves MonoTracer planned for Geneva

 
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250KM/H Peraves MonoTracer planned for Geneva

250KM/H Peraves MonoTracer planned for Geneva

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Swiss company Peraves first revealed its MonoTracer at last year’s Geneva Motor Show but back then the enclosed bike was still in the early stages of development and it hadn’t even undergone official testing. For this year’s Geneva Motor Show, Peraves is back and this time ‘round officials have some exciting numbers to boast about.

The final production version of the MonoTracer will now sport a 96kW four-cylinder petrol engine capable or revving to 8,750rpm. Peak torque of 117Nm arrives at just over 6,000rpm and at full tilt the MonoTracer will accelerate to 100km/h from rest in just 4.8 seconds and reach a top speed of 250km/h. Mileage comes in at 65mpg (3.6L/100km) and at this level the MonoTracer emits just 85g of carbon per km.

Key to the MonoTracer’s design is its ‘knee’ (a retracted stabilizer tire), which skims the road and allows the vehicle to lean up to 52 degrees around corners. Peraves is now planning to expand its factory and hopes to build up to 100 units of the MonoTracer per year with pricing to start at €52,000.
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Comments (6)

  1. By Renton Posted: 2/29/2008 12:13pm PST

    Great post. Important machine.

    If everyone rode these things, the world would be a cooler place.
     
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  2. By peste Posted: 2/29/2008 12:33pm PST

    this is pretty slow compared to a regular bike
     
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  3. By ersin Posted: 2/29/2008 1:01pm PST

    end of door side looks like Audi R8's that grey part.
     
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  4. By C6R Posted: 2/29/2008 8:53pm PST

    Ridiculously expensive.
     
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  5. By JFR Posted: 3/1/2008 2:05pm PST

    Very nice concept, but I'll wait for the $ 5.000 chinese copy!
     
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  6. By Gus Posted: 3/2/2008 6:52pm PST

    Very cool, way too expensive, and not nearly safe enough for me.
     
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