{"id":56994,"date":"2020-06-10T13:22:25","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T18:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=56994"},"modified":"2020-06-10T14:01:35","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T19:01:35","slug":"hayabusa-with-an-electric-motor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=56994","title":{"rendered":"Suzuki Hayabusa with an Electric Forklift Motor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Hayabusa-with-an-Electric-Motor-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"56997\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=56997\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Hayabusa-with-an-Electric-Motor-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hayabusa with an Electric Motor 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Hayabusa with an Electric Motor&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Hayabusa-with-an-Electric-Motor-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Hayabusa-with-an-Electric-Motor-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hayabusa with an Electric Motor\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Hayabusa-with-an-Electric-Motor-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Hayabusa-with-an-Electric-Motor-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Hayabusa-with-an-Electric-Motor-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Hayabusa-with-an-Electric-Motor-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Suzuki Hayabusa was built to drag race and competes in the 200 volt class. The motorcycle weighs 164 kg (361 lb) and is powered by an electric motor from a forklift. The team has modified the electric motor to increase output to 200 horsepower on a custom controller. The combination resulted in a 9.3 sec quarter-mile (not filmed). <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/BB3uMyMtUEc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC0gwklIFY-Cdy7frFprXuHg\">Snooken Recordings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Suzuki Hayabusa was built to drag race and competes in the 200 volt class. The motorcycle weighs 164 kg (361 lb) and is powered by an electric motor from a forklift. The team has modified the electric motor to increase output to 200 horsepower on a custom controller. The combination resulted in a 9.3&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=56994\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Suzuki Hayabusa with an Electric Forklift Motor<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":56997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hayabusa"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Hayabusa-with-an-Electric-Motor-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":118733,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=118733","url_meta":{"origin":56994,"position":0},"title":"Citicar with a Hayabusa Motor","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 30, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Vasily Builds has spent the last year building a unique Sebring-Vanguard Citicar. 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