SHANDOKA CYCLES
Shandoka Electric Motorcycles · Detroit

Pure power. No limits.

We convert the motorcycle you love to battery electric with a bolt-in Multi-Fit system, built in Detroit or at a partner shop.

Patented and patent-pending Multi-Fit systems, built in Detroit and shown on the Buffalo Chip stage at Sturgis.

The Shandoka electric chopper on the Sturgis Buffalo Chip stage, side on, its long blue frame carrying the stacked battery modules where a V-twin engine would sit.
Your bike. Reimagined electric.

Where do you want to start?

Convert my motorcycle

Tell us what you ride. If it's one of our platforms, we already have a system for it. If it isn't, we'll tell you what that build takes.

Talk to us about your bike

Help me find the right bike

Know the bike you want? We'll help you source it. Know how you want to ride? We'll help you choose the bike, then source it. There's a motorcycle type and a price point for everyone.

See the platforms

Build them myself

Get certified on the Shandoka system and build your own. Or start your own retrofit shop and build electric motorcycles for other people.

Build with us

Learn to fix e-bikes and scooters

A technician course that starts from zero experience and runs at your own pace, with hands-on time in a shop.

Technician training

Train my shop team

One standard for what your technicians know, with seats for the people you hire or an annual plan for the whole shop.

Training for shops

Watch my battery pack

The DBB shows every cell and every thermistor on the bike, while you ride and while you charge.

See the DBB

From your motorcycle to the ride

A Kawasaki Ninja 250 on a lift with its engine and bodywork removed, the bare frame ready for conversion.
1

Your motorcycle

The engine and fuel system come out. The frame stays as it was built.

Two finished Shandoka adapter case sections side by side on a wooden block.
2

The Multi-Fit adapter

The adapter bolts in where the engine sat and carries the loads the frame was built for.

The Ninja 250 frame with the Shandoka battery pack fitted where the engine was and the hub motor in the rear wheel.
3

Battery and drive

The battery pack, controller and motor go in around the adapter.

The electric Kawasaki Ninja 250 parked on the street in its red bodywork, side profile, the vented battery pack below the fairing and the hub motor in the rear wheel.
4

The ride

Charge it at home and ride it the way you always have.

Your choices, your motorcycle

Shandoka's Multi-Fit systems give new life to classic bikes, with many OEMs using structural engines today. Choose from our models, optimized for tomorrow. What motorcycle do you want to convert to EV with us?

The Shandoka electric chopper on the Sturgis Buffalo Chip stage, side on, its long blue frame carrying the stacked battery modules where a V-twin engine would sit.
Bolt-In V-Twin Multi-Fit
Custom Chopper

Maybe you saw this bike at the Buffalo Chip at Sturgis. Bolt in a patent-pending Shandoka V-Twin Multi-Fit system, and the only speed limit is your grip strength.

See the Custom Chopper build →
MidKnight, Shandoka's electric motorcycle built on a Yamaha XS400 frame, side profile, its laser-cut battery box filling the frame under the blue tank.
XS400 Multi-Fit System
Yamaha XS400

The Maxim XS400 started it all, in a garage in Sandy, Utah, in 2010. Two motor sizes, three batteries, and the classic lines of Yamaha's 1976 slimline cruiser.

See the Yamaha XS400 build →
The electric Kawasaki Ninja 250 parked on the street in its red bodywork, side profile, the vented battery pack below the fairing and the hub motor in the rear wheel.
Ninja 250 Multi-Fit System
Kawasaki Ninja 250

One of the most widely sold motorcycles in history, now with a 12 kW hub motor and sustained 70 mph, in Skinny or Sumo fitment.

See the Kawasaki Ninja 250 build →
A Yamaha Virago frame on a lift with the engine out and the electric motor and controller mocked up where the V-Twin sat.
Virago Multi-Fit System
Yamaha Virago

Our V-Twin battery stack on the patented structural system, across five frame sizes from the 250 through the 535 and 750/920 to the 1100.

See the Yamaha Virago build →

The tech is ready, and so are we

Our Multi-Fit adapter solutions make it possible to convert almost any motorcycle to electric. Our growing network of shop partners makes sure your e-moto is built right!

It bolts in

The adapter takes the place of the structural engine and carries the loads the frame was built for. No cutting the frame and no one-off welding.

Real upgrades by design

We've done the hard part and designed a battery and drive system that's easy to upgrade for years to come. Put in a bigger battery or a more powerful controller, or go all the way with liquid cooling and chill plates.

Charge at home or on the go

Your Shandoka electric motorcycle can plug into the wall anywhere. You don't need charging stations for most daily riding.

Built right

Our shop partners know how to keep you safe with this much power. We aren't building e-bikes. These are street-legal electric motorcycles.

Know what your pack is doing

The Shandoka DBB puts all the data in the palm of your hand: every cell, every thermistor, GPS and charge data on a 4.3″ screen while you ride. It's your data on the device, never in the cloud. Fit it to a Shandoka build or any pack running a supported BMS.

The Shandoka DBB product image: the ride screen with every cell of the pack on the device's touchscreen.

Learn to work on them

A technician standing with a converted bike under a work tent, the controller and pack exposed.

Build a Shandoka for yourself with our team in Detroit and you'll be certified to make repairs and upgrades without voiding the warranty. Our technician course starts from zero experience and covers e-bikes, scooters, e-mopeds and motorcycles in about 13 hours of reading plus 15-20 hours of hands-on bench time in a shop, at your own pace.

"I've been looking for a training program like this for years! Usually my techs get a piece of knowledge from me on whatever we are working on, but this system had them going on their own in a few weeks instead of months." Nick Smith, Queen City Scooters

Proven on the dyno, and the street

It's one thing to put together an electric motorcycle, but an entirely different thing to have it stay together. What does it take to set a world record on an electric motorcycle? That depends how you define your record. So we partnered with legendary endurance riders Wendy Crockett and Ian McPhee, who hold several world records together and individually, and we're building an electric FJR1300 for Wendy's next one.

Racing and records Dyno test on YouTube
Wendy Crockett and Ian McPhee with an FJR1300 and their riding gear.