Each of these is a motorcycle that already exists in the thousands, with a Shandoka Multi-Fit system where the engine used to be. Same frame, same character, electric drive — and a platform that takes better parts as they arrive.
The chopper on the Buffalo Chip stage at Sturgis — three-quarter front, low angle, lit from the side so the frame and the motor mount read clearly.
The bike that stopped people at Sturgis. Built on the V-Twin Multi-Fit system, with power from a mild 55 hp to more than 200 at the drive shaft.
See the Custom Chopper build →Finished electric XS400, side profile against a plain wall, so the battery box and the original tank line both read.
The bike that inspired the first Shandoka retrofit. Two motor sizes, three batteries, and the classic lines of Yamaha's 1976 slimline cruiser.
See the Yamaha XS400 build →Electric Ninja 250 with fairings on, three-quarter front, so it reads as a stock sportbike until you look twice.
One of the most widely sold motorcycles in history, with a 12 kW hub motor and sustained 70 mph — in Skinny or Sumo fitment.
See the Kawasaki Ninja 250 build →Virago 750 with the electric system installed, side profile, the V-Twin tribute shape of the adapter clearly visible.
Five frame sizes, from the 250 through the 535 and 750/920 to the 1100 — the most customizable platform we build for.
See the Yamaha Virago build →Every one of these is the same idea: a structural adapter where the engine was, and a modular battery stack sized to the bike. The V-Twin system page has the engineering — stack sizes, frame matching, cooling and power tiers.
The system is designed around motorcycles with structural engines, which is most of them. Harley-Davidson Pan America with a bad engine? We have been waiting for someone to ask. Tell us what you have and we will tell you straight whether it is a sensible build.
