VOL. 52 ISSUE 49 DECEMBER 8, 2015 P67
130 mph at the 500-foot mark
down to 20 mph for the tight
right entry. Plus even using
the rear brake very hard, I
had no risk of chattering the
rear Dunlop as on a combus-
tion engined bike, especially
a twin. The Mugen steered
easily and predictably as I laid
it into the turn on the brakes,
and again lifting it from side
to side in the flip-flop chi-
cane, without feeling that it
wanted to fall on its side as
other more top-heavy E-
bikes packed to the gills with
batteries have felt. And the
architecture of the Shinden
has been carefully thought out
by Yoshimi-san and his team,
because the battery pack is
mounted high enough in the
chassis to prevent any ground
clearance problems at full
lean, yet without making the
bike feel top-heavy. This must
indeed have been an armchair
ride around the TT Course
for John McGuinness, as he
claims.
One that he'd have enjoyed
to the sound of silence, for
the Mugen is indeed quieter
than any other E-racer I've
yet sampled, besides the
MotoCzysz. Unlike the Mis-
sion R's admittedly addictive
and utterly thrilling scream of
YOU CAN WHACK
IT HARD OPEN
ALMOST AS
SOON AS YOU'RE
OFF THE MARK, BUT
THE CONTROLLER
WON'T DELIVER ALL
THE GOODS UNTIL IT
RECKONS IT'S SAFE
TO DO SO. CALL IT
E-TRACTION CONTROL.
The rangy 58.4-inch
wheelbase helps keep
the Mugen stable on
the TT course.
