Mission Motorcycles intends to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The San Francisco-based company had been using powertrains manufactured by Mission Motors which is now defunct.
Mission Motorcycles has previously shown two versions of its electric bike, the racing-oriented RS and its street-legal model, the R. However, as the powertrain was designed for track use it was not suitable for the rigors of daily street use.
The Mission RS racing machine should have been manufactured in a limited run of only 40 units, with no cap on the street-legal Mission R bike.
Nobody seems to know how many, if any, bikes were manufactured
The Mission RS and R were rumoured to surface for prices under $60,000 (£39,000) and $30,000 (£19,500), respectively, but again, this will not happen.
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