Bermudian-designed all-electric motorbikes are set to hit the roads of Bermuda.

Businessmen Jamie Lovell and Alex Marshall, who run Team Oni Racing Club, unveiled the first two superbike-styled machines — with one already sold.

Mr Lovell said: “We designed them ourselves and we got a manufacturer in Asia to create them.

“The manufacturer put it all together for us to our specifications, which were cleared with TCD. It has amazing build quality and we’re very proud of them.”

The Torc X-Tercel bikes went on display at a motor show on Front Street two weeks ago.

Mr Lovell said: “It’s amazing — people have been blown away. They are beyond what we imagined when we built them — they’re very smooth and very silent.”

The bikes come in two guises — one powered by acid batteries which is equivalent to a 50cc machine and another, with a lithium battery, which is equivalent to a 125cc bike.

Mr Lovell said at the Bermuda speed limit of 35kph, the smaller 3000W has a range of 154km, while at the same speed its bigger brother, at 5000W, can cover 220km between charges.

Mr Marshall added: “We’re going to offer mopeds and other bikes, but we wanted our first bikes to be street bikes — sexy and beautiful because people don’t think of electric bikes like that.”

The batteries, slung under the frame of the bike where a petrol engine would be, power electric motors housed in the rear-wheel hub.

The bigger bike can hit a top speed of 110kph in nine seconds, while the smaller one’s top speed is 90kph, also achievable in nine seconds.

Each bike has three gears, changed by flipping a small switch near the right handgrip.

Mr Lovell said: “There’s no gas, no mechanical parts and they are environmentally friendly and quiet. There’s no noise with these bikes.

“They are energy-efficient and carbon neutral — they leave no carbon footprint.

“The styling really catches people’s eyes and the technology is interesting.

“You also get the speed that matches a conventional gas bike. It’s amazing that this new technology can reach these speeds.”

He added: “This technology has only been available for a year, so Bermuda is ahead of the game.”

Mr Marshall added that the suspension is adjustable, from hard to soft,

He said: “It’s just like any superbike you can get in the States, but this is a smaller island version.”

Mr Marshall added that Team Oni Racing Club was also planning to introduce electric cars in the future, alongside a wide range of bikes.

The 50cc equivalent bike sells for $5,800 and the 125cc equivalent is priced at $6,270 and both can go from zero charge to a fully-powered battery in six hours.

The firm was founded as an extension of Mr Lovell’s existing specialist car parts and customising company.

Now it has expanded to include other products at the cutting edge of technology like radio-controlled jet aircraft and drones, as well as conventional and electric bikes.

For more information, go to www.oniracingclub.com.