Boutique motorcycle manufacturer Confederate Motors has announced that & the company will be renamed Curtiss starting January 2018. Confederate & has been famous all over the world for stunning exotica, radical & designs, and imaginative engineering. After reaching the pinnacle of & motorcycle building, the brand has decided it's hit a wall. It's time to & go in a different direction as Curtiss, with a fresh name and a switch & to EV technology.

Curtiss has partnered up with Zero Motorcycles in order to power their & new creations with electric motors… And while Confederate used to sell & their masterpieces at astronomical expenses, Curtiss hopes to provide & beautiful electric bikes at more accessible prices.Confederate’s name change comes amidst a nationwide conversation & about America’s controversial Civil War history. "I think we lost a lot a & business with that name," Chambers told the Los Angeles Times, during & the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance 2017. "We've missed out on branding & opportunities. So, it's time to retire it."

The Curtiss name is taken from Glenn “Hell Rider” Curtiss & (1878-1930), the American aviator, industrial designer, and motorcycle & pioneer. In fact, the aerospace manufacturer Curtiss-Wright is a & consolidation of his company and that of the Wright brothers — but the & man is equally legendary in the bike realm as a turn-of-the-century & racer and engineer. He was known for mounting aircraft engines onto his & own Hercules bicycles, very early on.In 1903, Glenn Curtiss set the very first motorcycle speed record riding & one of his original Hercules bicycles, which used a 1,000cc V-twin & taking him up to 103 kph. Later on, he wowed the world by stitching four & engines together to create an incredible 4,000cc V8, which he mounted & on another Hercules bike to set a 219.31 kph speed record in 1907. It & took another 23 years before it was beaten.That is why Curtiss Motorcycles (formerly Confederate) has chosen to & name its very first electric motorcycle the “Hercules”, which will be & unveiled in May next year.
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