Pure Power. No Limits.
A New Way to Think About Building Motorcycles
At Shandoka, we can build any electric motorcycle you can envision - from the biggest most powerful chopper to a simple town-cafe special.
Of course, it all started from a simpler place: in a garage and a driveway with a busted motorcycle. It was the summer of 2010, and our founder was frustrated at a carburetor that just would not tune. The bike would idle but not run, or run but not idle. Too many hands had made a mess out of this one.
Ahead of the times, but not lost to time.
Big Lithium Batteries were still new
In the year 2010, we had barely gotten the first DROID phones and the original Tesla roadster was only two years old. What they had in common was Lithium battery technology! They were new and expensive, but also unstable and failure prone - all the things you want on a motorcycle! From his research, our founder decided that 400 pounds of troublesome batteries on a motorcycle frame just to go 20 miles on the side streets was a bit too early.
But we all know, technology keeps getting better
The goal was to take this idea and create a way to future-proof your motorcycle with an upgradable platform that advances with battery designs and energy storage technologies.
Ahead of the times, but not lost to time.
Tech improves, and Shandoka is ready
By the time we got to 2017, the batteries were getting better - a lot better! After several years of secrecy, the first patent was filed for the adapter system and the idea was released in February 2018. Even then, you still could not just order a thousand battery cells off the internet and start building a battery! And the costs meant only a few people could afford to build a long range bike anyhow.
But the batteries were still getting better, faster...
So we built a few models of our better ideas and worked out improved engineering for the right solution, but waited to commit to a battery format.
The Taste of Fresh Air and Clear Skies
How COVID19 showed us the way
Until the shutdowns, Shandoka was planned like any other manufactured thing: make it in a factory. But the truth is, we don't need to make the whole motorcycle there. Pandemic Response was proof that people can make great things at home and in their small shops!
The best way to support American Tradesfolk is give the work to them.
Being around motorcycles and cars, you can't miss the people that stand out. The guys and gals that like to make stuff and get creative with materials and tools. Folks that enjoy solving a problem and building things. Our solution to building electric motorcycles is centered on the builder, the maker, the finisher. That's how we deliver the best motorcycles for the most people.
Details Matter in every thing we do.
A Home in Detroit: Motor City
Electric motorcycles in 2025 are now seen around the world as the future of transportation, and we're proud to be at the forefront of this revolution. With our patented adapters, it's now safe and easy to retrofit a gas-powered motorcycle into a powerful and efficient electric machine.
You can trust the crew at Shandoka to get it right the first time.
Enjoy the benefits of electric motorcycles, including lower maintenance costs and zero emissions. Future-proof your motorcycle with our upgradable platform that grows and advances with motor designs and energy storage technologies. And know that you are supporting local builders and tradespeople.
SHANDOKA ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES
Made in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Proven on the Dyno, and the Street
It's one thing to put together an electric motorcycle, but an entirely different thing to have it stay together.
Build your Own with Shandoka!
BUILD YOUR OWN, but it’s not DIY…
Why not? Because DIY isnt always diy… just look at all the unfinished projects you already have! Did you really DIY that bathroom? Or the raised beds…
Would you ride it down the highway?
We know DIY because we’ve done DIY and you know what happens when you’re doing DIY … Sometimes you D I Don't !
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