Electric cars, and now electric motorcycles?

SUBMAN1 · 10-26-08, 12:01 PM

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/1...r-great-e.html

Hmm... Probably gets more mileage than a car I would guess.

-S

Onkel Neal · 10-26-08, 12:44 PM

Ewwww!

UnderseaLcpl · 10-26-08, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Ewwww!

Seconded.

I'd only buy one if they looked better than and were faster than the RR bikes on the market today.

SUBMAN1 · 10-26-08, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Ewwww!

Seconded.

I'd only buy one if they looked better than and were faster than the RR bikes on the market today.

Gotta make room for that battery!

-S

Schöneboom · 10-26-08, 04:59 PM

If it doesn't go "VROOOM!" fuhgeddaboutit!!! :p

Or to borrow Crocodile Dundee's line, That's not a motorcycle... THIS is a motorcycle:

Letum · 10-26-08, 05:16 PM

Well, it's not bad for one of the first, but there is a long way to go.

Zachstar · 10-26-08, 06:09 PM

This is not some replacement for a Harley. Electric bikes that can go highway speeds are highly tuned works of engineering.

Schöneboom · 10-26-08, 06:23 PM

I don't doubt the engineering, or the good intentions. But I would not be looking to buy one of these anytime soon. There's more than aesthetics behind my preference for the "VROOM" -- Car drivers often do not see us coming, but sometimes they can hear us -- that can be the difference between life & death. The electro-bike would be nearly silent! I would sooner get an electric car, for the sake of better protection.

Zachstar · 10-26-08, 06:32 PM

If needed put a sound system on it to make the sound.

Quillan · 10-26-08, 06:38 PM

I can see a use for it: a vehicle for covert-ops troops. Silent travel.

bookworm_020 · 10-26-08, 06:58 PM

The Next bike for Australian Post!

They already have push bikes with electric motors to assist ridders as they travel on their rounds.

FIREWALL · 10-26-08, 07:14 PM

Where I live you can't drive a combustion engine vehicle.

Only emergency vehicles and a few lg trucks to haul lg goods from dock.

Electric is the law here.

Diopos · 10-26-08, 10:56 PM

false posting, please continue.

10-26-08, 12:01 PM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Electric cars, and now electric motorcycles? http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/1...r-great-e.html Hmm... Probably gets more mileage than a car I would guess. -S __________________

10-26-08, 04:59 PM	#5
Schöneboom Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 651 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	If it doesn't go "VROOOM!" fuhgeddaboutit!!! :p Or to borrow Crocodile Dundee's line, That's not a motorcycle... THIS is a motorcycle: __________________ Dietrich Schöneboom, U-431 "Es wird klappen, Herr Kaleun. Ganz sicher."

10-26-08, 05:16 PM	#6
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Well, it's not bad for one of the first, but there is a long way to go. __________________

10-26-08, 06:09 PM	#7
Zachstar Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Shreveport, Louisiana Posts: 1,956 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	This is not some replacement for a Harley. Electric bikes that can go highway speeds are highly tuned works of engineering. __________________

10-26-08, 06:23 PM	#8
Schöneboom Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 651 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	I don't doubt the engineering, or the good intentions. But I would not be looking to buy one of these anytime soon. There's more than aesthetics behind my preference for the "VROOM" -- Car drivers often do not see us coming, but sometimes they can hear us -- that can be the difference between life & death. The electro-bike would be nearly silent! I would sooner get an electric car, for the sake of better protection. __________________ Dietrich Schöneboom, U-431 "Es wird klappen, Herr Kaleun. Ganz sicher."

10-26-08, 12:44 PM	#2
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Ewwww!

10-26-08, 06:32 PM	#9
Zachstar Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Shreveport, Louisiana Posts: 1,956 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	If needed put a sound system on it to make the sound. __________________

10-26-08, 06:38 PM	#10
Quillan Samurai Navy Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 579 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I can see a use for it: a vehicle for covert-ops troops. Silent travel. __________________ We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

10-26-08, 06:58 PM	#11
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	The Next bike for Australian Post! They already have push bikes with electric motors to assist ridders as they travel on their rounds. __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

10-26-08, 07:14 PM	#12
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Where I live you can't drive a combustion engine vehicle. Only emergency vehicles and a few lg trucks to haul lg goods from dock. Electric is the law here. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

10-26-08, 10:56 PM	#13
Diopos Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Athens, the original one. Posts: 1,226 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	false posting, please continue. __________________ - Oh God! They're all over the place! CRASH DIVE!!! - Ehm... we can't honey. We're in the car right now. - What?... er right... Doesn't matter! We'll give it a try anyway!