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Offline Bob_Roller

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Electric Motorcycles
« on: March 26, 2008, 12:09:59 PM »
Saw an article in the business news today about electric motorcycles, here's a link to the manufacturers  http://www.enertiabike.com/. ,  http://www.intelligent-energy.com/  ,http://zeromotorcycles.com/  , http://www.vectrix.com/  .

Kind of interesting and quite costly !
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Re: Electric Motorcycles
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2008, 05:34:17 PM »

somewhere around the house I have an engineering journal with a road test report on this - will have to dig around....
I like the idea, but I gotta say, I think that they can do better with how this thing is styled - it looks alot like my mountain bike
with some plastic panels stuck on.  I realize the desire to keep it slim and light, but I don't think that I could be seen riding this
thing with my helmet and mesh-tex jacket and leathers. :D

I also found  a report on the Vectrix all electric scooter, but in spite of that fact that it can go up to 60 mph and has a
maximum range of about 50 miles or so, it is (and looks like) a scooter, and we all know how much some of us like
scooters.... ;)   Bloody thing cost $12K, too, so it is no wonder that Kalifornya is planning to offer up to $1500 rebates to its poor
downtrodden citizens for buying one.  
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