Posted on 09/25/2019 10:40:27 AM PDT by Red Badger
FWIW the Isle of Man TT race has featured zero-emission bikes for the last few year. They zip along pretty fast and look good too. But they only go for one lap—not quite 38 miles. Pit stops would have to be pretty long to recharge the batteries.
I wouldn’t mind one of those for $13K. Looks pretty nice and my commute is less than 20 miles each way, so the range is not a limitation. I wonder if the “gas tank” is actually a trunk/storage area.
Motorcycles contribute very little to air-quality concerns as it is, and are quite fuel efficient (far more efficient over it’s life than electric motorcycles, which never overcome their front-end environmental impact) Nevermind the doubled cost up front...
I just don’t get it.
Iron Sportster!
A silent donorcycle .. an Einsteinian idea, shirley.
Man is that thing cool!
For a burbs dweller, I could see one.
For a burbs dweller, I could see one.
Born to be MILD!
AND the fact that you need to build TWO complete power plants to charge their batteries — one solar or wind plant that doesn’t generate power very often AND a 100% backup plant powered by natural gas to provide power while the wind and solar plants are sitting there doing nothing.
I don’t ride anymore cuz my last scooter tried to kill me, but there is absolutely no substitute for a powerful ice under you, roaring across hill and dale...
They mean “least worst”.
They are all crap.
Simple. It’s virtue signalling.
The fine print sez that it may have a top speed of 56mph but if you travel that fast it’ll run out of charge in about 20 miles. These promos for electric vehicles never tell the real truth.
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