This electric bike is the future

Discussion in 'General 1000RR Discussion' started by graemewalker, Aug 23, 2014.

  1. Fudster

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    And don't dare getting it wet :eek:
     
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    Weighs nearly 250kg and $42k which means they will charge £42k when it gets here, I like the idea but as I said a couple of years ago when I did product testing for the zero range of electric bikes it's the lack of noise that worries me, people don't look properly these days even more so when wearing headphones and will more than likely just walk out in your path if they can't hear you coming, even worse if your filtering traffic at least with petrol engine half of them hear you coming
     
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    It's the future. And it's coming. Battery technology is improving all the time and even electric cars can be charged in 30mins using the chargers fitted to many motorway service stations at the moment as they don't use 240V, it's something like 440V and 70amps. I for one will be watching the new Formula-E racing series when it kicks off next month, and am looking into getting an electric car as my main commuting vehicle. It's the future I tell ya!
     
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    Well then the future sucks :( Lol ;)
    I have an electric RC scale aircraft and it only came to life after I added a sound system, don't want to have to carry huge speakers on my electric bike to make to sound good ;)
    Hydrogen bikes need to be the future, put in water, convert to hydrogen2 and oxygen and you're sorted, plus noise :)
    It's the proper future I tell ya, please someone make something better than a fast mobility scooter
     
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