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Court
| | Posted on Sunday, September 20, 2009 - 07:09 pm: | 
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No mystery . . . just excitement. |
Electraglider_1997
| | Posted on Sunday, September 20, 2009 - 07:13 pm: |
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Free agency. |
Missin44
| | Posted on Sunday, September 20, 2009 - 07:58 pm: |
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No mystery . . . just excitement.
As long as EB doesn't actually leave Buell |
Dennis_c
| | Posted on Sunday, September 20, 2009 - 09:01 pm: |
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I want ULY hybird with 1125RR & 50 hp elect. motor. Do you think I will have to wait long.   |
Conchop
| | Posted on Monday, September 21, 2009 - 08:57 am: |
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Gas turbines rule! |
Hangetsu
| | Posted on Monday, September 21, 2009 - 05:08 pm: |
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Steam! |
Hughlysses
| | Posted on Monday, September 21, 2009 - 05:24 pm: |
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Steam!
+1. Internal combustion is just a passing fad! |
Froggy
| | Posted on Monday, September 21, 2009 - 07:29 pm: |
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quote:I want ULY hybird with 1125RR & 50 hp elect. motor. Do you think I will have to wait long.
Actually that wouldn't be that hard, you can put the electric motor in the rear swingarm/hub similar to a scooter, the issue would be batteries then. Turn the topcase into a lithium power pack?  |
Ratbuell
| | Posted on Monday, September 21, 2009 - 09:59 pm: |
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If EB went that way, batteries would never be up top.
Mass Centralization.
Find a way to stuff 'em in the muffler. |
Electraglider_1997
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 10:20 am: |
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My son keeps begging for that Zero Supermoto. 75 mph and 60 miles per charge. Certainly wouldn't have to worry at all about oil levels, warming up, or monoxide emissions in the garage. Just have to remember to put it on the charger. If that thing would have a 5,000 dollar price tag I'd buy it for myself. My boy wants us to ride out to California next summer after he graduates from high school so that he can demo one. Long ride for a demo. Be nice if Buell saw the writing on the wall and developed a full on electric or hybrid. At this stage of battery development I'd like to see more hybrid bikes so that mileage is not such a limiting factor. Fuel prices are going to sky rocket one of these days and bike manufacturers that have been developing bikes for those circumstances will be the ones that stay in business and profit. The rest will end up like BSA, Crocker, Norton, and all the rest of the "Once Were". |
Electraglider_1997
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 10:28 am: |
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I always wished I'd of spent my college days studying to be an electrical engineer instead of a Industrial Engineer (quasi mechanical). Everything was going digital and we relied heavily on the electrical engineers for so much. Got to admit those double E's were smart SOB's. When it came to the mechanical systems we were king and the EE's were happy to let us get greasy. Maybe they will someday just come up with a chip set that'll just plug into our noggins that will let us all have the specialized knowledge without all the college work. |
Froggy
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 01:24 pm: |
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Rat, I was looking at it from a homebrew perspective, if EB did it, I would think he would use the 1125R fairing and stuff some behind it, put some in the muffler, some under the seat, and a few more wherever else they can fit them.
But 80lbs in the topbox would make highway onramps interesting 
EG, price will come down and range/speed will improve over time. The faster/longer you want to go, the more it will cost. I do recall discussing the Mission Motors bike with you before, 150mph+, but $65k. Like DVD players, its all a matter of time before they will take over squidbike night at the local McDonald's. |
Electraglider_1997
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 01:41 pm: |
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DVD, digital cameras, flatscreen tv's, computers. All started out very high priced and have steadily come down and gotten better, faster, more powerful. I for one am looking forward to powerful, fast, quiet, and gasoline free electric motorcycles. Prius battery life is very long because the computers never let them get below half charge. I worry that unless a motorcycle is a hybrid the battery in a full electric would be drained out and lifetime reduced. Can't see paying for new batteries all the time. If ultra capacitors pan out then that may be just the thing to power bikes. |
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