yea chaz that's the only thing that would throw me. I wonder how many races you'd get in AND what race class i9t would fit into
sr2,
Aug 24, 2:00pm
Very impressive, I want one! (Love his comments re noisy bikes)
kazbanz,
Aug 24, 2:03pm
sr2--I suspect it will be in issue with pedestrians and cyclists not hearing the bike than car drivers.
sr2,
Aug 24, 2:11pm
You could well be right although I wonder if the current batch of hybrid and electric cars are causing problems with pedestrians?
mrfxit,
Aug 24, 2:58pm
LMFAO, that bike is brilliant. Thats going to brass off a lot of Harley riders
ambo11,
Aug 24, 3:19pm
Amazing. BUT. I'll keep enjoying the sound of an angry crossplane motor thanks. A sportbike motor singing is most of the enjoyment.
ambo11,
Aug 24, 3:23pm
Harley riders. meh. I was out on my bike last weekend and some Harley toughies wanted a drag at the lights, revving their motors, looking at my bike. I kept up with them for the first few kms, but then my legs got sore from the peddling.
purple666,
Aug 24, 3:29pm
The Harley electric motorcycle sounds kinda cool, but give me the internal combustion engine any day
Hatfield's greatest dream is to head up to Alice's on a Saturday morning and see three or four Lightning bikes lined up outside. Of course, the main barriers to overcome are battery range, battery price and charging infrastructure, and if the charging infrastructure was there, the current range figures simply wouldn't be an issue. The LS-218 ships with either a 12, a 15 or a 20 kWh battery pack, getting you a maximum range of 120, 150 or 180 miles respectively. Charging time is around 30 minutes on a DC fast charger, and I don't know many sportsbike riders who don't appreciate a half-hour break after a couple of hours in the saddle.
And it could be a lot quicker than that if Tesla came to the party, says Hatfield: "Tesla, with their supercharger network, they're at about 130,000 watts, so if we plugged that in to our bike and watched it carefully, everything was optimal, we could have the bike to 80 percent full in well under 10 minutes. So that's kind of the holy grail. The technology exists right now to do it. We have our own chargers that'll charge that quickly, but we just need to see a network out there that people can use.
by the look of their attached article they've got range up to 120,150 &180 miles (depending on the battery pack you buy) & a quick turnaround for fast charging too rather than the 6-12 hours many need. Thats sounding more like the measly efforts from other manufacturers & has been a real turnoff for a lot of those keen (including me). I'd love a go on something like this
whqqsh,
Sep 16, 8:09pm
snap lol
intrade,
Sep 16, 8:36pm
they could make one with front and rear wheel drive for even more punch so you dont do wheelies or flip it.
quickbuck,
Sep 16, 8:43pm
Watchya talkin bout Willis?
gpg58,
Sep 16, 8:52pm
neighbour rode my 1kw front drive bicycle i had a few years ago, and came back to change his pants, after dialing on power on a corner that had a patch of shingle on apex. So i think traction control would be best and lets make it 2 wheel drive too i agree.
noswalg,
Sep 17, 6:32am
why the he'll would you not want to lift the front wheel? That's what cruisers are for.
budgel,
Sep 17, 8:41am
Amazing bike, Do motorcyclists really want full torque at lower revs? On a conventional bike we back off the throttle to avoid breaking traction. When we do that we are reducing torque to the rear wheel, on this bike we cant do that.
tamarillo,
Sep 17, 9:21am
The future looks fun! With this rate of progress in battery tech it's going to be very viable soon, then as more and more electrics come on, maybe they'll be some spare gas left for us too! Best of both worlds.
skiff1,
Sep 17, 9:21am
why not a horse?
tamarillo,
Sep 17, 9:23am
Why not? Just back off throttle on this. We'll learn to manage the braking effect, no doubt they'll play with laptop and make it so initial back off leaves it feeling more neutral before the regenerative braking.
budgel,
Sep 17, 10:06am
It is torque at the wheel that breaks traction, backing off the throttle on the electric bike doesnt reduce the torque at the back wheel in the way doing so on a petrol engine does. The regenerative braking is something else entirely.
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