Electric scoot

[samamoto]

As much as I laughed and made bad jokes (in fact I still do) about the obligation to leave your balls in the dealership upon the pickup of the Prius or Leaf type of inventions I have to admit I'm more and more intrigued by those...

I drove friends volt once and was surprised by how reasonable it felt. Recently I had for 2 days my friends Chevy Bolt - even being one of the ugliest things I ever drove I have to admit that it had surprisingly big amount of "umpf" to it and with 250 miles range that thing was really nice to drive.

Now I read today about Harley going sparky (click) and I must admit I start to be envy to try an electric driven bike. Sure, I won't be able to make an Alaska run on it yet or even a good 400-500 mile day but for stuff like my commute 200 miles would cover my whole week... I'm curious when will we actually get a choice to pick up an ergonomically similar to FJR or adventure bike electric scoot with 200+ miles of range and decent fairing for less than half of the mortgage. I'd surely be interested in giving one a try.

 

[thomasgif]

Check out Zero Motorcycles. The ZERO SR ZF14.4 is about the closest you are going to get for looks and riding position - no dice on the 200mi. range though.

 

[samamoto]

45KW, 120-ish miles range for $16500? Yep, still long way ahead

 

[Niehart]

https://www.triumphofseattle.com/zero-motorcycles-for-sale-in-seattle-wa--xallinventory?make=zero#page=xallinventory&make=zero

 

[Uncle Hud]

220-mile range, eh? Next thing you know, the IBA will have an electric equivalent to the Saddlesore 1,000:

The Zapper Ride

Ride your electric motorcycle 300 miles in 24 hours, provide documentation, get the certificate!

 

[Uncle Hud]

Hey, it occurred to me that electric bikes have a big advantage with millennials:

THERE'S NO CLUTCH AND NO NEED TO SHIFT GEARS.

 

[FJRPittsburgh]

Many of these electric bikes are $19,000. Buy a comparable $7000 gasoline fueled bike and have $12,000 left for fuel and maintenance.

 

[lnewlf]

Hey, it occurred to me that electric bikes have a big advantage with millennials:
THERE'S NO CLUTCH AND NO NEED TO SHIFT GEARS.

yup' and the snowflakes got plenty of juice for their devices...