[eddyline]

Heh. 60 lbs battery pack, ten mile range? Electric motocross?



I guess we're not QUITE there yet....

 

[clinging]

I think a no-noise dirtbike would open up a lot of land to dirt bike use.

 

[46196]

Cool! I guess riding in water is bad??? Hmm.

 

[Buzglyd]

Or just voting for the right people.

 

[KLRer]

19 hp weighing in at 140 lbs, whisper quiet, sounds great. Whats with the 10 mile range though? Ten miles or 45 minutes? Doesnt that equate to 13 mph? Whats the range at 40 mph then-- 2 miles?



Lots of questions, but the future is clear and it aint the internal combustion engine.

 

[seruzawa]

Interesting, but they don't mention how much the battery packs are. A decent car battery runs $70. Also the 10 mile range is suspect. Is that 10 miles at full discharge? Don't most MX races go farther than 10 miles anyhow? Will they sell enough of these to justify a new racing class?



I can just see it now. Silent MX races. Except for the dozens of generators blaring away in the background.



Also, from what I know about batteries too much of the 50 minute quick charging is going to be very hard on battery life.



On the plus side you can tear up your backyard without having the neighbors calling the cops or stringing neck-high wire.



You CA guys are going to be in trouble if CARB finds out about this.

 

[51629]

Looks like it's ideal for Arnold Schwarzenegger's next "Calif eco-correct" Terminator movie.

 

[23063]

Looks more like an MX bicycle. I doubt it's equivalent to a 250 motocrosser - maybe a trials bike.



At 140lbs including 60lbs worth of battery there is plenty of room to put a gas motor in there and turn it into a hybrid for street use.

 

[jhinton]

You can go to www.goblade.co.uk for electric dirtbike that looks like a motorcycle and not some kind of mutant minibike.

Personally, I see electric motorcross bikes taking off. I invision motorcross tracks set up in the city because the neighbors don't complain about noise. You have several Li-Ion battery packs that change out between races. If it really caught on, you could have battery packs that track owner rented and charged on site.

 

[longride]

Bicycles don't make any noise either, but they have been kicked out of most off road areas in Chicagoland. If the neighbors don't have noise to complain about they will find something else. You can count on that one.

 

[7349]

Silent back yard motocross racing proves that there's no place like ohm.

 

[mscuddy]

Re: Electric Dirtbike video game

Someone shoot me....

 

[23063]

You're going to get a lot of resistance to that one.

 

[5718]

Scientists come and scientists go, but Ampere's name is always current

 

[Kevin_Williams]

Jr's Abandonded Homemade Dirtbike + 12v DieHard + Washing Machine Motor = ******* ALTERNATIVE FUELS PROJECT

 

[56599]

I just can't get all fired up about electric vehicles.. As you might of guessed kpaul was always the first kid in the neighborhood to clothespin playing cards to his bike spokes every spring. i.e. I love the sound of the internal combustion engine... yes I have a degree in electrical engineering but electric motors are boring and simple...and they don't sound sexy..loud pipes saves kpaul sanity..

 

[55897]

It's a start. Gotta fiqure out a way to recharge the battery as you drive. One of those flip-over generators that powered bicyles headlamps back in the old days.

 

[schizuki]

"Lots of questions, but the future is clear"



No, it isn't.



"and it aint the internal combustion engine."



Well, of course not. It could be ion-drive, or it could be horse-drawn carts.



I'm betting on the IC engine for at least another 25 years.

 

[schizuki]

Awesome! Cuz electricity is, like, free and totally clean.

 

[Buzglyd]

I'll bet that joke goes over big at the 40 year old virgin club's happy hour parties.