ecomodder.com — A year ago, Ben Nelson got an old, non-running motorcycle and converted it to electric drive. He’d never had a motorcycle before and wasn’t an expert with electric vehicles, but in true DIY nature, he learned as he went along. Check out his story and the videos he made about this bike..
Jun 25, 2008 View in Crawl 4
minigigJun 26, 2008
most motorcycles of that size get closer to 80mpg
Closed AccountJun 26, 2008
Insurance Agent: How many cc's is it?Owner: Uhm.... Zero.Insurance Agent: So I can't charge you $10,000 a year for it? Damn.
linageeJun 26, 2008
Motorcycles are typically unsafe because they are all zooming at high speeds (65mph+, 90mph is typically in california from what I see.) Going this fast on a motorcycle also makes you get terrible gas mileage.
catbellerJun 26, 2008
Says here that the yearly cost of recharging is less than 20 dollars. That's your fuel cost. You'll spend more than that on snacks in a month.
stormwernJun 26, 2008
Depends on what type of power plant. Wind, water and solar have essentially infinite efficiency, since they need no fuel to run, coal, oil and nuclear have around 40%.
Closed AccountJun 27, 2008
read the f**king article, it said 45mph and 20 miles.
Closed AccountJun 27, 2008
Some electric bike kits go 45 mph. No driver's license needed. 30 mile range.Here's a video of a guy going 45 mph on his electric bicycle:<a class="user" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvxaQD6KYmQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvxaQD6KYmQ</a>Here's an electric bicycle forum:<a class="user" href="http://www.bikeforums.net/forumdisplay.php?f=258">http://www.bikeforums.net/forumdisplay.php?f=258</a>
ninjacobJun 29, 2008
WRONG! I bet you don't even ride a bike. I can guarantee you from personal experience times when a bike has been BEHIND ME or in my BLIND SPOT and I did not see him, only heard him.
rmartinbikesFeb 23, 2009
Hi,We are an Electric Vehicles distributor firm and have been actively providing electric bikes and scooters to people from the last 5 years. Our clients appreciate the fact that how investing in such transportation one time saves them the need to go to a gasoline station or how they are actively cooperating in the global 'Go Green Movement'.I must say, to those who like fast speed vehicles, that given the rate at which technology is evolving, you never know when such electric bikes/cars get introduced in the markets that will have tremendous speed levels and small batteries.N(On behalf of R Martin Bikes.) <a class="user" href="http://rmartinbikes.blogspot.com">http://rmartinbikes.blogspot.com</a>