world's fast production bike is an electric bike

[SUPERSTARDJ01]

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news-new-bikes/worlds-fastest-production-bike-revealed/25009.html

[ClunkintheUK]

That would be mental.

[PyroUK]

Drool

[Mrs DJ Fridge]

Yes, but £23000 still seems a little steep however fast it goes, and you still have to recharge it after 100 miles, who can guarantee only going 100 miles on a ride. I just think they have a way to go yet before electric vehicles are a realistic alternative to fossil fuel.

[L3nny]

Seems a bit pointless really. The best application for an electric bike would be something cheap to commute on.

[Ravenhearts]

wouldn't want to go far on those tyres...or is it just me?

[PyroUK]

Pah, just means you have a lunch or drink stop on your ride, especially if it really can charge in half an hour!

And actually there isn't really any cheap electric commuters, yammy do one which I think is over priced compared to 50's and it's ugly as hell.

It's things like this, the p1 and the 918 that get people excited about what electric power can do which draws more interest and finding and therefore more research so we don't get stuck with a world filled with Gee Wiz's!

So what if it can only do 100 miles, they will be 100 fun filled green miles :)

[ClunkintheUK]

I was very tempted by a Tesla test drive. I said there was no way I could afford it, they said that didn't matter really.

Apparently lots of bikers had test driven it and been blown away and how it accelerates. Electric is full power, full torque from a standing start. I would love you have a go on that, but I've not even ridden a super sport, let alone a super bike.

[PyroUK]

Tesla? As in the same ones that did the super car based on an Elise?

[ClunkintheUK]

Yeah, same people. They have a new model out, been about 6 months. the model X and the model S.
The model S is the one i'd have. They are a 5+2 saloon, between 5 and 7 series sized.

http://www.teslamotors.com/en_GB/models/features#/performance

the performance version kicks out about 469 hp, apparently. They also look really cool in the flesh.

[PyroUK]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm

[JulesW]

I feel like a scribe at the dawn of printing when the Gutenberg Press came along or a sailor when sail gave way to steam. Kicking and screaming, yearning for the 'old' but eventually succumbing to the new technology.


Whether you love or loathe the concept of electric motorbikes they are coming, they will get better and better, they will get cheaper and cheaper, ranges will improve as will re-charge times (fast battery swap at roadside service station) and they will take over....eventually!

[PyroUK]

I feel like a scribe at the dawn of printing when the Gutenberg Press came along or a sailor when sail gave way to steam. Kicking and screaming, yearning for the 'old' but eventually succumbing to the new technology.



That's deep.

[ClunkintheUK]

I think you might be right Jules.

Going by your analogy the combustion engine will still be around for a long time though, perhaps indefinitely, but more as an engineering marvel in the same way that caligraphy and round the world sailors are still thriving.

I remember Jay Leno on top gear, when James May got the first look at the Fisker Karma. Jay said, and I paraphrase, these will be the cars for the every day, the ones that you leave in the office car park and going to the super market. And the combustion engine will be for your midget or your sprite for fun on the weekend.