Damn! Electric motorbikes are here to stay...

Like early Tesla cars, looks like electric motorbikes are having their day...
Thoughts all?

http://motorpsych.blogspot.com/

Prefer the wet weather rideing later on in blog

Seriously though I'd miss the sound, big deciding factor in getting an SV

Chances are in the future we'll have a whole choice of noises to acompany our chosen method of electric transport

[Geodude]

Interesting thread here http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=172942

Originally Posted by Reeder

Chances are in the future we'll have a whole choice of noises to acompany our chosen method of electric transport

Excellent idea, I'd like a big farty noise.

Originally Posted by manicjazz

Prefer the wet weather rideing later on in blog

Seriously though I'd miss the sound, big deciding factor in getting an SV

Thanks manicjazz - will try to put out more stuff like that later. In case if you have some more ideas about the wet weather riding, please do send in your suggestions - frankly speaking who would know better about wet weather riding than our motorbike riding friends from UK...we do get rain in NW USA but not as much....

And yes, one of my reasons for getting a SV 650S was also the sound of the twins...although despite of my plans for some reason ever since I got my last SV (5 years back) havent changed the stock exhaust....

Check out http://www.brammo.com/empulse/ and http://www.ridemission.com/motorsport/mission-r

All very well and good punting this as the new "green" way to get about but where does the electricity come from? (Don't say the plug!)

[Jayneflakes]

Originally Posted by DunkerT

All very well and good punting this as the new "green" way to get about but where does the electricity come from? (Don't say the plug!)

I understand that we are currently importing Elcetricity from the French, generated by a lot of Nuclear power. The UK does have some less environmentally damaging generating stations, but they are not really that common, so the rest comes from our own Nuclear and coal or other Hydrocarbon powered stations. Makes ya feel not all worried about the use of electric powered bikes don't it?

Couldn't care less about green energy. I just want it cheaper