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Duanesburg N.Y. | looks like something from a Dr,Suess book, the Whos ride motorcycles |
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Visionary
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| Face it gasoline motorcycle are on there way out. Maybe as little as ten years as soon as they have a eight to twelve hour battery the new bikes will a pear and ours will be antiques |
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| johnnyvision - 2013-01-08 6:08 PM Face it gasoline motorcycle are on there way out. Maybe as little as ten years as soon as they have a eight to twelve hour battery the new bikes will a pear and ours will be antiques I heard the same thing ten years ago. |
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Mt. Vernon, WASH. | I see a lot of 'Psyco Billy' wheels on things I'd need a crane to be removed from after 6 blocks and be placed directly into long term traction. |
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Peru, IN | I like the hubless wheel at :05 and 1:44 and the retro at :43. The "trike" at 3:57 is kinda cool (and it's ridin' on car tires). NICE Vision at 5:06! I'd ride it. |
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Peru, IN | double post
Edited by Monkeyman 2013-01-09 3:13 AM
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Dallas, Texas | johnnyvision - 2013-01-08 6:08 PM
Face it gasoline motorcycle are on there way out. Maybe as little as ten years as soon as they have a eight to twelve hour battery the new bikes will a pear and ours will be antiques
Personally, I would welcome an electric motorcycle. As long as it is a comfy as my Vision, handles as well, and the battery can last a days ride. I wonder though, if we couldn't discuss oils, would we then have to argue batteries and/or tires? Victory recommends and sells their branded battery, but Duracell or Eveready makes aftermarket batteries that some swear by. Then there's The Electric Darkside. lol. Rambling thoughts. |
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Jasper, MO | kris1956 - 2013-01-08 7:38 PM
johnnyvision - 2013-01-08 6:08 PM Face it gasoline motorcycle are on there way out. Maybe as little as ten years as soon as they have a eight to twelve hour battery the new bikes will a pear and ours will be antiques ?I heard the same thing ten years ago.
Not!
Woodrow Wilson and the missus drove electric cars over 100 years ago. His 1918 Milburn had a range of 75 miles per charge. His wife had been driving electric cars since 1904. http://solarandwindliving.com/us_president_gets_electric_car The current generation Nissan Leaf is advertised as having a 73 mile driving range.
Stop listening to Al Gore. He made his big bucks touting green energy and "global cooling, er warming, er climate change" and then made a $100 million payday selling out to Big Oil.
Ronnie
Edited by rdbudd 2013-01-09 3:41 PM
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Peru, IN | I doubt electric vehicles will ever become mainstream except for city driving/riding. There would have to be a HUGE increase in range. Even with a 500 mile range (which isn't even remotely possible now), you couldn't drive/ride cross country without making sure you could stop at a charging station for the night. Vacations would be impossible as would shipping. (How would anyone truck/train/fly anything coast to coast?) I know combustion engines are killing the environment and we DO need to figure out a way to decrease emissions but long distance isn't going to do it in my lifetime or probably my kid's lifetime. |
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Ruskin, Fl | Did you see the story about Oregon and fuel efficient vehicles? I guess there are a lot of them in that state causing less tax income from gasoline. They have propsed a mileage tax to make it fair, since they use the road too.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/01/03/237258/oregon-lawmakers-pro...
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