Lookin at the rear wheel it does not look like a hub motor, unless that is the "illusion". It looks like a standard spoked wheel with bracket for the sprocket. It definitely does not looke like one from the pml motor site. If it is a hub motor, I will gladly retract my earlier statement about being bogus.
Now I will give credit to having some interesting creations on their illusionmotorcycle site. But as far as the their electric cycle, it still looks like batts on a rolling frame but no motor to drive. Lyle --- john fisher wrote: > after all the vaporware, I actually find it more > believable when they quote extremely high prices. Of > course it costs > that much for one-off pieces in the real world. I > still don't get the advantage of the wheel motors. > Sure it buys you > some packaging space in the vehicle, but I'd rather > have one or two motors up and out of the way of road > debris. > > The top speed of the Illusion is just that. A 53 hp > race bike will just creep up to 110-115 mph. But > they are trying to > get performance on their side, and I'm ok with that. > After all nobody actually gets their GSXR up to 175 > on the street, > at least not often. > > JF > > Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote: > >>>> From the site: > >>>> The Elusion Model 54 is a fully electric > motorcycle. > >>>> It boasts > >>>> regenerative braking and is capable of > recharging > >>>> from a standard > >>>> 120V/240V outlet in only three hours. Top > speed: 145 > >>>> mph. > >> > >> Here's the link to the motor: > >> < > http://www.pmlflightlink.com/motors/hipa_drive.html> > >> The HPD30 is listed at 40 kW and 2000 RPM. > >> With a 20" diameter wheel you'd get about 120 > mph at 2000 RPM > >> With 53 horsepower they must be planning on a > real slippery > >> fairing....... > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting
