does anyone have an E-Mail contact as all their site does is send you to sales not really contact???
----- Original Message ---- From: Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ElectricMotorcycles <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 10:03:11 PM Subject: Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] ElectricMoto website updated > > Incase any of you have not been tot he electricmoto >> website in awhile, they have updated the look of the >> pages. > > http://www.electricmoto.com Pretty nice. Do we know who did it? Here's the article from Forbes: Back in the early 1990s, Ely Schless owned a Hollywood special-effects company that built all manner of magical mechanical gizmos. He created dancing McNuggets, the cuddly Snuggle fabric softener bear and scads of whirling, twirling gadgets in the Short Circuit movies. On weekends, Schless raced motorcycles, and he eventually got to thinking that there had to be some way to combine the two oddball things he loved. Ten years later, the result is what you see on this page: an astonishingly quick, battery-powered motorbike called the Blade XTZ that equals or outperforms every gas-powered bike in its weight class (200cc--250cc). Best of all, it does so without making a sound. "This isn't cheap environmental transportation," says Schless, now CEO of Electric Moto Corporation, a small firm operating out of Ashland, Oregon. "This is a high-performance motorcycle that will go up against anything out there its own size." Call it the stealth motorcycle. Watching a Blade noiselessly scramble around a traditional dirt-bike track is a bit like watching TV with the sound turned down. No high-pitched engine whine, no choking blue smoke, no teeth-grinding vibration. And at 178 pounds, it's 25 to 50 pounds lighter and creates more torque (250 pounds) than most of its competition. The Blade also proves a good deal less challenging to operate than gas-powered bikes: Turn the key, open the traditional twist-style throttle and take off. There is no clutch and there are no gears. The bike gets about four hours out of a single charge when ridden off-road; on-road it can travel 60 to 70 miles before recharging. Maximum speed is about 50 miles an hour. (There is a programmable speed control switch that will reduce the bike to half power, making it safer for young riders.) Energy is provided by a lithium-ion battery pack, a technology similar to the one that powers your cell phone and laptop. "The first batteries were horrible," Schless says. "They could burst into flames like those Dell (nasdaq: DELL - news - people ) computers. Today they're greatly improved and much safer." Since both bicyclists and motorcyclists have evinced interest in the Blade, deciding where to place the front hand brake was one of the engineering challenges. Mountain bikers prefer the brake on the left, motorcyclists on the right. The Blade comes off the line right-mounted, but Electric Moto will set it up any way you like. Another option is a lighting package that includes front headlamp and rear taillight. "Take a look at our website, check out the options and let us know what you want," says Schless. "We'll get you on the road, or off-road, and nobody will even hear you coming." The Blade XTZ costs $9,950. Add $475 for lighting package and street tires. www.electricmoto.com. -- The Electric Motorcycle Portal http://www.electricmotorcycles.net/ Electric Motorcycle Listserv http://www.electricmotorcycles.net/listserv __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
