That's why I'm looking more at a hybrid or a hybrid-kit for bikes. If you were to talk a smaller handful of those packs, plus motor and controller, you're looking at ~$5-7k (At ebay prices not bulk pricing) and you still have the gasoline engine.
If it were a factory rolled out, downsized engine bike, sized to provide good high speed cruising power and using the motor for accelerating oomph, it could also feature idle stop (with the motor to get you rolling again while the engine cranks) as well as more fully integrating motor and engine performance. You could see significant improvements for a relatively small amount of (additional) money. All electric bikes are still range limited. I agree with that statement. I would, however, love to pick up one of the Empulse bikes from Brammo; one of their Empulse 6.0 (60 mile range, thereabouts) would be FANTASTIC for my daily needs, and retails ~$7.5k. Just poking my head in on a break between classes. -Kurt On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Allen Thomas <[email protected]>wrote: > the cost associated with batteries to provide 100 Amp hours at 96V would > be tremendous. Quick check on google it would take 30 of these > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Electric-Vehicle-Battery-CALB-LiFePO4-100Ah-EV-Batteries-4-pack-/170765730402#vi-content > connected > in serial for a total cost of $17,550, Plus hub motor, controller, charger, > and cabling. You are looking at the price of a prius, just to ride a > motorcycle on the highway for an hour. It wouldn't get me to work and back. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
