On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 2:28 AM, Gary Krysztopik via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
> I'm building one of these with a single-engine drive and here is a > beautiful twin-engine build by Matt, who I bought my drive from. > > http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=62040 > > > Gary Catching up on my list reading here. This caught my eye because I've long felt that electric motorcycles are going to end up more like this project, i.e. an overbuilt bicycle, than like current motorcycles converted to or designed as electric. Today's few eMC manufacturers are trying to compete head-to-head with today's motorcycles only because that's what the market understands. They had a choice between more robust electric bikes and electrified motorcycles, and decided the money was bigger with motorcycles. I think what they didn't account for was the expectations of the motorcycle market. These guys like ICEs, they like noise and they like shifting. (Ask me how I know.) That's a lot of preference and expectation to overcome. As good as the Harley Livewire is, I doubt it will go anywhere if they are gathering their marketing feedback on the prototype fleet from Harley dealers and riders. As battery and other eMC technology improves, I think the TTXGP top performers will gravitate away from the superbike-scale racers that are hot now toward 125 and 250cc-scale racers. That's because the battery/motor lump will become more compact and allow a smaller bike to carry it. So keep your eyes on the electric motoped movement. I think they are the future of road-going electric motorcycles. You heard it here first. Chris -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140805/e4ab9c7a/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
