E Bike's

I ride a 09 Limited Edition GoldWing but would like to do an electric mountain bike one day... I had a KZ1000 what a blast to ride. And the GT380 Triple was a blast to ride... my first bike was a Honda 50 Super Sport the one with the upswept pipe and I sure wanted a 90 scrambler so bad then.

JT

Hey JT are you one of those Goldie Pilots that can put 20 yro to shame ? I came across a few of those old guys when I was in my early 20's and was blown away how they could throw those things around, and with their missus on back as well.

I had a CB125 Bucket Racer, the engine had a XL815 crank squeezed in, it was a bastard to start and going by what happened on it's first "spirited lap" at Oran Park, the base spacer was a couple of thou short of what it should have been. But for what is was it did have a bit of oomph.

The first bike I got after busting my leg was a non-turbo GPz-750 later I had an 810 kit put in....but then a I got a slab sided GSXR-750 and then a slab sided GSXR-1100, which was great and it was a couple of kilos less than the wife's ZZR-600 and a few more horses. After moving to Melbourne for a bit I really learnt how to ride with the rear stepping out.

Did anyone watch the E-Bikes they ran on the MotoGP weekends ? Being an old fart it took a while to get used to the 500 2 strokes (especially the "screamers") being replaced, dunno how I'd go with watching electric bikes.

I don't think the sound of an electric motor and the smell of ozone is the same as a real motorcycle. It is like a led watch it will tell time but that's about it. I remember the first year of the 750 2 strokes at Daytona They were faster than the tires and chains.

I remember reading an article about the riders having to be convinced to try slicks in the early days.
And how can Kenny Roberts & the TZ-750 flat tracker not be mentioned. There was a beast and the bike was pretty crazy as well.
I think eventually we'll see the electric bikes more present on the road, but I don't think there will be any +200 mph rockets that you can be off the showroom floor......I suspect the powers that be will love speed limiting them. You know we can't be trusted.

BeagleBrainz wrote: I think eventually we'll see the electric bikes more present on the road, but I don't think there will be any +200 mph rockets that you can be off the showroom floor......I suspect the powers that be will love speed limiting them. You know we can't be trusted.

They may try, but their will always be ways around that . If they put computer code to slow them down someone will
find a way to bypass it. It's human nature.

BeagleBrainz wrote: I think eventually we'll see the electric bikes more present on the road,

Go to Shanghai in China and they are everywhere!

This arvo we spent 30 minutes installing a throttle controller into my Hilux. Of course we went straight to race mode and dialled it up to 9. It was raining a bit and I found it impossible to take off without spinning the wheels. I'm sure someone will come up with the electric equivalent!