Brammo Owners Forum
General => Off Topic => Topic started by: Richard230 on November 24, 2018, 06:02:02 PM
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Here is a link to photos of new electric motorcycles and scooters from a recent UK bike show. Photos you get, but not much in the way of words. And don't expect some of these motorcycles to show up on a dealer's showroom floor anytime soon - if at all: ;)
https://electricmotorcycles.news/new-images-from-motorcycle-live-2018-part-2/
https://electricmotorcycles.news/some-images-from-motorcycle-live-2018-birmingham/
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Good find as usual.... Very good looking stuff.... But, will any of these companies have staying power ???? Zero seems to be the only company that can hold things together.... I have an Empulse TT that I love, but even Polaris gave up the ghost.... I was very jazzed by the Alta and was going to pick one up for Christmas.... e-motorcycles seem to be a roll of the dice still....
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Apparently using an electric motor for propulsion gives a designer a lot more flexibility in the design of the vehicle, plus they don't have to use another manufacturer's IC engine, which might not be approved by the company. Whereas off-the-shelf electric motors and batteries pretty much don't come with strings attached. (Zero power trains likely excepted, of course. But they seem pretty flexible when supplying some small startup companies with their equipment.)
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Some very nice designs. I'm especially covetous of that headlight on the green & tan cafe racer bike.
I hope these all see the light of day and actually succeed in this brutal marketplace. I'm loathe to collect another orphan bike! Maybe what we need is more car congestion and $20/gallon gas prices?
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I have heard of Super Soco before, looks like they are doing well they have more bikes now. That Kymco, I'd like to take that for a spin :)