[ausev] Electric Motorcycles

[Brian Lasseter]

On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Mike Librik <mlibrik at att.net> wrote:
> Peace wrote:
>> There's a large EV motorcycle community at http://www.elmoto.net/
>> Lots of people doing EV conversions as well as discussions on factory
>> built models.
>
> I hope their motorcycles work better than their website.  I couldn't get
> anything other than blank screens or source code.

They seem to be back up now... This thread talks about the hiccup:
http://www.elmoto.net/showthread.php?s=b20a355a78366a8306955002ac964a3b&t=1807


> I'm pretty devoted to the electric motorcycle idea, but my problem with
> an ordinary motorcycle chassis is that they don't have a place to put a
> proper crankset and pedals.  Driving would seem dull if one couldn't do
> a little pedaling.  There'd be nothing to do except drive the thing
> faster and faster, with all the obnoxious effects of that.

Driving an electric bicycle at 25mph just "feels" much faster than
driving my electric car at 80mph.  (Or maybe it's just the fear of
immanent death from being so exposed and going so fast.)

I still have a special place in my heart for Mark Witt's Pukka...
which I doubt tops 10mph, but is very fun to drive around.

-- 
TTFN,
Brian "Lasso" Lasseter

"No Sane man will dance."   -Cicero (106-43 B.C.)