This is bullshit. It is as inefficient as a regular bike or a motorcycle. If you want something really energy efficient, buy a velomobile, put an electric motor in it and you can ride for many miles with very little energy. This is not a future. This is a past...
looks like he invented the moped... again, and nobody wants to drive a "motorcycle" that only goes 50mph. Dont get me wrong its pretty cool, just do not call it a motorcycle.
This was posted 3yrs ago so all I can say is if it sounds to good to be true then it is. Where are those bikes at ? This is the first I've heard of it. Could this video make it out to be a whole lot more then it is ? So this may also be the last it's heard from.
This person has an great idea for our future but is a freaking asshole about it you know respect pays more than what your asking price is like a healthy future!!! Oh yeah money can't buy that only time!!!
It will never take off at that price...NEVER. If you can't put it at a pricepoint of a scooter, you might as well give up. You will certainly sell a handful, but even the rich and famous don't want to bother with something like this for anything more than the novelty of it. Best of luck though, it is cool...I give it a 11 out of 10 on design and function and I give it a 3 out of 10 on economic viability.
I have a motorised push bike and I'm scared that I'll loose it due to the laws that have been introduced that is a great invention which probably isnt worth 44 grand but it's amazing
Listen... honestly no one will buy a bicycle at 44,00 thousand dollars..even if runs fast by pedal power. What business successful person will ride on a bike. When he can have a car and four extra passengers also on board or himself. You can't use in the rain or real bad cold weather it's not practical. He is out off his mind thinking its worth that much in price anywayssss!!!
The next Segway.Remember how that was also going to be the transportation revolution of the world and now it's just a silly expensive novelty. I would say that at $44,000 this puts the ErockIT in the same category. Another piece of engineering from the land of women with hairy armpits that shows why they lost the war.
Friggin bloody awesome, will help put an end to the gasoline engine as we know it. And help end this planets dependency of very expensive Oil that is extracted quite often with terrible effects on our planets eco-systems.
There was a man who invented a car that ran on water. He applied for the patent and was hailed as a hero to mankind. That day he was assassinated. I dont know his name, but the news clip is on youtube. If anyone invents a vehicle that doesnt run off refined crude(ie gasoline) all wars would stop today. Remember total recall with Arnold? They sold air to breathe when all along there was a means to make air enough for the whole planet; and you saw what happened to anyone who even talked about it.
Okay, something about all this seems a bit off. If I'm understanding right, it's kind of like a "hybrid" system, right? Except instead of a gas engine, you pedal it. You pedal a generator, which probably augments what a battery supplies to the motor (or maybe vice versa). But the problem is, how much current could you really generate from pedaling? And then there's the counter-voltage that would be put on the generator the faster the motor turns. And this thing really costs $44,000?!
Probably the motor act as both the motor and the generator, being a motor when you need a speed boost and being a generator (opposing your pedalling to recharge) when you need to charge the battery. Its cheaper in parts that way.
Basically, your pedalling directly drive the wheel, and the motor either gives an energy boost to your pedalling, or partly brakes it, transmitting a part of its energy to the battery which makes it harder to pedal.
The description says that peddling the bike charges the battery, but I bet it only provides a small amount of power. It would still have to be plugged in to charge over night. You're probly peddling just for the sake of peddling.
I was all supportive until I heard the price tag and that last comment about it being for creative, successful people. This guy should be wanting to sell as many as possible at a relatively affordable price to help save the world, not just his bank account.
Its just a more powerful version of my yamaha e-bike (pedals activate the power-assist) and mine can do around 30 kmh unassisted (AND work with almost any battery).
@NeoTranshuman I don't ride a harley.. I ride a gsxr 600 and i still say loud pipes save lives.. No one beeps their horn anymore.. They just rev the engine and every knows their there..
@NeoTranshuman yeah, but if i'm in a cars blindspot and you hear the low buzz / whine from my bike.. you probably arn't gonna cut over on me.. Same way with a car.. you hear one of those loud ricers or even the big muscle cars and usually everyone turns to look.. So everyone knows that car is there and probably won't hit it..
Holy shit! 44,000 fucking dollars! Does the mother fucker spin gold out the fucking back? This is one invention that I want to see be massed produced in china and sold at Walmart for 200 bucks. Great fucking invention doesn't mean it needs a shitty price tag.
pomysl zajebist,stosowany od dawna w lokomotywach...z tym,ze zamiast diesla,pedaly napedzaja generator,a on tylne kolo...dla mnie zajebioza,bo to sie lekko rozpedzi do stowy i samochodziarzom mozna pokazac palucha w korkach :D
pedal to an alternator, alternator to an amplifier, and amplifier to an electric motor, screw paying $44,000 build you own and sell them for like 7,500 or something....
It's 44k probably because of the fact that him and his team or maybe just him build that thing from the bottom up. Therefore, it's a private company price tag. If it was mass-produced then it would definitely be MUCH cheaper. To all of you who blah blah about how he's crazy to charge that much, shut up and think about it!
Totally cool. Totally illegal, at least in most US states, where electric bikes are limited to 20 MPH. Or, you could try to get DOT motorcycle certification--Lights, brakes, and all that. You could get several electric motorcycles for the price.
holy crap, i swear i was just thinking about something like this the other night! i hate the price but the concept really is fantastic. now imagine a pedal powered small car, first we save on gas and money, and second maybe all of us fat Americans can drop some weight!
holy crap, i swear i was just thinking about something like this the other night! i hate the price but the concept really is fantastic. now imagine a pedal powered small car, first we save on gas and money, and second maybe all of us fat Americans can drop some weight!
The good thing about people switching to electric vehicles is that not many people will buy gass so gass prices go down and I save money and we won't have to worry about running out of gass for a while
@falloutcool you dont know how gas prices work, do you? when they have a surplus(extra oil) gas prices rise, they create an artificial shortage. gas works opposite of standard supply and demand. if less people buy it, they'll have extra and prices will rise
At that price its not really a revolution in transport, You see stuff like this on the news all the time that theres some new thing thats going to change the world but the guy who made it is charging x20 more than he should be so it will never take off.
I can't believe all you people (motorcyclists it seems) are whinging about the price. Of course it's going to be extremely expensive. Do you think the guy owns a bloody factory or something and can mass produce them? Jesus christ, it's a proof of concept.
Anyway I reckon it'd go a lot faster if it had a more aerodynamic position.
This would be like putting pedals on my motorcycle and saying it's a bicycle. Human contribution is puny and this is why non-motorized bicycles have so many gears. To push this heavy 'bicycle' at the speeds he's traveling at, the human contribution probably reperesents less than 5% of the actual power going into the drivetrain. He'd might as well save some clap-trap and put a throttle on it. It might bring the ridiculous price down some too...
Hmmm ... It seems the pedal-power is used as BOTH a motor-controller and a generator. Intuitively, it sounds like a great idea, as the greater current generated the reduced circuit resistance providing curent to the traction motor. I would guess there is a direct-drive coonection between pedals and the driven wheel -- although it must have a freewheeling capability. Anyeway, interesting idea tho I can't for the life of me understand why it costs so much!
You could buy a Prius, and the gas for it for the life of the car, and you wont freeze your ass off when it is snowing.. Some how 44 Grand for a bike sounds like a deal breaker.. Especially when Optibike and Stealth Bikes are just as cool and cost a fourth.
@stopglobalswarming Hmm its a bike... status doesn't really come to mind when i whiz by them in my car.. More like look out for that poor thing freezing on his bike in a blizzard..
@melloprod ive dumped quite a bit into my bike..... about 15 grand.....thats just one.....its all carbon weighs about 17 lb..... and my time trial bike is about 15 as well.....i race buddy soo its worth it.... and my road bike stops almost imediately..... if you got a real race bike youd know why there so expensive
@melloprod $44k might eventually be the better buy in the long run, because with a Hayabusa you have to factor in gas money and possible repairs and oil changes, not to mention insurance.
@melloprod sure, but it's a protype, that's why it's so expensive. then again, as expensive as it is, you never have to pay gas EVER again. no charging, because you charge it with pedaling. i don't know, in the future, it should be worth less than it is today.
@brandeezy108 It doesn't charge by only peddling. That's like saying the peddling a generator can produce more work than peddling a normal bike. Reminds me of GM and thier claims of the Volt getting 210 mpg. Because we were supposed to believe that a small gas powered battery charger was 50 times more efficient than a normal gas engine. Derp.
This is like an Apple "invention", where they take something that already exists, but they make it way cooler and charge an arm and a leg for it. One of the hallmarks of Apple design is that it works with human nature, in way that is very intuitive and compelling. This certainly meets those goals, but is not new at all (even in 2009).
Holy Shit How Can There Be 57 People Who Don't Think This is Total Cool.... Whispers Those 57 People Must Work For The Oil Companies. Sucks For You And Maybe You Didn't Get The Memo But Oil Is Out And Clean Energy Is In. Yeah Its That Whole Thing About Protecting The Only Planet We Can Live On You Know Humanities Survival And All.
@KamidakeRed Maybe those people simply understand that this is an overpriced gimick, not a real solution. You can buy and do a conversion on 20 regular bicycles for this price.
@realistromeo this is one of the most idiotic "inventions" (like what did he invent??) i've seen in my life. No torque used from pedalling for motion so WHY THE Fak have padals?! pedalling used to control the throttle? so maybe he did that to give you the feeling that you are exercising while you could totally do the same with a bike without the need of electricity and $? like is the guy fucking serious? lol! This supposed to be a hoax of some type?! I 'm laughing my ass off !
@frizstyler DID YOU MISS THE PART WERE IT EXPLAINS THE PEDALLING ACTION ALSO RECHARGES THE BATTERIES AS WELL?sorry bout the caps but i assumed you were deaf because you missed the entire explanation of what your stupidly complaining about ?dumb-ass?
@utooberblooper so what?i can make that circuit too.motor-bicycles are around for 40+ years.and i don't recall them costing 40000. so if i make the same thing again using hydrogen fuel cells i can call myself an inventor,too? get real
Electric bikes do not need to be that expensive!! this is great bike but gives electric transport a bad image for being pricey, it doesnt have to be!!
Why even bother with this when Zero Motorcycles has a much more finished and polished product with better performance at a price competitive with new models of gas powered motorcycles? (And no, I'm not affiliated with them. Just googling finds that info.)
Not to mention that conversion kits simply making regular bikes into 25+ MPH capable e-mopeds are even cheaper still.
Regardless of the other points, this guy here wants too much. Anyone doing their research wouldn't buy it.
Interesting - it appears as if he's built an amplifier for the pedals of a push bike that relies on how much push you apply to the pedals. Fantastic idea, let's bring the price down a bit and I'll buy one.
yeah cool lemme pay 44 grand for some stupid electric bicycle... I could buy an electric nissan leaf or chevy volt for less than that and not have to pedal it
This thing will be way popular once the price comes down. I predict it will be worldwide within a few years. The concept is amazing, using sophisticated electronics to convert and amplify the energy the rider uses from pedaling. I want one!
Motor-bike. It's not rocket-surgery. Have people already forgotten that the first Mopeds had peddles on? Moped - Mo(tor) Ped(dle). *eyeroll*
It's a nice idea, but, it has no purpose; no use.
It has a battery and a motor, so its motorised and - because batteries aren't green at all - its not environmentally friendly. It also takes effort, unlike petrol-powered bikes, so its more tiring to use. It's also more expensive.
A Kawasaki KLX250S costs about $5000, and gets 70 m.p.g. It costs about $5000, leaving you $39,000 for gas. That will give you 7,800 gallons of gas, at $5.00 a gallon. You can go over half a million miles - 546,000 miles, give or take - on that much fuel. . . And do it faster, with a much better chance of getting it fixed if anything breaks.
Financially, this thing is horrible.
Not sure about the 'green' thing. The batteries in it are horrible to the environment to make and dispose of.
@CainamZiggy - From a green perspective, lets look at it from a common sense standpoint. You would burn 7,800 gallons of gas as you said in your comment. "For every gallon of gasoline you burn in your car, you remove 21 pounds of breathable Oxygen from the atmosphere, as well as adding 20 pounds of CO2, or Carbon Dioxide to the atmosphere." So your 7,800 gallons of gas burned will convert 163,800 pounds of clean breathable oxygen into 156,000 pounds of the greenhouse gas CO2.
@JVirago CO2 is not the be-all end-all nasty earth killer that most people think it is. Best estimates say that JUST BREATHING produces about 40% of the CO2 production that industry does - and that's just us. That doesn't include every other animal and insect on the planet, too.
I'm NOT saying that CO2 production is good, or even trivial, but it really is a small concern compared to the poisons released by the battery and electronics manufacturing and disposal process.
seems kind of pointless, besides fucking with anyone who sees you pedaling (totally worth $44,000). It doesn't seem like simply using this design would increase fuel eficciency at all...
I love it. Makes sense to charge that much. That is really a great price tag for something not mass produced, and can travel at pretty much freeway speeds. This would change how we work. If most people or even half bought one instead of a new car, and actually rode it, traffic would be way better, you wouldnt spend but maybe $5-10 on gas, you get a work out, and can manuever around cars and trucks. You would still have your other vehicles for family travel, or rainy/snowy days. An Economy Saver.
I don't think it's all that safe to be going round at 50mph and actually pedaling.
You've already lost ONE area of stop-breaking ability...unless stepping back on your pedals stops like the simple normal single speed bicycles. Okay...he could actually have 2 Handle Brakes.
Yea...EARLY production models are more expensive...but come on now, $40K
That's KRAZY....and WHAT is the cost savings of driving/pedaling one of these? You charge up a "tiny" amount?? Geesh >>>> Non Productive.
This is bullshit. It is as inefficient as a regular bike or a motorcycle. If you want something really energy efficient, buy a velomobile, put an electric motor in it and you can ride for many miles with very little energy. This is not a future. This is a past...
gorodph 4 hours ago
looks like he invented the moped... again, and nobody wants to drive a "motorcycle" that only goes 50mph. Dont get me wrong its pretty cool, just do not call it a motorcycle.
laxguitar50 18 hours ago
might as well get a ducati fro that money!
jithin15 21 hours ago
Yeah, that 70,000 dollar bike will revolutionze transportation, for rich fags that can afford it.
peepeevagi 3 days ago
This was posted 3yrs ago so all I can say is if it sounds to good to be true then it is. Where are those bikes at ? This is the first I've heard of it. Could this video make it out to be a whole lot more then it is ? So this may also be the last it's heard from.
carcano38 3 days ago
ok, fast electric moped.
peopleofthecircle 4 days ago
This person has an great idea for our future but is a freaking asshole about it you know respect pays more than what your asking price is like a healthy future!!! Oh yeah money can't buy that only time!!!
pinkmonsterist 6 days ago
Cool but fuck that price. Good luck on those sells
scrappy452 6 days ago
Seems great - but damn, really expensive!
savigy1301 1 week ago
It will never take off at that price...NEVER. If you can't put it at a pricepoint of a scooter, you might as well give up. You will certainly sell a handful, but even the rich and famous don't want to bother with something like this for anything more than the novelty of it. Best of luck though, it is cool...I give it a 11 out of 10 on design and function and I give it a 3 out of 10 on economic viability.
MrOffshore 1 week ago
Y not just buy an electric motor bike
EGGtart12 1 week ago
Why not make a Flintstone Car out of this?
RagingBubuli 1 week ago
I have a motorised push bike and I'm scared that I'll loose it due to the laws that have been introduced that is a great invention which probably isnt worth 44 grand but it's amazing
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Listen... honestly no one will buy a bicycle at 44,00 thousand dollars..even if runs fast by pedal power. What business successful person will ride on a bike. When he can have a car and four extra passengers also on board or himself. You can't use in the rain or real bad cold weather it's not practical. He is out off his mind thinking its worth that much in price anywayssss!!!
Mrinfoone 1 week ago
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Mrinfoone 1 week ago
why do a motorbike with pedals....
MrPafleouf 1 week ago
$44,000?? Tell him he's dreaming. I could build that for under $1000
deanmaessenmobile 1 week ago
Electric bike??????
5botball 2 weeks ago
The next Segway.Remember how that was also going to be the transportation revolution of the world and now it's just a silly expensive novelty. I would say that at $44,000 this puts the ErockIT in the same category. Another piece of engineering from the land of women with hairy armpits that shows why they lost the war.
everthinka 2 weeks ago
@everthinka
Fascist Germany lost the war because of hairy armpitted liberals? That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
FrumpyShakes 1 week ago 2
I love the concept but at that price it will appeal to people with more money than economic sense.
You could get a Honda PCX or equivalent for a fraction of the price and be getting 100mpg.
He's priced it that way so he only has to make a few.
Shame.
AshtonPhoto 2 weeks ago
All he has done is turn the hand throttle into a foot throttle, not much innovation there!
bigrsoul 2 weeks ago
The cost to buy is always a huge impediment. at 30,000 pounds, it just doesn't doesn't pencil out.
logmeindangit 2 weeks ago
Friggin bloody awesome, will help put an end to the gasoline engine as we know it. And help end this planets dependency of very expensive Oil that is extracted quite often with terrible effects on our planets eco-systems.
brentmcgillis 2 weeks ago
electric moped basically...
bmaccasler 2 weeks ago
its a moto bike that hase a pedel genarator on it.
So its a moto bike not a push bike
boomdragon343 2 weeks ago
Just make the damn thing in China it will be much cheaper for everyone.
ap0lmc 2 weeks ago
44.000 madrazos.....
kataplum20 2 weeks ago
SIGH. It won't "revolutionise" shit if it's that expensive. What a fucking let down.
MrMutualism 2 weeks ago
There was a man who invented a car that ran on water. He applied for the patent and was hailed as a hero to mankind. That day he was assassinated. I dont know his name, but the news clip is on youtube. If anyone invents a vehicle that doesnt run off refined crude(ie gasoline) all wars would stop today. Remember total recall with Arnold? They sold air to breathe when all along there was a means to make air enough for the whole planet; and you saw what happened to anyone who even talked about it.
NWONoWorldOrderNWO 3 weeks ago
@NWONoWorldOrderNWO In other words, that is why it costs so much.
NWONoWorldOrderNWO 2 weeks ago
Okay, something about all this seems a bit off. If I'm understanding right, it's kind of like a "hybrid" system, right? Except instead of a gas engine, you pedal it. You pedal a generator, which probably augments what a battery supplies to the motor (or maybe vice versa). But the problem is, how much current could you really generate from pedaling? And then there's the counter-voltage that would be put on the generator the faster the motor turns. And this thing really costs $44,000?!
ct92404 3 weeks ago
Probably the motor act as both the motor and the generator, being a motor when you need a speed boost and being a generator (opposing your pedalling to recharge) when you need to charge the battery. Its cheaper in parts that way.
Basically, your pedalling directly drive the wheel, and the motor either gives an energy boost to your pedalling, or partly brakes it, transmitting a part of its energy to the battery which makes it harder to pedal.
blobliblo35 2 weeks ago
The description says that peddling the bike charges the battery, but I bet it only provides a small amount of power. It would still have to be plugged in to charge over night. You're probly peddling just for the sake of peddling.
PandawdyBob 3 weeks ago
get this in production NOW
hoiheyyodude 3 weeks ago
$44,000? are you insane?
MrZombieRyan 3 weeks ago
thats bad ass bike id love one
Jacktibby2011 3 weeks ago
Dope
elecctricJ 3 weeks ago
Superior German engineering.
hagbard72 3 weeks ago
How can I get one in Canada
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seros2010 3 weeks ago
40 thousand...what a load.
ordie25 3 weeks ago
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lukassnakeman 4 weeks ago
its certianly a head turner!
sean57 4 weeks ago
do you need a drivers license to use one?
localSickened 4 weeks ago
if i want a pedal bike, i will take my ass to walmart, it beats paying 44,000 $
101perkmaster 4 weeks ago
Yes thirty years ago they called this a Moped.
cybermarsactual 1 month ago
Now that we know how it works, everybody can build one for themselfs for jest a few grand, cheaper than a used car.
MrAlvan100 1 month ago
what the fuck am i watching and why is that so awesome
Taterzz 1 month ago
WTF wheres the vid of the burt monroe looking bike?
Ryknfjor 1 month ago
I was all supportive until I heard the price tag and that last comment about it being for creative, successful people. This guy should be wanting to sell as many as possible at a relatively affordable price to help save the world, not just his bank account.
localdog 1 month ago
So the rich folk are going to save the planet by riding these? Great!
bunjit65 1 month ago
I need one. or two.
Begbucks 1 month ago
Hey! He just made a invention that could possibly save the planet from pollution if everyone had one. But hes only gonna sell it to rich people. YEY!
jariroth 1 month ago
Its just a more powerful version of my yamaha e-bike (pedals activate the power-assist) and mine can do around 30 kmh unassisted (AND work with almost any battery).
Serveck 1 month ago
this guy is freakin crazy. $44,000 for THAT??? I could build that for under a thousand.
JrdRock 1 month ago
@JrdRock
I agree. Total ripoff
adfgfds 1 month ago
Prepare for butthurt harley fags to scream "Baww, it's too quiet, loud pipes save lives"..
Attention whores.
NeoTranshuman 1 month ago 13
@NeoTranshuman I don't ride a harley.. I ride a gsxr 600 and i still say loud pipes save lives.. No one beeps their horn anymore.. They just rev the engine and every knows their there..
snooter28 4 weeks ago
@snooter28 Cars can be in blind spots just like motorcycles. Loud pipes only annoy people.
NeoTranshuman 4 weeks ago
@NeoTranshuman yeah, but if i'm in a cars blindspot and you hear the low buzz / whine from my bike.. you probably arn't gonna cut over on me.. Same way with a car.. you hear one of those loud ricers or even the big muscle cars and usually everyone turns to look.. So everyone knows that car is there and probably won't hit it..
snooter28 3 weeks ago
Holy shit! 44,000 fucking dollars! Does the mother fucker spin gold out the fucking back? This is one invention that I want to see be massed produced in china and sold at Walmart for 200 bucks. Great fucking invention doesn't mean it needs a shitty price tag.
Danimal102306 1 month ago
next ghost rider vid??
yittymitty11 1 month ago
brilliant idea! definitely revolutionary indeed... shame about the experimental price tag thought.
0tothezenith 1 month ago
i wanted to get this bike, but the price shot an arrow at my knee.
XtremeSkater123 1 month ago
44.000 LOL go suck a dick
MrAapenkind 1 month ago
I'm gonna have to wait until they are like 20 euros on Ebay. Knowing my luck I'll prolly get one with a puncture too.
2JAMMY 1 month ago
pomysl zajebist,stosowany od dawna w lokomotywach...z tym,ze zamiast diesla,pedaly napedzaja generator,a on tylne kolo...dla mnie zajebioza,bo to sie lekko rozpedzi do stowy i samochodziarzom mozna pokazac palucha w korkach :D
6000Robert 1 month ago
44k! just buy a Nissan leaf!!!
cleancut111 1 month ago
pedal to an alternator, alternator to an amplifier, and amplifier to an electric motor, screw paying $44,000 build you own and sell them for like 7,500 or something....
paperthinedge1218 1 month ago
It's 44k probably because of the fact that him and his team or maybe just him build that thing from the bottom up. Therefore, it's a private company price tag. If it was mass-produced then it would definitely be MUCH cheaper. To all of you who blah blah about how he's crazy to charge that much, shut up and think about it!
UrTheFakeOne 1 month ago
@UrTheFakeOne
agreed, so lets hope then it gets mass-produced at some point
because i really want one
unamaxify 1 month ago
@UrTheFakeOne i kinda agree, but i don't think you can expect a difference enormous enough to appeal to the middle class
(except if he included the reassearchs costs in ths price tag)
blobliblo35 1 month ago
Totally cool. Totally illegal, at least in most US states, where electric bikes are limited to 20 MPH. Or, you could try to get DOT motorcycle certification--Lights, brakes, and all that. You could get several electric motorcycles for the price.
Xubuntu47 1 month ago
For that money, I'll buy a real motorcycle and screw the pedaling.
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holy crap, i swear i was just thinking about something like this the other night! i hate the price but the concept really is fantastic. now imagine a pedal powered small car, first we save on gas and money, and second maybe all of us fat Americans can drop some weight!
CamaroShepard 1 month ago
holy crap, i swear i was just thinking about something like this the other night! i hate the price but the concept really is fantastic. now imagine a pedal powered small car, first we save on gas and money, and second maybe all of us fat Americans can drop some weight!
CamaroShepard 1 month ago
$ 44K ? - are you on crack ? I'll buy a Ducati and burn some old Dinosaurs.
SALESPRODUCTIONS 1 month ago
Drop the price ten fold and add an optional trailer so I can cart my groceries home and I'll buy one.
Aprilshowersss 1 month ago
"will appeal to SUCCESSFUL, creative people".
funny because any one whose "successful" in this economy wouldn't get one of these, they'd get an actual car for the same price.
bro577 1 month ago
Buy one? I'm just going to steal one when some guy parks it like an idiot in a car space
christianstier01 1 month ago
this guy is gonna get silanced by oil companyes just like cars on water
lifemetall 1 month ago
hahaha just imagine somebody go by you at that speed while pedalin. id wud be like "damn this guy drank to much redbull"
NITECOREPD 1 month ago 16
Make one for about 1/10 the price, and you'd sell a lot more. Bring it down to 1/100, and you wouldn't be able to keep them in stock.
Kelvari7882 1 month ago
that is awesome
WizzyFilms 1 month ago
i would still pay 5000 for a bike like that
someday im sure they could make it more affordable but that won't happen until we run out of dead dinosaurs to power our cars
nhoj30 1 month ago
@nhoj30 Or (If u believe the world is 6000 yrs old) u could say "God's created oil".
Justwantahover 1 month ago
The good thing about people switching to electric vehicles is that not many people will buy gass so gass prices go down and I save money and we won't have to worry about running out of gass for a while
falloutcool 1 month ago
@falloutcool you dont know how gas prices work, do you? when they have a surplus(extra oil) gas prices rise, they create an artificial shortage. gas works opposite of standard supply and demand. if less people buy it, they'll have extra and prices will rise
nickgonezapolis 1 month ago
cheater i can do 50 downhill easy XD
DestroyTheseWalls 1 month ago
Can I build my own for less?
ArmoredNinja2 1 month ago
no matter how great electric motorcycle become they will never be as awesome as gas powered motorcycles
falloutcool 1 month ago
@falloutcool fairly certain my electric bike will go faster than your gas bike when we run out of gas...
wertyq95 1 month ago
@falloutcool yea if awesome means $3+ a gallon
nickgonezapolis 1 month ago
i wonder if u need a motercycle license??????
sakohhs22 1 month ago
Scheiße fahrrad
jewtewb 2 months ago
At that price its not really a revolution in transport, You see stuff like this on the news all the time that theres some new thing thats going to change the world but the guy who made it is charging x20 more than he should be so it will never take off.
kal9001 2 months ago
@kal9001 it's still a prototype, which will be expensive.
bait28 1 month ago
" I could make one of these for about $500-$750 u.s. dollars "
brasspineappleprod 2 months ago
i can buy like 5 triumph bonnevilles for the price of that fuckin thing.... fuckin dumb
PLBIV 2 months ago
for 40,000 dollars does it come with an actual motorcycle?
KUSHaPOTamus420 2 months ago
Crap bike. I'll spend tens of thousands less and buy a fully powered motorcycle.
chisaoboy 2 months ago
I can't believe all you people (motorcyclists it seems) are whinging about the price. Of course it's going to be extremely expensive. Do you think the guy owns a bloody factory or something and can mass produce them? Jesus christ, it's a proof of concept.
Anyway I reckon it'd go a lot faster if it had a more aerodynamic position.
Lewis1711 2 months ago 2
it does 80 for a few secs after to push for an hour?
syalcin123 2 months ago
parts + labor = 8k tops... so the other 36 grand goes to your bs vacation fund? i think not ...
devyp2theizo 2 months ago
it's ugly, poorly beta tested, because listen to his ridiculous price-point.....
456manny1 2 months ago
Ok, now let see him going uphills.
freemusicblogg 2 months ago
WTF? I can make that piece of crap for around 3000 by myself.
draconpost 2 months ago
And I thought a $31K plug in electric hybrid prius was a bit much?
cdltpx 2 months ago
@tyler621992 at what? History maybe.
CncObsession 2 months ago
i want the "It"
ChrisRedfieldChannel 2 months ago
thumbs up for when he starts talking and says "INVISIBLE TWAT!" hahah
Grahso 2 months ago
On a gut level, seeing someone pass cars while pedaling at 60 mph is awesome as hell.
hawaiidispenser 2 months ago
@hawaiidispenser its even funnier when you build your own ebike - then pass cars pedalling backwards!!
sn0wchyld 2 months ago
"Hey guys! I made motorcycles a big pain in the ass to use! Aren't you excited?"
doserdog 2 months ago
This would be like putting pedals on my motorcycle and saying it's a bicycle. Human contribution is puny and this is why non-motorized bicycles have so many gears. To push this heavy 'bicycle' at the speeds he's traveling at, the human contribution probably reperesents less than 5% of the actual power going into the drivetrain. He'd might as well save some clap-trap and put a throttle on it. It might bring the ridiculous price down some too...
JaleelJohanson62 2 months ago
imagine if this was mass produced and made affordable. economies of scale would make this truly revolutionary.
constructivist6 2 months ago
XD for 44000$ i could live 8 years without a job XDXD
johnred98754 2 months ago
Its very cool, but nobody would pay that much for it. For the price of that bike I could buy nearly 20,000 litres of petrol for my car!
Proadude 2 months ago
Hmmm ... It seems the pedal-power is used as BOTH a motor-controller and a generator. Intuitively, it sounds like a great idea, as the greater current generated the reduced circuit resistance providing curent to the traction motor. I would guess there is a direct-drive coonection between pedals and the driven wheel -- although it must have a freewheeling capability. Anyeway, interesting idea tho I can't for the life of me understand why it costs so much!
starmanskye 2 months ago
You could buy a Prius, and the gas for it for the life of the car, and you wont freeze your ass off when it is snowing.. Some how 44 Grand for a bike sounds like a deal breaker.. Especially when Optibike and Stealth Bikes are just as cool and cost a fourth.
TheManInDboX 2 months ago
@TheManInDboX You're paying for status and paying for R&D.
stopglobalswarming 2 months ago
@stopglobalswarming Hmm its a bike... status doesn't really come to mind when i whiz by them in my car.. More like look out for that poor thing freezing on his bike in a blizzard..
TheManInDboX 2 months ago
Only a select few will pay 44,000 for a damn bike-u might as well just buy a hayabusa for less than 20,000 with a better braking system!
melloprod 2 months ago 26
@melloprod
Think of it like this: Rich people buy, demand goes up, the company grows, and the prices go down.
TheGrayWolf96 2 months ago
@TheGrayWolf96 xcatlee
handymandan100 2 months ago
@melloprod lol you dont have a bike XD sux for you.
lucariorox54 2 months ago
@melloprod ive dumped quite a bit into my bike..... about 15 grand.....thats just one.....its all carbon weighs about 17 lb..... and my time trial bike is about 15 as well.....i race buddy soo its worth it.... and my road bike stops almost imediately..... if you got a real race bike youd know why there so expensive
DestroyTheseWalls 1 month ago
@melloprod $44k might eventually be the better buy in the long run, because with a Hayabusa you have to factor in gas money and possible repairs and oil changes, not to mention insurance.
crichton55 1 month ago
@crichton55 still, its more than twice the price, and performance wise, this is barely better than my 1200$ 50 cc scooter.
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minamitungma 1 month ago
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@melloprod u know shit, the point of this bike is no need petrol, 0 pollution, who ur braking system importance? or earth?
minamitungma 1 month ago
@melloprod sure, but it's a protype, that's why it's so expensive. then again, as expensive as it is, you never have to pay gas EVER again. no charging, because you charge it with pedaling. i don't know, in the future, it should be worth less than it is today.
brandeezy108 1 month ago
@brandeezy108 No charging my ASS. Your pedaling probably only powers the blinkers.
frozenveinz1 1 month ago
@brandeezy108 Hi! You can´t charge this E-Bike only with pedaling.I´ve seen it at the
New Energy in Husum,North-Germany.
MissDesperado911 1 month ago
@brandeezy108 It doesn't charge by only peddling. That's like saying the peddling a generator can produce more work than peddling a normal bike. Reminds me of GM and thier claims of the Volt getting 210 mpg. Because we were supposed to believe that a small gas powered battery charger was 50 times more efficient than a normal gas engine. Derp.
PandawdyBob 3 weeks ago
these swarm the streets of china...
jonowonoponosono 2 months ago
This is like an Apple "invention", where they take something that already exists, but they make it way cooler and charge an arm and a leg for it. One of the hallmarks of Apple design is that it works with human nature, in way that is very intuitive and compelling. This certainly meets those goals, but is not new at all (even in 2009).
MarkSpruell 2 months ago
@MarkSpruell
Dont u mean way shitter?
theschoolsninja 2 months ago
PEDAL CARS!
fuvkyougoogification 2 months ago
lol 45,000 flop
solojam 2 months ago
I was like 'I WANT ONE!' Until I heard her say $44,000...
TaPLiNTaP 2 months ago 55
@TaPLiNTaP thats probably material cost alone
R5H4D0W 2 months ago
@TaPLiNTaP For a extra $11,000, you could get a fully-electric TRON Lightcycle.
ArmoredNinja2 1 month ago
too heavy :)
michysatchi 3 months ago
Holy Shit How Can There Be 57 People Who Don't Think This is Total Cool.... Whispers Those 57 People Must Work For The Oil Companies. Sucks For You And Maybe You Didn't Get The Memo But Oil Is Out And Clean Energy Is In. Yeah Its That Whole Thing About Protecting The Only Planet We Can Live On You Know Humanities Survival And All.
KamidakeRed 3 months ago
@KamidakeRed on the idea -- that's very interesting. on the way this contraption enables you to drive it -- it's rather circus act.
tdukhovny 3 months ago
@KamidakeRed Maybe those people simply understand that this is an overpriced gimick, not a real solution. You can buy and do a conversion on 20 regular bicycles for this price.
CainamZiggy 2 months ago
Its only going to revolutionize his wallet.
Electric motorcycles run 1/3 the price
E- bicycles go for 1/20th of that $44,000 price tag.
Dudes going knowhere with this, it's destined for the scrap heap.
realistromeo 3 months ago
@realistromeo this is one of the most idiotic "inventions" (like what did he invent??) i've seen in my life. No torque used from pedalling for motion so WHY THE Fak have padals?! pedalling used to control the throttle? so maybe he did that to give you the feeling that you are exercising while you could totally do the same with a bike without the need of electricity and $? like is the guy fucking serious? lol! This supposed to be a hoax of some type?! I 'm laughing my ass off !
frizstyler 3 months ago
@frizstyler DID YOU MISS THE PART WERE IT EXPLAINS THE PEDALLING ACTION ALSO RECHARGES THE BATTERIES AS WELL?sorry bout the caps but i assumed you were deaf because you missed the entire explanation of what your stupidly complaining about ?dumb-ass?
utooberblooper 2 months ago
@utooberblooper so what?i can make that circuit too.motor-bicycles are around for 40+ years.and i don't recall them costing 40000. so if i make the same thing again using hydrogen fuel cells i can call myself an inventor,too? get real
frizstyler 2 months ago
@deadeyeslave your grammar is off.
disturbedfan988 3 months ago
The real "amazing story", would be a video of someone actually purchasing this bike for $44K.
marshalllhiepler 3 months ago
Electric bikes are for lazy fat asses
TheMichael408 3 months ago
An electric moped that uses pedals as an accelerator. Whoopteedoo Basil, what does it all mean! This is seriously a fucking stupid "invention"!
themanitasdeplomo 3 months ago
them: hey want to help the environment?
everyone: ya!
them: too bad you're poor lol gfto
Skrimpish 3 months ago
The perfect thing for getting around in a zombie apocalypse!
vamtheanomaly 3 months ago
Electric bikes do not need to be that expensive!! this is great bike but gives electric transport a bad image for being pricey, it doesnt have to be!!
gaypotter 3 months ago
Yeah.. Maybe for about $500.. and not $44k...
komintoes194 3 months ago
Why even bother with this when Zero Motorcycles has a much more finished and polished product with better performance at a price competitive with new models of gas powered motorcycles? (And no, I'm not affiliated with them. Just googling finds that info.)
Not to mention that conversion kits simply making regular bikes into 25+ MPH capable e-mopeds are even cheaper still.
Regardless of the other points, this guy here wants too much. Anyone doing their research wouldn't buy it.
pauljs75 3 months ago
Interesting - it appears as if he's built an amplifier for the pedals of a push bike that relies on how much push you apply to the pedals. Fantastic idea, let's bring the price down a bit and I'll buy one.
chaosopher23 3 months ago
I want one! But its way to expensive!
xr37alex 3 months ago
yeah cool lemme pay 44 grand for some stupid electric bicycle... I could buy an electric nissan leaf or chevy volt for less than that and not have to pedal it
millakilla 3 months ago
This thing will be way popular once the price comes down. I predict it will be worldwide within a few years. The concept is amazing, using sophisticated electronics to convert and amplify the energy the rider uses from pedaling. I want one!
JVirago 3 months ago
It has a motor. and its a bike.
Motor-bike. It's not rocket-surgery. Have people already forgotten that the first Mopeds had peddles on? Moped - Mo(tor) Ped(dle). *eyeroll*
It's a nice idea, but, it has no purpose; no use.
It has a battery and a motor, so its motorised and - because batteries aren't green at all - its not environmentally friendly. It also takes effort, unlike petrol-powered bikes, so its more tiring to use. It's also more expensive.
Where are the perks of this machine?
CultureShockSix 3 months ago
A Kawasaki KLX250S costs about $5000, and gets 70 m.p.g. It costs about $5000, leaving you $39,000 for gas. That will give you 7,800 gallons of gas, at $5.00 a gallon. You can go over half a million miles - 546,000 miles, give or take - on that much fuel. . . And do it faster, with a much better chance of getting it fixed if anything breaks.
Financially, this thing is horrible.
Not sure about the 'green' thing. The batteries in it are horrible to the environment to make and dispose of.
CainamZiggy 3 months ago
@CainamZiggy - From a green perspective, lets look at it from a common sense standpoint. You would burn 7,800 gallons of gas as you said in your comment. "For every gallon of gasoline you burn in your car, you remove 21 pounds of breathable Oxygen from the atmosphere, as well as adding 20 pounds of CO2, or Carbon Dioxide to the atmosphere." So your 7,800 gallons of gas burned will convert 163,800 pounds of clean breathable oxygen into 156,000 pounds of the greenhouse gas CO2.
JVirago 3 months ago
@JVirago CO2 is not the be-all end-all nasty earth killer that most people think it is. Best estimates say that JUST BREATHING produces about 40% of the CO2 production that industry does - and that's just us. That doesn't include every other animal and insect on the planet, too.
I'm NOT saying that CO2 production is good, or even trivial, but it really is a small concern compared to the poisons released by the battery and electronics manufacturing and disposal process.
CainamZiggy 3 months ago
seems kind of pointless, besides fucking with anyone who sees you pedaling (totally worth $44,000). It doesn't seem like simply using this design would increase fuel eficciency at all...
EpicSqrl 3 months ago
Pointless. E-bike throttle is replaced by a torque sensor. The end.
ThisIzzNotATest 3 months ago
When she says it sounds like evil clit! hahaha
will01r 3 months ago
00:25 haha i would laugh if someone came back there and stole it :D
rroobbbb1 3 months ago
so.... they explained GTA:SA's infamous 50mph bmx bike?
FoxEnyuron 3 months ago
UGLIEST bike ive ever seen in my life for 44k at least and a nice frameset wheelset.... shit its ugly
uRnotGOODLikeME 3 months ago
I love it. Makes sense to charge that much. That is really a great price tag for something not mass produced, and can travel at pretty much freeway speeds. This would change how we work. If most people or even half bought one instead of a new car, and actually rode it, traffic would be way better, you wouldnt spend but maybe $5-10 on gas, you get a work out, and can manuever around cars and trucks. You would still have your other vehicles for family travel, or rainy/snowy days. An Economy Saver.
Eastsidegeorgiaboy 3 months ago
@Eastsidegeorgiaboy
No problem with proto costings.
This "hybrid bike" would have go through rigorous safety testing before being allowed anywhere near a freeway mixing with cars traveling upto 110kmph.
I like the fact the bike regen? charges itself, important when cost of electricity is going up.
Can this bike use just the pedals? without moto kicking in?
faultyservice 3 months ago
Kinda Hard to wrap you head around it, but I like it all the same. Quick Transportation and pedal to lose weight all in one!
jnhearne 3 months ago
I don't think it's all that safe to be going round at 50mph and actually pedaling.
You've already lost ONE area of stop-breaking ability...unless stepping back on your pedals stops like the simple normal single speed bicycles. Okay...he could actually have 2 Handle Brakes.
Yea...EARLY production models are more expensive...but come on now, $40K
That's KRAZY....and WHAT is the cost savings of driving/pedaling one of these? You charge up a "tiny" amount?? Geesh >>>> Non Productive.
XRayCam 3 months ago