If you want your electric bike to go faster, add a transmission and clutch assembly. You'll have more control over the torque on the rear wheel. That gives you more power and essentially more speed.
Electric is cool if you are making a quick run to the supermarket but not long distance. I prefer to fill with fuel in 5 minutes rather than waiting 2 hours to recharge the batteries... @ 1:22 "I prefer fire coming out of the exhaust, not going up my ass"
@localvic diddnt you know that gas catches fire? So same shit like 1:22 happens with foissil juice in garages! And I assume you also never used a cell phone cuz the phone batt needs the same 2h do be recharged too? think again!
I never waited for my phone to charge but i wasted combined WEEKS of my life at gas stations standing next to the pump doing nothin but looking at Euros multiplying on a LCD then standing in a stupid line only for paying mony! luckily the dark ages will end!
Electric street bikes are the (near) future. I like the idea of a quiet streetbike, it's beautiful in its own way. They will completely replace gas-powered in the long run, like it or not. I love the enviornment, and I love bikes.
I wouldn't care to watch any electric car or motorcycle racing. Part of having a race bike or car is the amazing engine sound. Is like watching F1 without the sound, what's the fun and excitment in that?
they can increase speed but because of the duration of batteries they will not have amount of power to finish the circle... bigest problem are batteries but not for long...
Battery technology is catching up to the needed specs, an a basic electric motor can crank out more power faster than the most powerful engine. AKIRA here we come
meh, when they come out with an electric bike that can match up to 1000cc bikes in terms of performance, can travel long distances without dying, and is affordable, maybe ill buy one. on second though no, i cant live without the sound of a real engine. SORRY ENVIRONMENT!!!!
they have one large achilles heal range ,range range you just can't beat fuel bikes in everyday use and ya don't want be out in traffic when your battery dies splat !!
@robsue2010 No, electrics completely beat petrol for everyday use. Because everyday trips are less than the range of modern electrics. Just plug it in when you're not using it and it's always fully charged and ready to go when you are. No trips to the petrol station, no servicing, no warming it up before you ride, no waking the neighbours when you leave at 5am. Perfect for everyday use.
what the crap is the deal with electrics and 1 gear only? the tesla tried to do 2 gears and failed and now got only 1 gear... what's so hard about multiple gears? what am i missing here? slap a titanium geared 5 speed in these cars and bikes... what's the big whoop? seriously, what am i missing here?
@3089280288 they do need multiple gearing if they expect 3,000 rpm to take you past 100m/h with a single motor
the way they are doing it is with 2 electric motors in parallel, then switch it to series at 60m/h
if they had a tranny they could rock... the troque must be killing the titanium gears. guess a heavier tranny is the only solution until carbon nano-tubes come along. also, clutches are still needed in order to change gears. tesla HAD a 2 speed roadster but kept breaking trannies.
I think this is great as competitive racing is a good way to drive innovation, which filters into mainstream use. I can't wait until the technology is imposed into road bikes. There will be issues of course, similar to those for electric cars, but a great step at reducing fuel bills.
@SmokeyCough Electric motors do not need to evolve. The "secret" you need to know is that electric has always out powered gasoline and diesel engines. The torque is insanely high compared to a gas or diesel engine. In fact the first speed record was set by electric and electric cars where around in the late 1800's. The only limiting factor was those pesky batteries and the fact that FORD made a gas powered car that was super cheap which killed the competitors.
@DANNYHEADSHOT Of course they're slower off the line than a 250, they're using a single gear to get from standstill to 120mph. Try launching a 1000cc bike in 4th gear, it won't get off the line either. As soon as they can build lightweight gearboxes that can handle the torque these engines put out, it'll become a whole different ballgame.
@wwfww its the same engine technology - exept hydrogen is explosive and needs to be MADE by huge amounts of electricity AND water (some say coming wars will be water wars!!) we are already fueling cars with plants (!) consuming also more water. H-powered mobility is a brain fart!
@prote101 All that seems cute and fluffy, but no clutch neither gears, wouldn't buy one. Although I do recognize that fuel will be over within 10 or less years.
@r4f4st4n1 no cluch no gears = no wasted time, i honetly thaught the same as you, but the tech every year is gettin amazing, 0-60 in 1-2 sec soon, i love fuel dont get me wrong, even down to nito rc, but
@prote101 No wasted time? That's very relative. A Manual vehical can engage gears faster than an automatic one. Also, no gears means any retard would be able to get on the road plus it makes driving for 8 year olds. Plus, no fun to drive/ride an automatic one.
the 120 mph top speed doesnt really bother me. if i get a street bike i was planning on getting just a ninja 250 for the gas mileage which only has a top speed of 120 or so and if i was to get an electric bike it would be about the same as the ninja 250 but with better gas mileage haha
@BaneOfFreeSpeech i DO participate i just licenced my electric car a week ago, and im building a 380bhp ev next, the sound of an ev motor in the car is wayyy better than outside , and the jolt of torque is amazing
@srkkroh11 electric bikes are not faster. true, thye do start with a torque value from standstill, which gives them awesome acceleration. but the batteries are heavy as hell (suck) and the range is very limited. still very cool. oh yea, and environmentally friendly? where does the electric power come from? =) most ppl dont realize that it comes from the coal plants haha.
They don't get 100% of their power from fossil fuels like normal bikes do, only 44.5% of our grid is coal powered. There's also nuclear, renewables, and cleaner natural gas in there too.
Because of this, and the fact that electric motors use way less equivalent energy per mile (85% efficient versus 15-20% for gas) EVs are still cleaner than any gas vehicles. Google MIT's "wheel to well analysis of EVs" study.
@Zamboro ooo thanks for the ref. to that study--pretty good stuff. And yes, i will give you that motors are generally more efficient than any internal combustion engine. 20 percent is pretty low, though, a number of our SI engines will get about 30-35%, and CI up to about 42%, depending on any forced induction. I will admit that electric vehicles are the way to go for a number of reasons, but until they can crack the battery range problem i don't think it's feasible.
The 20% figure is an average for all cars on the road today including clunkers. According to the wiki article on internal combustion engines the theoretical limit is 37%. I'm not sure what a CI is, but it must be made of something other than steel to surpass that limit.
The battery range is less of a problem than most imagine. It's something you have to try yourself to really accept. Try using a GPS to track how far you really go in a day. For me, even a 30 mile range is fine.
@srkkroh11 electric bikes are not faster. true, thye do start with a torque value from standstill, which gives them awesome acceleration. but the batteries are heavy as hell (suck) and the range is very limited. still very cool.
This woman is spreading myths. Racing does not spur innovation. You can name very, very few technological innovations in the vehicle industry which were spawned by and for the racing fraternity. Safety, environmental concerns and manufacturing efficiency are much more the impetus for innovation.
@drmodestoesq - No, you're spreading myths. She said "Racing typically drives innovation", and it most certainly does. A great deal of the innovation in motorcycles over the years have come from racing, such as the various electronic assists that higher end cycles have. Similarly, the internal combustion process itself has been developed and perfected via manufacturers finding better ways to make engines operate efficiently as they discover problems when such engines are pushed to their limits.
@Miketheprofessor You strike me as as a person who likes to use facts to advance his dialectic Professor. You have already provide one in the example of electronic assists. However, I would still assert (and to be honest I was speaking more broadly of cars) that the vast majority of motor vehicle development was not the product and motivated by the race track. In addition, fuel efficiency and environmental concerns are more important than squeezing the last bit of HP out of an engine.
@Miketheprofessor Sorry to get off on a rant here professor, but another thing that occurs to me is that the massive economic clout of the sports car industry and the economic and human cost of it. Firstly, a huge number of accidents and deaths are caused by excessive speed. Secondly, in countries like the U.S. the reluctance of the politicians to tax gas has lead to horsepower fetishism which makes the country extremely vulnerable to foreign oil producers.
@heartlessvietboy -yes we could use shaft drive (just like cars) for motorcycle, but 25 percent of power is lost when transferred to the real wheel. Chain drive is the most efficient method to transfer power from a motorcycle engine to its rear wheel, that's also why we always have chain drive bicycles.
@Zadonaicam That was what I was about to say, since the lady said it only went 120 MPH which is one gear! With more gears I bet it could hit 200 MPH also.
no this rocks... once you buy one of these bikes you can ride it forever for free. practicing on a 125 cc or a 600 will cost you 40 euros on gas and rebuilds an hour...
If you want your electric bike to go faster, add a transmission and clutch assembly. You'll have more control over the torque on the rear wheel. That gives you more power and essentially more speed.
OnionPeelsVids 1 month ago
they sound like space ships!
CAPTEdju 2 months ago
Lithium-air batteries are on the way.
remember25october 2 months ago
I think it's a good idea. Once they make an affordable bike that is only $1000 difference with the same horse power for R6 will I convert over.
articcircleado 2 months ago
@articcircleado electric horsepower is different than gas horse power
shadowkn1ght 1 month ago
@SmokeyCough Yeah. Being aggressive offensive about it won't help this.
aserta 2 months ago
no feeling for me
SERBE4EVER 4 months ago
Electric what??????
Sleeper260 4 months ago
2:17 - 2:20 IRONY driving past a petrol station LOL
HarlieGresty 4 months ago
Electric is cool if you are making a quick run to the supermarket but not long distance. I prefer to fill with fuel in 5 minutes rather than waiting 2 hours to recharge the batteries... @ 1:22 "I prefer fire coming out of the exhaust, not going up my ass"
localvic 5 months ago
@localvic diddnt you know that gas catches fire? So same shit like 1:22 happens with foissil juice in garages! And I assume you also never used a cell phone cuz the phone batt needs the same 2h do be recharged too? think again!
I never waited for my phone to charge but i wasted combined WEEKS of my life at gas stations standing next to the pump doing nothin but looking at Euros multiplying on a LCD then standing in a stupid line only for paying mony! luckily the dark ages will end!
3rdMayhem 4 months ago
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localvic 5 months ago
star wars speeders for the win, fuck the luddites
eldictator1 5 months ago
wake me up when a electric assist vehicle other than a car can go for more than 1 mile before without slowing down or dying
Betotubing 5 months ago
@Betotubing Wake up...
gasdive 3 months ago
Soon this MC will reach and pass performances of fossil fuel engines, with bigger torque, no gearbox and extreme speed.
mptrax 6 months ago
GAY!
fish8me88 6 months ago
The loud muffler just pisses me off
fuzzyclam69 7 months ago
@fuzzyclam69 why?
outdoorsman310 6 months ago
Fuck gas
fuzzyclam69 7 months ago
Electric street bikes are the (near) future. I like the idea of a quiet streetbike, it's beautiful in its own way. They will completely replace gas-powered in the long run, like it or not. I love the enviornment, and I love bikes.
vmorgun 7 months ago
Who cares about the loud annoying roar, electric is the future !!!
arelius1971 7 months ago
Massive torque with electric...I love brushless engines!!
Mass7507 7 months ago
I wouldn't care to watch any electric car or motorcycle racing. Part of having a race bike or car is the amazing engine sound. Is like watching F1 without the sound, what's the fun and excitment in that?
wohcekim 7 months ago
I'm in love with these bikes
takadi 8 months ago
decent electric tech isnt mainsteam yet...
sscholle333 8 months ago
they can increase speed but because of the duration of batteries they will not have amount of power to finish the circle... bigest problem are batteries but not for long...
pakil1212 8 months ago
Bah, two speed transmission. Do work electric guys.
MastaSquidge 8 months ago
@MastaSquidge more than enough with electric motors
fairyheli2 7 months ago
ninety feet pounds fooooooooot lol
cant wait until they do a full scale release of carbon nano batteries imagine the increase in energy density :)
TroyMccluresbreth 8 months ago
u can be shore BP PEtroleum arseholes will lobby corrupt Politians too kill the electric Bike racing. Fuken all. War for Oil.
Nevawake 9 months ago
@Nevawake im sure u can't spell
missan1 9 months ago
@missan1 another1 with the spelling bshit. get a brain this is just fucken utube. Not a letter to the Queen!
Nevawake 9 months ago 2
Battery technology is catching up to the needed specs, an a basic electric motor can crank out more power faster than the most powerful engine. AKIRA here we come
6evorev6 9 months ago
meh, when they come out with an electric bike that can match up to 1000cc bikes in terms of performance, can travel long distances without dying, and is affordable, maybe ill buy one. on second though no, i cant live without the sound of a real engine. SORRY ENVIRONMENT!!!!
DANNYHEADSHOT 9 months ago
keep clicking at 1:22
MrChuey96 9 months ago
they have one large achilles heal range ,range range you just can't beat fuel bikes in everyday use and ya don't want be out in traffic when your battery dies splat !!
robsue2010 10 months ago
@robsue2010 As opposed to being in traffic when you run out of gas ?!
GlendonG 10 months ago
@robsue2010 No, electrics completely beat petrol for everyday use. Because everyday trips are less than the range of modern electrics. Just plug it in when you're not using it and it's always fully charged and ready to go when you are. No trips to the petrol station, no servicing, no warming it up before you ride, no waking the neighbours when you leave at 5am. Perfect for everyday use.
gasdive 3 months ago 3
what the crap is the deal with electrics and 1 gear only? the tesla tried to do 2 gears and failed and now got only 1 gear... what's so hard about multiple gears? what am i missing here? slap a titanium geared 5 speed in these cars and bikes... what's the big whoop? seriously, what am i missing here?
rtardbox 10 months ago
@rtardbox they don't need multiple gearing. the motor just spins and you don't need a clutch either becuase they don't idle
3089280288 10 months ago
@3089280288 they do need multiple gearing if they expect 3,000 rpm to take you past 100m/h with a single motor
the way they are doing it is with 2 electric motors in parallel, then switch it to series at 60m/h
if they had a tranny they could rock... the troque must be killing the titanium gears. guess a heavier tranny is the only solution until carbon nano-tubes come along. also, clutches are still needed in order to change gears. tesla HAD a 2 speed roadster but kept breaking trannies.
rtardbox 10 months ago
Chip Yates recently went 190mph on his electric bike in a mile he recons he can go 200 it wont take long for gas bikes to get left behind.
raceelectric 10 months ago
my dude nice ride mcysu1go electric dude
1mcysu 1 year ago
my dude nice ride mcysu1
1mcysu 1 year ago
I think this is great as competitive racing is a good way to drive innovation, which filters into mainstream use. I can't wait until the technology is imposed into road bikes. There will be issues of course, similar to those for electric cars, but a great step at reducing fuel bills.
ukmopsteruk 1 year ago 5
@SmokeyCough Electric motors do not need to evolve. The "secret" you need to know is that electric has always out powered gasoline and diesel engines. The torque is insanely high compared to a gas or diesel engine. In fact the first speed record was set by electric and electric cars where around in the late 1800's. The only limiting factor was those pesky batteries and the fact that FORD made a gas powered car that was super cheap which killed the competitors.
EETechs 1 year ago
They should design the battery's so that they can be quickly swapped out and changed for a charged one.
vernerhill 1 year ago
Where to buy powerful electric motors? 30-100 kW Can't find any on the internet.
Links for cheap lifepo4 battery pack etc. would be abliged :)
I prefer europe/asia.
tdneVmo 1 year ago
INSTANT TORQUE INSTANT SPEED, CAN BE ALOT FASTER THAN FUEL
prote101 1 year ago 48
@prote101 seriously... just look at these things launching ( 0:53 ). its the same if not slower than a 250cc fuel bike.
DANNYHEADSHOT 9 months ago
@DANNYHEADSHOT Of course they're slower off the line than a 250, they're using a single gear to get from standstill to 120mph. Try launching a 1000cc bike in 4th gear, it won't get off the line either. As soon as they can build lightweight gearboxes that can handle the torque these engines put out, it'll become a whole different ballgame.
XSaenen 8 months ago
@prote101 BUT it isn't...
Mravak74 8 months ago
@prote101 fuck that! i want hydrogen!!!!!!!!!!
wwfww 5 months ago
@wwfww its the same engine technology - exept hydrogen is explosive and needs to be MADE by huge amounts of electricity AND water (some say coming wars will be water wars!!) we are already fueling cars with plants (!) consuming also more water. H-powered mobility is a brain fart!
3rdMayhem 4 months ago
@prote101 . until the batteries must be recharged, thats when the fossil fuel engine passes the electric bike up for the win.
localvic 5 months ago
@localvic until the bike needs to be re-fueled... and the snap on batery system passes the fossil, like a hare past a ..... well....a... fossil
prote101 5 months ago
@prote101 All that seems cute and fluffy, but no clutch neither gears, wouldn't buy one. Although I do recognize that fuel will be over within 10 or less years.
r4f4st4n1 2 months ago
@r4f4st4n1 no cluch no gears = no wasted time, i honetly thaught the same as you, but the tech every year is gettin amazing, 0-60 in 1-2 sec soon, i love fuel dont get me wrong, even down to nito rc, but
prote101 2 months ago
@prote101 No wasted time? That's very relative. A Manual vehical can engage gears faster than an automatic one. Also, no gears means any retard would be able to get on the road plus it makes driving for 8 year olds. Plus, no fun to drive/ride an automatic one.
r4f4st4n1 2 months ago
well all scientists have to do is find a way to charge a lithium-air based battery and it will out perform a petrol version by far!
pbmartin14 1 year ago
the 120 mph top speed doesnt really bother me. if i get a street bike i was planning on getting just a ninja 250 for the gas mileage which only has a top speed of 120 or so and if i was to get an electric bike it would be about the same as the ninja 250 but with better gas mileage haha
TheZohaun 1 year ago
to bad it sounds like crap....
BaneOfFreeSpeech 1 year ago
@BaneOfFreeSpeech yea because i go to WATCH a race just for the sound... nicee
pbmartin14 1 year ago
@pbmartin14 I guess you don't ride...why just watch something. participate if you like it that much.
BaneOfFreeSpeech 1 year ago
@BaneOfFreeSpeech i DO participate i just licenced my electric car a week ago, and im building a 380bhp ev next, the sound of an ev motor in the car is wayyy better than outside , and the jolt of torque is amazing
pbmartin14 1 year ago
@pbmartin14 i was talking about motorcycles. i still dont see these keeping up with gas powered bikes for a while.
BaneOfFreeSpeech 1 year ago
@srkkroh11 electric bikes are not faster. true, thye do start with a torque value from standstill, which gives them awesome acceleration. but the batteries are heavy as hell (suck) and the range is very limited. still very cool. oh yea, and environmentally friendly? where does the electric power come from? =) most ppl dont realize that it comes from the coal plants haha.
thewindycity42 1 year ago
@thewindycity42
They don't get 100% of their power from fossil fuels like normal bikes do, only 44.5% of our grid is coal powered. There's also nuclear, renewables, and cleaner natural gas in there too.
Because of this, and the fact that electric motors use way less equivalent energy per mile (85% efficient versus 15-20% for gas) EVs are still cleaner than any gas vehicles. Google MIT's "wheel to well analysis of EVs" study.
Zamboro 1 year ago
@Zamboro ooo thanks for the ref. to that study--pretty good stuff. And yes, i will give you that motors are generally more efficient than any internal combustion engine. 20 percent is pretty low, though, a number of our SI engines will get about 30-35%, and CI up to about 42%, depending on any forced induction. I will admit that electric vehicles are the way to go for a number of reasons, but until they can crack the battery range problem i don't think it's feasible.
thewindycity42 1 year ago
@thewindycity42
The 20% figure is an average for all cars on the road today including clunkers. According to the wiki article on internal combustion engines the theoretical limit is 37%. I'm not sure what a CI is, but it must be made of something other than steel to surpass that limit.
The battery range is less of a problem than most imagine. It's something you have to try yourself to really accept. Try using a GPS to track how far you really go in a day. For me, even a 30 mile range is fine.
Zamboro 1 year ago
@srkkroh11 electric bikes are not faster. true, thye do start with a torque value from standstill, which gives them awesome acceleration. but the batteries are heavy as hell (suck) and the range is very limited. still very cool.
thewindycity42 1 year ago
this could be bad, not only will gasoline be jacked up, but probly electricity because of the demand, so either way where screwed
slomo1010 1 year ago
once someone dies from riding an electric...thats how they know they're doing something right :)
xxxismeny 1 year ago
This woman is spreading myths. Racing does not spur innovation. You can name very, very few technological innovations in the vehicle industry which were spawned by and for the racing fraternity. Safety, environmental concerns and manufacturing efficiency are much more the impetus for innovation.
drmodestoesq 1 year ago
@drmodestoesq - No, you're spreading myths. She said "Racing typically drives innovation", and it most certainly does. A great deal of the innovation in motorcycles over the years have come from racing, such as the various electronic assists that higher end cycles have. Similarly, the internal combustion process itself has been developed and perfected via manufacturers finding better ways to make engines operate efficiently as they discover problems when such engines are pushed to their limits.
Miketheprofessor 1 year ago
@Miketheprofessor You strike me as as a person who likes to use facts to advance his dialectic Professor. You have already provide one in the example of electronic assists. However, I would still assert (and to be honest I was speaking more broadly of cars) that the vast majority of motor vehicle development was not the product and motivated by the race track. In addition, fuel efficiency and environmental concerns are more important than squeezing the last bit of HP out of an engine.
drmodestoesq 1 year ago
@Miketheprofessor Sorry to get off on a rant here professor, but another thing that occurs to me is that the massive economic clout of the sports car industry and the economic and human cost of it. Firstly, a huge number of accidents and deaths are caused by excessive speed. Secondly, in countries like the U.S. the reluctance of the politicians to tax gas has lead to horsepower fetishism which makes the country extremely vulnerable to foreign oil producers.
drmodestoesq 1 year ago
hey! the woman in the background at 1:44 is the owner of werkstat in san francisco!
yumyumtofu 1 year ago
Niggers.
TrollerChan 1 year ago
spark in the face at 1:22
GangsterB30 1 year ago 18
This is a bloody joke
teamfab 1 year ago
That's not fun : / I'll take both please :)
pocketsearch 1 year ago
am I the only one who sees a guy getting zapped in the face at 1:22 ??? He fucking got zapped right on his cheek lol FAIL
unicycle44 1 year ago
@unicycle44 lol i saw it! he jumped right away! ZAP
StayGold505 1 year ago
I wonder if we can do away with the Chain for the electric motorcycle.
heartlessvietboy 1 year ago
@heartlessvietboy -yes we could use shaft drive (just like cars) for motorcycle, but 25 percent of power is lost when transferred to the real wheel. Chain drive is the most efficient method to transfer power from a motorcycle engine to its rear wheel, that's also why we always have chain drive bicycles.
8524562008 1 year ago
Fuck the future, I'm staying with petrol.
VaMaZa666 1 year ago
@VaMaZa666 im with you all the way!!
Zadonaicam 1 year ago
@VaMaZa666 im with you all the way!!!
Zadonaicam 1 year ago
i need gears!!!
Zadonaicam 1 year ago 3
@Zadonaicam That was what I was about to say, since the lady said it only went 120 MPH which is one gear! With more gears I bet it could hit 200 MPH also.
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glennjgd 1 year ago
What's the average Range ??
kenmasters007 1 year ago
@kenmasters007 about 40-60 miles (if you are lucky, the battery degrades over time)
thewindycity42 1 year ago
this is the future, embrace it !
djpauliero 1 year ago
Petrol powered bike is still the best.
mi2tom 1 year ago
no this rocks... once you buy one of these bikes you can ride it forever for free. practicing on a 125 cc or a 600 will cost you 40 euros on gas and rebuilds an hour...
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@ectoplasma2 "once you buy one of these bikes you can ride it forever for free"
They've started handing out free coal and tires? Kewl beans! Where does the queue form?
IsaacBickerstaffEsq 1 year ago
Stupidest thing i have ever seen.
irollgen4s2 1 year ago