TT 2009 ELECTRIC BIKES!!!!!!!

first ever electric bikes to do a lap of the world famous tt course. they do about 150mph...... ye rite!

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[yukiyamadojo]

ye but they said they were goin to be. i haven't finished doing the details yet haha.

[LunchAnderson]

Sooner or later we really have to transition to electric bikes if we want to ride bikes at all. There's only a limited supply of oil waiting for us below our feet. So why not start that transition now?

[RuiBCJ]

@riderzx10r05

The insults start when intelligence for further debate is depleted.

Judging from your "12 hour" comment, I guess you still live in 1980.

Google for something called "A123" and get updated.

I own a SW Predator GTI Electric bike with A123 batteries. I can get 80% charge in 15 minutes (that's enough to take a leak and get back to your bike).

A full charge has never taken longer than 2h30m.

I drive it every day to work and back (85Km) and I still end up with 25% charge.

[r0d0x]

@LunchAnderson because a LITLE GROUP OF MOTHER FUCKERS want more money, thats why, WE have eletrical cars since 1980, so......

[LunchAnderson]

@jorgecosta95 Yes, batteries need to become much better, but I'm confident that they will, eventually. There are already lots of batteries in development with much higher energy densities than today's Li-ion ones, although they all still seem to have various limitiations that the researchers need to work on.

[jorgecosta95]

@LunchAnderson And our combustion engines are near to the limit of development. Now , to be super good they cannot be durable and use a lot of rare and expensive materials. What if we made the same stuff but electric? Cheaper , faster , cleaner and less parts! Our problem are batteries. For the moment that our batteries evolve we will finally have the capacity to overcome inner combustion engines.

[yakacm]

I used to have a moped and my dad would always call it a hairdryer, but these actually are hairdryers, never understood why electric vehicles are described as green, or non polluting, I understand how they COULD be if the electricity was generated by renewable, or if the power was provided by on board photovoltaic cells, but the vast majority of electricity is still generated by burning fossil fuels.

[cleland72]

@TuNuCedeMalis You're missing the point - I could connect a soundcard and a speaker to my ironing board and make it sound like a Desmosedici, but a living, (fire)breathing Ducati my ironing board ain't. Don't get me wrong, I like these electric bikes and the huge gobloads of torque they get from standstill and their natural sound is quite cool in it's own way, but don't pretend they will stir the soul the way a big V-twin at full chat will.

[akaAlexthekid]

anybody heard of the 260 bhp electric bike thats supposed to be knocking about at this years tt?

[MrOddish1000]

nothing like the smell of 2-stroke in the morning <3

[markbakovic]

@bulldog01209 true, to an extent. Aviation enthusiasts find classic aircraft like Tiger Moths stirring, or love the sound of a Spitfire or Mustang, but how many F22s can a Spitfire intercept, and would you like your eBay purchases to be delivered by Tiger Moth? Electric vehicles have different torque characteristics and power delivery which you presumably have never experienced, so how can you be sure you won't appreciate their particular strengths, the way you to a V-Twin's?

[Shorty111R]

Bad ass.

Can't wait for the day when we look back at this like we look back on footage of a Model T, then hop on our e-bikes, pull a fat wheelie, then take off to 200mph in 3 seconds.

Oh, and the hover boards from Back to the Future II, those need to become a reality too.

[Shorty111R]

0:02-0:06 BAD ASS