MSN Autos Green Motorcy
 

New news ? Brammo Enertia Looks pretty cool .:thumbup:

Gearboxes
 

Hurray for electric motorcycles.

I've looked through a lot of electric motorcycle conversions and they're really neat. Especially the fact you can use pricier batteries because you don't have to buy so many. Perhaps somebody can answer a question though, why do electric motorcycles never use gearboxes? Electric cars do, so it always seemed weird to me that motorcycle conversions never have them.

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My guess is that for thier intended purpose 50mph is fast enough and a single speed keeps it simple and "cheap". For those of us that need to go faster for the freeway a 2-speed will be needed.

I am a little puzzled though that they didn't make this freeway capable for 12 grand. Geez, who wants a bike that can't get on the slab?

I'm still waiting for one with a 80 mile range at 65 mph. They're getting closer.

This isn't very usefull because of the cost. To recover that 12k investment you better do a lot of riding. If that thing was around 3k it would be nice but not for 12k.

Hello -

This part is interesting :

For me at 35 miles, this means I would need to plug it in at work. I wonder if my job would charge me for the juice?

Maybe the max speed/range could be improved with aero mods?

CarloSW2

Try GPR. They have a supermotard style bike that will do a claimed 62 mph, and with lithium batteries has a 60 mile range. The base price for lead acid batteries is under $6,000. I bet that it comes in under $12K with lithiums.

https://www.electricmotorsport.com/Motard/motard.htm

12300 after delivery.