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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 09:15 PM
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Just figured it'd be interesting to see everyone's opinions on electric motorcycles is all.
 
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 11:21 PM
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If they made some sort of Noise, maybe I'd be interested!!
 
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 11:24 PM
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Depends on the use of it. I would only use it maybe for some short distance around town rides.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 10:58 AM
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Only If it was as loud as a Harley and ugly as a Suzuki. I wanna be heard and not worried about it being stolen. Something tells me that riding a electric motorbike in the rain would be a bad idea
 
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 11:16 AM
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Don't think I'd get a charge out of it.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 11:17 AM
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Yeah, I know that was bad.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 11:22 AM
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:-P
 
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 06:24 PM
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They make great drag bikes and/or commuters from what I hear. I'm surprised anyone hasn't bolted on some solar paneling to the fairings so they can charge while parked.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 06:28 PM
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Solar panels don't put out as much energy as a lot of people think is why.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 06:38 PM
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Posted this before

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ1eMYdLKrs

There's no doubt its insanely fast. If it were publicly available, squids could go from 0 to disintegration in 0.97 secs

Originally Posted by MC_spirited
Only If it was as loud as a Harley and ugly as a Suzuki. I wanna be heard and not worried about it being stolen. Something tells me that riding a electric motorbike in the rain would be a bad idea
Well it misses your decibel requirement by a mile (till the wreck). But a Suzuki would prolly feel pretty next to it
 

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