KTM to build electric off-road bike

[Bob]

KTM announced plans to start mass production of an electric all-terrain endurance bike ‘within two years’.

The Austrian company has built a ‘very quiet’ prototype that can develop up to 35 horsepower and run for 40 minutes before recharging. The 90 kilo bike has been specifically designed for off-road use.

[Hinny]

40 minutes ...Woohoo!

[tri boy]

Should be interesting the first time it's drowned in a creek.

[Hinny]

Electric fishing. Quick get downstream with a net.

[noobi]

it should be a genuine contender in th IFME(internation forty minute enduro)

:first::Oi:

[Motu]

There are some electric trials bikes developed in the US for kids....I think someone sells them here.Electric motor - torque from zero rpm,the throttle IS a rheostat,low centre of gravity,engine braking.What more could you want from an off road motorcycle engine?

[skidMark]

Maybe they are designing it for the time it takes to satisfy a women, us men take longer.

[tri boy]

More than 40mins of riding would be nice.
Don't get me wrong, the principle of the project is worthy, but having dealt with electric forklifts etc, they will never get decent running time from light weight batteries, and the circuitry will suffer from enviromental issues, ie vibration, moisture et all.
Now, a nuclear powered motocrosser................:eek:

[Coyote]

If you don't drain the measly sized tank of a petrol powered dirt bike within 40 minutes, you're not trying hard enough. So long as you can have spare batteries like you can have extra containers of fuel in your van or strapped to the pack-rack, then this should make for an excellent dirt machine.

[Coyote]

Now, a nuclear powered motocrosser................:eek:
Motocrossers already have a knack for their engines going bang. I don't think that'd be a wise idea :p

[tri boy]

Another angle to view this thing from, is, would you really enjoy riding what for all intent and purposes will be like your grandma's Bernina sewing machine?
It won't go "suck, oomph, hiss bang, bwaaahaaaa bwaahaaa ta tang tang tang"
More like the linear hum of your sisters favourite dildo.

[oldrider]

Well, all the other battery powered devices I have heard of always seem go flat just as you get to the interesting bit! :doh:

I guess this bike will be typically the same! :rolleyes:

All that aside, I like to see a new approach, it gets interesting and exciting. :niceone: John.

[Crazy Steve]

Fckin Avanti Electra's I brought two mnths ago..

Girlfriend used her three times and it went blisistic today over taking cars.....And burnt the electric motor out...

They take 10hours to charge for one hour of riding...:baby:

Crazy Steve..

[Monolith NZ]

40 minutes?

What a waste of time :eek5:

[rat biker 08]

If it cant go 100 kph its not worth it. my son would be happy with it.:Punk: :laugh::laugh:

[NordieBoy]

Now, a nuclear powered motocrosser................:eek:

Hasn't Triumph been doing that for years?

[tri boy]

They have, but my "core rod" is what's holding me back from showing the trumpy's true off road skills.

[motorbyclist]

he throttle IS a rheostat,

wait, what? you mean like 100amps running through the handlebar with "heated" handgrips?

or just a rheostat to alter a signal voltage to a chip, which then send good ol' PWM to an amplifier of some sort?

always been interested in making an electric bike

ardmore would be able to operate 24/7, and you'd get to hurl abuse at the other riders on the track as they ride along with you, and they'll hear it! :D

[Owl]

Maybe they are designing it for the time it takes to satisfy a women, us men take longer.

Knobbly rubber, electric motor and off-road capability? Got the makings of an awesome bedroom utensil!:msn-wink: