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Moe: Well, I'm better than dirt. Well, most kinds of dirt. I mean not that fancy store bought dirt. That stuffs loaded with nutrients. I...I can't compete with that stuff.- The Simpsons
Scooter boy
A bike with a niche market
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Forum whore
they gotta look more Mechanical and or a really nice full fairing,and have a 200 km range I reckon. I bet they would be really nice to ride,praps too nice.
Well, this is awkward...
The niche markets in Europe can be pretty popular though, if you look at the big scooters and Honda’s own DCT bikes.Originally Posted by johcar
Moe: Well, I'm better than dirt. Well, most kinds of dirt. I mean not that fancy store bought dirt. That stuffs loaded with nutrients. I...I can't compete with that stuff.- The Simpsons
Scooter boy
But they have the range of an ICE motorcycle....
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This ones pretty cool and can do that kind of range but at around three times the price.
Moe: Well, I'm better than dirt. Well, most kinds of dirt. I mean not that fancy store bought dirt. That stuffs loaded with nutrients. I...I can't compete with that stuff.- The Simpsons
Forum whore
The Honda has only a 130 k range That would be ok if you could charge it very quickly. 130 Ks just aint enough .That will only get me over the Remutakas and back.One of the shortest rides i would do in the 'rapa would be 219km door to door. I spose a 1/hr charge time would be doable as a lunch stop
Best Frenemy you could have!
At 13k pounds, surely this will be NZD30k+. For 130km of range (probably less given manufacturers claims being over the top)
Same as the BMW CE-04. Launches expensive, limited range, doesn't sell. Battery tech probably ain't that cutting edge. Manufacturer complains the demand isn't there. Flogs out the stock, stops experimenting.
I have a niche use case for them... but the high cost, lack of range and limited use (partially due to lack of said range)... still waiting. Perhaps the new tech VW and Ducati are testing (solid state batteries) might finally yield some improvements.
Unless the tech is using the likes of BYD technology, the constant charging hurts the battery, and at 130km... you're going to be charging it a lot.
Hardcore Biker
Yeah, it's a tough sell when you can buy a really decent commuter bike for $10k. You can do an awful lot of commuting with $20k worth of fuel. As a rough calculation, my R3 would do 180,000 kms on $20k worth of gas at current pump prices. (Assuming I haven't stuffed my maths up.)
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