ZERO electric bike

[YellowDog]

I have always hated the idea of an Electric Motorcycle, but these guys seem to have come up with something that works well: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8017014.stm

Designed like a Trials bike to be nimble and for urban usage it does 0-100 kph in 5 seconds and has a limited top speed of 110Kph. It uses a new generation of rechargeable cell technology that can give a full charge in 4 hours from a standard powerpoint.

IMO - pretty damn good. A new off road class in the making!

[s_devo]

Now this is what we've been waiting for!!!

Anyone know if anyone is importing them or making something similar more locally?

All Good ST

[Hiflyer]

na apparently theyre so lame you can't here them at idle :P

[Brownstoo]

Awesome! That's perfect for pootling round town... I still waiting for an electric bike ewith a decent range though...

[p.dath]

I wonder if it has a retractable cord, and if so, how long. :-)

[gwigs]

It nice but i prefer to be heard coming.....cagers eyesight aint that good:

[DMCD]

My Grandma has one of those, except it has 3 wheels and a basket on the front :-P

[s_devo]

I wonder if it has a retractable cord, and if so, how long. :-)

Yeah, yeah I was thinking the same thing today and wondered if you could just whip one out of an old vaccum!!!

[YellowDog]

It nice but i prefer to be heard coming.....cagers eyesight aint that good:

The reason this is revolutionary is that it uses the latest battery technology, so it doesn't weigh a Tonne and will charge in 4 hours from a standard household plug.

It has an MP3 chip slot with sub-woofer speakers.

Which bike would you like it to sound like?

[jono035]

Speakers are hard pressed to keep up with an engine, volume wise

[cambridgedan]

i wouldnt get one, some times the sound from the bike is the only thing letting the cars no that we are about to go flying past

[paturoa]

And here is another one.

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...orcycle&st=cse