Electric bike fast!

**Muppet** · 5th January 2009, 12:03

Crikey! The fuzz will never hear you coming on this!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...NE-SECOND.html

**quickbuck** · 5th January 2009, 12:04

Originally Posted by Muppet

Crikey! The fuzz will never hear you coming on this!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...NE-SECOND.html

thanks for the tip

Actually I have seen a bit on this bike before.
I think it was the builder of the bike who did a bit of a Demo on it in a car park and never realised how far it actually traveled in 1 second.....
Sadly he wasn't wearing the proper gear..... BUT very luckily he wasn't injured too badly....

Think it was on youtube?

**Naki Rat** · 5th January 2009, 13:37

Originally Posted by quickbuck

......Think it was on youtube?

Oops!

**short-circuit** · 5th January 2009, 13:53

Originally Posted by Naki Rat

Oops!

Funny in a David Brent/The Office kind of way

**MsKABC** · 5th January 2009, 14:04

Originally Posted by Muppet

Crikey! The fuzz will never hear you coming on this!

But nobody else will either, and surely that can't be a good thing?

And I love they way they talk about it being emissions free and illustrate the article with a picture of it doing a burnout.....hmmmmm, no emissions there at all! Just a little irony that tickled my fancy.

**prettybillie** · 5th January 2009, 14:19

Originally Posted by MsKABC

But nobody else will either, and surely that can't be a good thing?

And I love they way they talk about it being emissions free and illustrate the article with a picture of it doing a burnout.....hmmmmm, no emissions there at all! Just a little irony that tickled my fancy.

Is there actually emissions from a burnout.....what would you need to do to become carbon neutral from that????

**MsKABC** · 5th January 2009, 14:23

Originally Posted by prettybillie

Is there actually emissions from a burnout.....what would you need to do to become carbon neutral from that????

Well I would think so - if not gaseous, then particulate. But then I'm not an air quality boffin, so don't shoot me if I'm wrong. Just an amateur greenie

To be carbon neutral, I'd say you'd have to plant some vegies or do some composting before you suited up to ride

Now there's an idea..... ...making your own bio-fuel

**quickbuck** · 5th January 2009, 15:06

Originally Posted by MsKABC

Well I would think so - if not gaseous, then particulate. But then I'm not an air quality boffin, so don't shoot me if I'm wrong. Just an amateur greenie

To be carbon neutral, I'd say you'd have to plant some vegies or do some composting before you suited up to ride

Now there's an idea..... ...making your own bio-fuel

I have a rubber plant in my living room for such occasions

**quickbuck** · 5th January 2009, 15:07

Originally Posted by Naki Rat

Oops!

That's the one.
Cheers.

**Muppet** · 5th January 2009, 17:38

Oops!

...and with no helmet, gloves, or protective gear. Oh well, it is his right to wear what he likes.

**swbarnett** · 6th January 2009, 10:10

Originally Posted by MsKABC

But nobody else will either, and surely that can't be a good thing?

And I love they way they talk about it being emissions free and illustrate the article with a picture of it doing a burnout.....hmmmmm, no emissions there at all! Just a little irony that tickled my fancy.

Not to mention the emissions from the factory that made the batteries, or what happens to them once they've done their dash.

**KiwiKat** · 6th January 2009, 10:47

I've been following progress on the electric bikes / dragsters for a while. While you can get a lot of instantaneous power from small batteries there isn't the distance capability the larger car cell batteries have. It will be interesting to see how these develop over the next few years and which major bike manufacturers get on board.

Anyone for an electric Ducati?

**MsKABC** · 6th January 2009, 10:56

Originally Posted by KiwiKat

Anyone for an electric Ducati?

Hush your mouth!

**Ducman** · 6th January 2009, 11:20

The bike's makers claim that the G-force which the rider has to contend with is three times more than that faced by a skydiver during freefall.

As far as I'm aware a skykydiver accelerates at a very comfortable 1G, experiencing no disernable 'force' acting on their bodies