ev_nred said:
I think I have got the answer. there are a few reasons for this. the main reason for this is that we as humans want to stand out in a crowed if we just convert motorcycles to electric they will not look nearly as cool. also some of as already got a motorcycle thats extremely fast and to have another one thats slower would just not fell right.
best regards,
jacob R
No.
No.
No.
Nothing to do with cool.
Nothing to do with looks.
Nothing to do with standing out.
I couldn't care less if I'm riding around in a dumpster with dicks and flowers painted all over it if its the most logical transpiration choice.
I own street motorcycles. I own dirtbikes. I own cars. I own bicycles. I own electric bicycles.
What motivates me to take an ebike over something that is a billion times better on roads and in traffic like my GSX-R1000 superbike?
Simple. The ebike gets all the advantages of a bicycle:
Can get places as fast or faster than a car by moving through cars in traffic.
Can ride on bike paths to avoid traffic.
Can cut through parks and shortcuts through parking lots etc.
Can zip down the sidewalks as needed.
Can lift over gates or whatever as needed.
Can blast through public places with out attracting attention or disrupting people with noise.
Does NOT require registration.
Does NOT require insurance.
Does NOT have a licence plate number (or any visual links back to me).
Does NOT require an operators licence (I have a legit licence right now, but you never know when you will get your next racing/reckless ticket.)
These are the advantages that draw me into using an Ebike. If the ebike only went 30mph, I just can't see myself using it. On an ebike that does >60mph, it becomes an exciting pleasure to use and enjoy the advantages of the above mentioned features.
If you make an electric motorcycle, first, you've thrown away the above advantages. Second, you need at least 2-3x more battery to get the same useful range (because the efficiency is crap). Third, unless you really step up the motor performance (like a UQM motor, or more than 2 agni motors, or something similar), then you're looking at something with extremely tame performance compared with gasoline bikes, and if you DO get the right $motor$ and $controller$, you end up with something drastically pushing the no-fun-anymore weight territory for motorcycles. Your larger battery/charger is still limited by what you can pull out of an outlet, so where my 1400w charger can put a useful amount of energy into my pack in the time I stop to eat lunch and continue on my way, a motorcycle doesn't get useful benefit from opertunity charging.
Also, as far as enjoyment goes, combining the lightest platforms with loads of power creates things that you can't stop smiling about. For example, you buy an Acura TSX-S, drive it around, and feel board out of your mind like you're trapped in a sensory deprivation chamber. It is not even capable of doing something that makes me smile. However... you take that same engine and transmission out of the TSX-S, and you put it in a 1987 CRX-HF (an 1880lbs car), and now that same engine that gave you depression from using it gives you thrills and makes you giggle like a retard everytime you drive it, and your cheeks hurt from smiling so much while driving. The fuel economy also changes from 20-30s to 40-50s. Why is it so fun? Because it was built to function with 67bhp, and now it's got 220-250bhp (depending on what you did when installing it). Take a bicycle that was designed around having 300w of pedal power, give it 10x more, and it becomes a blast to use. Take a motorcycle that was designed for 50bhp, put 30-40bhp into it, and you're going to end up with a very tame and lame ride.