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Main Area => Odds n Ends => Topic started by: arcsecond on April 13, 2006, 10:06:34 AM

Title: The Future?
Post by: arcsecond on April 13, 2006, 10:06:34 AM
http://www.boston.com/cars/news/articles/2006/04/09/is_it_still_a_motorcycle_if_its_silent/

How would you feel if your motorcycle was absolutely silent? Put a playing card in the spokes?

-James
Title: Re: The Future?
Post by: 3imo on April 13, 2006, 10:08:08 AM
lightwieght or not they can make a better looking one than that.
Title: Re: The Future?
Post by: badguy on April 13, 2006, 10:23:25 AM
Get used to a nearly silent motorcycle?  Maybe MAYBE after a while it would seem normal.  But 0-50mph in 12 seconds!?  Hell no!  I might as well be riding a bicycle.
Title: Re: The Future?
Post by: arcsecond on April 13, 2006, 10:24:57 AM
Yeah, that bothered me too. Almost no mention of it's torque, HP, or weight. Very light on numbers overall.

-James
Title: Re: The Future?
Post by: RVertigo on April 13, 2006, 11:05:58 AM
Yeah...  Kinda slow huh?  Max speed 50 and 0-50 in 12 seconds wouldn't work for me.  I have to ride on the freeway...  :dunno_white:

I'd rather have the ENV than a H#nda Metro.  :icon_confused:
Title: Re: The Future?
Post by: 3imo on April 13, 2006, 11:07:01 AM
It might replace the scooter, but I doubt MC's
Title: Re: The Future?
Post by: roguegeek on April 13, 2006, 11:11:21 AM
Kinda old, no? http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=20110.0
Title: Re: The Future?
Post by: kidcoma on April 13, 2006, 11:17:46 AM
I'm all for alternative fuel powered vehicles but that thing looks horrendous.
Title: Re: The Future?
Post by: arcsecond on April 13, 2006, 11:49:22 AM
Oh, whoops, sorry for the dupe. I knew that was going to happen.

-James
Title: Re: The Future?
Post by: roguegeek on April 13, 2006, 01:22:32 PM
I wouldn't mind one at all. I just need it to look WAY better than that.
Title: Re: The Future?
Post by: RVertigo on April 13, 2006, 01:36:40 PM
You know...  If you painted it to look like an animal ('cause it kinda looks like one already), it might not be as funny looking.
Title: Re: The Future?
Post by: Alphamazing on April 13, 2006, 04:08:07 PM
Fuel cells are not the wave of the future. Fuel cells are crap.

Do you know how much energy it takes to get hydrogen? The way we do it now is by splitting water molecules down to H2 and oxygen. It takes more energy to break apart the water than the hydrogen can release. It's just adding another step to more polution.

Again, fuel cells are crap.
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