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I understand the resistance to change. Engines have been the way of life for a long time. Times change though, and with it technology. Rather then resist based on the sound, why not embrace the changes that it could potentially bring about? More riding areas accessible. Potentially exposing the sport to more people in a positive manner as opposed to those "loud dirt bikes." There is a far greater upside than there is a downside to this change.
I don't know when the transition will take place, but it is the future of transportation and racing.
When electric bike prices drop to near current bike prices OR when electric only tracks start to open.
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If a massive reduction in noise and noise complaints means more tracks (or just less tracks closing) then I'm all for it.
You can't make everybody happy in the end. If (when) the sport goes electric, we will lose some people. But the numbers we pick up will most likely more than offset that. And involvement and people spending money and having riding areas is what the sport needs more than ever right now.
Firstly they extremely inefficient at utilising the energy contained in the fuel.
They suffer from further loss in energy transmitting the mechanical energy to the wheels via a transmission, diff etc. Yes I know most electric bikes still have the same drive train, but the potential is there with electric motors to do it a lot differently - look at some of the new electric car designs coming out with motors in each wheel.
Finally, powering any vehicle that is designed to stop and start frequently with an engine that produces zero torque at zero or low revs introduces a lot of compromises. Clutch or auto transmissions, and multispeed gearboxes are comprises to get around that shortcoming.
Just because something has been around for years and has been fine-tuned in no way means it's the best solution. It was simply the best solution at the time it was invented.
Instant, silent power to the ground. That's intense in its own right.
therefore the tesla p100d with 100kwh only has 3 gallons of gas equivalent
Jump ropes be damned.
Nothing about an electric motor is elegant. This Jag V12 on the other hand is elegant, sexy,, loud, full of craftsmanship, and the awsome sound would damn near give my wife an orgasm. Electric vehicles do none of those things. They lack everything that make motorsports exciting. This will prove out as soon as somone tries to sell tickets to a MX, Nascar, NHRA, or any other event with all electric motors.
Also, the electric motor was invented 130 or so years ago, roughly same time combustion engine has been around. It's not a new solution to the combustion motor.
Or a silent Indy 500.
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What makes the traits of the combustion engine so desirable? It's what grew up with it. We learned it, understand it, and are familiar with it. Our opinons are formed through life experiences, its all we know. So, if a generation grows up with electric, then that is what they are comfortable with. Its all they know and a whole new set of desirable traits are formed. So, what is relevant to one generation doesn't necessarily mean it will be relevant (or even a known concept) to another. Kind of like a landline phone, kids have heard about the concept but they are concerned with what affects their life today. If you don't know what to miss, you don't miss it.
So, then it evolves to no longer being a comparison of the two, yet a shift in the paradigm altogether.
Just food for thought.
As much as I love the sound of forty bikes with combustion engine (two stroke preferably) at the starting gate I still think only thing that can save the sport in the future are electric bikes. There are just too much pressure from environmentalists to shut down all the tracks one by one. It would be cool to see racing get back to places like Namur with the new e-bikes
I have personally sat in city council meetings trying to get a private track legal for private practice only to be permanently shut down because of noise complaints. Not once, but twice.
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Electrics will be the nail in the coffin
I think electrics are the future but going to a dome and watching a silent supercross will suck.
If they can pump a premix smell in with some 2 stroke noise it'll be good.
In terms of riding the full size bikes like Alta, I can't wait. I'd love one for enduro riding, need the extra range though.
Football is silent. Millions of viewers. Basketball is silent. Millions of viewers.
Hockey, baseball the list goes on. It will be different, and I know how much you old turds fear change, but it will not hurt the sport.
Say 200,000 people are riding or racing in the US now and stadiums aren't being filled for supercross because there are only 500 places to ride a dirt bike so involvement is at an all time low per capita.
What if 400,000 people are riding and racing because there are 3000 places to ride? These numbers are arbitrary but relevant.
why can't we shoot for being excited for both??? why do we go straight to one will kill the other???
I see it as mentioned above and hope that it takes a life of it's own with a whole new series with it's own set of E specific riders. I see the tracks being able to be built differently and maintained differently for the e bikes ( I would think the deeper the chop/prep the less battery life/run time...) so I see it more of a bmx track type situation.
I would like to own and participate in both and be able to stay close to home, within city limits, and ride/race an e bike nightly (i.e. electric indoor carting). Thus leaving the weekends for the outdoor tracks on the ICE.
Can't wait to see this develop
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