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This spells the death of internal combustion engined motorcyles, they are VINTAGE!
MX tracks wont be the same, dirtbiking will be reinvented. Forget the big 5, ANYONE can knock out these babies. Imagine those funky mountain bike linkages on FACTORY Ebikes!
Gallery with videos here!
http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/gallery.php
Hop it up!
http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/fastest.php
2009 model specs!
http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/electric-motorcycle/2009-Zero-X-Features…
Order one NOW!
http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/store.php
Designer Neil Saiki says about 75 percent of buyers are seasoned motocross riders, which speaks to the bike's dirt cred. Saiki had motocross hall-of-famer Jeff Emig flog a prototype at a track in Las Vegas last year, and Emig says it's the real deal. "I'm expecting the production version to have a huge impact on the motor sports industry," he says. We probably won't see James Stewart or Ryan Villopoto racing them anytime soon (although Saiki says the AMA is interested in racing e-bikes) but the guys at Dirt Rider (.pdf) called an early prototype of the Zero X "the inevitable sound of the future of off-road motorcycle riding."
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/08/two-wheels-zero.html
MX tracks wont be the same, dirtbiking will be reinvented. Forget the big 5, ANYONE can knock out these babies. Imagine those funky mountain bike linkages on FACTORY Ebikes!
Gallery with videos here!
http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/gallery.php
Hop it up!
http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/fastest.php
2009 model specs!
http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/electric-motorcycle/2009-Zero-X-Features…
Order one NOW!
http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/store.php
Designer Neil Saiki says about 75 percent of buyers are seasoned motocross riders, which speaks to the bike's dirt cred. Saiki had motocross hall-of-famer Jeff Emig flog a prototype at a track in Las Vegas last year, and Emig says it's the real deal. "I'm expecting the production version to have a huge impact on the motor sports industry," he says. We probably won't see James Stewart or Ryan Villopoto racing them anytime soon (although Saiki says the AMA is interested in racing e-bikes) but the guys at Dirt Rider (.pdf) called an early prototype of the Zero X "the inevitable sound of the future of off-road motorcycle riding."
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/08/two-wheels-zero.html
Check it out on Leno's Garage last month!
if it performed like a 250 at least it will be cool. but I am afraid it is a full size mx bike with a 50cc performance....... but like the four strokes they will get it perfected.
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crashing...
the fun starts at 1:20
The future is now.
I can't wait 'till one of the Big4 make a E-bike
oh... and my dad has a mini electric motorcycle from the late 70s. its orange and about the size of a honda trail 70. it hauls his 250lb ass around pretty good.
This things have been around for years, this is nothing new.
Sure I'm exaggerating a bit, but the cost will be reduced which will benefit US big time!
Evolution rules!
I can't say for sure but I don't think thats the only electric dirt bike out there.
During the Nats I was to meet up with a company to photo the newest electric dirt bike for a Mag. The owner had something come up and couldn't make it. So I never did the shoot.
I don't have any of that info left but I am almost positive this was not the bike I was to shoot.
I do know the specs I got on it were quite impressive. Since I got the specs on the phone I don't have them to share with you.
There was also talk of some noise being in the final production model for the obvious safety issues with a silent bike.
This bike in this thread boasts 20 hp for a bike that weighs 140 pounds.. That doesn't sound to bad to me.
Zero also claims 0 to 30 MPH in less than 2 seconds.
It is interesting for sure and hey this could be a great thing.
I know I hate to buy gas as I am sure a lot of you do too.
Pit Row
and ya..... that drag bike is stupid gnarly..... 7.8 quarter at over 160 is no joke for a flashlight.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHtAkM3CYLA
Those weird European electrical plugs won't work with American 110 outlets, I
loudly protest. Seriously, I've like traveled and stuff.
Also, who's gonna drag a 125 foot bright orange extension cord thru the whoops
and not be laughed at ?
Also, where you going to plug your bike in at a motocross track?
Also, can you get one in Kawasaki green with a two stroke engine as an option?
But if you and a dozen of your friends are bashing bars with each other in someone's backyard in the middle of a residential area and no one bitches- that would be awesome.
In some ways the lack of noise will be fun too. Think of hearing your buddies grunt as they come up a bit short on a jump, or some inadvertant squeal coming from under the helmet of the biggest guy on the track as he overshoots a berm. Yelling at the rider that's holding you up around the track will have a bigger impact if he can actually hear the names you're calling his mother. Good times.
http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2009/02/ktm-commits-to-2010-mass-prod…
The KTM will be out in 2010
Peak - (FadeBuffer)
(I'm not an EE, but that's the basic concept)
so that battery drain is not transmitted as diminished power the longer you ride. But, of course, the first race hop-up a tinkerer puts in would be to defeat the governor so that peak is delivered from the gitgo. Then, power fades down from the first moment you twist the throttle, the longer you ride. First lap: clear that triple, no probs. Fifth lap: case the bitch, big time. All the races will be way slower on the last lap than the first. That's a major downer, IMO.
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