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Kawasaki should focus on switching their china mcf plants over to electric first. Excellent air quality over there lol.
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“The goal is to completely switch over to electric motorcycles by 2035 in Japan, Europe, the U.S., Canada and Australia. The company plans to launch hybrid and all electric versions. It also plans develop engines that run on hydrogen.“
A hydrogen powered hybrid is the answer that is not talked about.
The asshat Karens who try to shut down tracks, trails and locations won’t stop because the power plant changed. You simply accepting that change is just one more step towards complacency of elimination.
Think I’m crazy or full of shit?
Go talk to any mountain biker about how access is constantly being threatened where there is no motor involved at all.
Don’t give them an inch.
You want electric? Cool, and it very should be an option.
But for total replacement? No, fuck no. All day long.
Will these put MSRP close to or over $15k? Bikes are already expensive enough right now. If we get to $15k, I’m out. I’ll ride what I have until it’s banned or I can’t get parts anymore.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-law-bans-small-off-174600432.html
I had a neighbor complain about the dust in my backyard when riding an XR75 in the 70s. Todays bikes are, well, faster and make more dust. I just hope we hold what we have as housing communities encroach on previously remote riding areas.
All these dead batteries will need recycling / waste management plants....which I assume will generate pollution.
Geezuz, how I wish we could turn back time to the 1980's....life was much better.
The notion you'll be able to go more places with your environment tearing machine that make walking/running nigh-on impossible due to fear of getting run over is very very wishful thinking in my view.
Pit Row
And Newsome is a fucking prick.
What are you even trying to argue?
I know a couple guys that are in love with the electric ktm’s. The 50cc are headaches to keep running for a lot of people. Electric is way easier.
1) Anything with a time horizon past a decade is more a PR stunt and less something you should plan around. I say this as a guy who works in news/finance for a living. Really what we care about, depending on the industry is the next 1-5 years. Past that, its so much a craps shoot, nobody really puts much stock into it (no pun intended). They didn't sign on some dotted line or somehow guarantee this is what they will do. They have good reason to believe by this point technology will be there, performance will be there and overall incentive will be there, but don't misread - this is 100% a PR stunt. They (like all other powersports cos) are already playing with electric (look at job postings if you don't believe me)
2) Think about what else will happen in FOURTEEN years. You'll likely see a company or two get acquired or die off. Maybe a new one comes along. Bla bla bla.
3) Think about how much your own perception will slowly change over this amount of time. Everyone here acting like they are coming for your ICE bikes tomorrow, they aren't, clearly. But I'd bet every dollar in my bank account a good number of those who are against an electric powerplant give a second look when they are faster, easier to ride and ultimately more fun. That hasn't happened yet, so of course we have some bellyaching to do!
4) By this point, (14 years from now) you'll have a more open minded group buying bikes (this is what I was originally implying). A number of you will own EVs, your lawnmower will be electric, the bike you bought for your kid when he was 7 was electric, etc. As a result you won't have this knee jerk reaction of "oh man I can't buy one of these cause they are different/unknown" will be absent
5) An electric bike will require less wrenching. This will bring people back into the sport, not the other way around. I'll be almost 50. If things are going REALLY well in my life, this won't impact me, as I can spend my days wrenching on bikes and playing with my kids. But The truth is, I probably will have a bazillion other commitments outside my hobbies, less wrenching is a great sell to the wife to let me keep this silly expensive dangerous thing in the garage...
My big point here is we should all take a deep breath and realize there will be a lot of changes over 14 years. Its cool to think there will be a material change in that time, which I'd suggest is needed to keep breathing some life into the sport. Technology isn't the only thing that drives a sport, but it certainly doesn't hurt.
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