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McGrath took it to the next level, then Stewart.
I’ve now watched old Lechein races and he is kick ass.
So, has Guy Cooper ever had a replacement yet? He had a niche and I haven’t seen someone come along and do stupid shit like he did, I couldn’t take my eyes off him
The Shop
But, they are coming.
BP
Who wants to sit and run a generator and wait 6 hours to charge it back up?
Let’s not even mention cost... or weight...
Are the batteries starting to go bad ?
I thought they lasted like 30 minutes which is longer than the average guy can ride hard. Eli yes , average guy no
I’ve got a few buddies with Tesla’s here, in the cold the battery life is cut in less than half.
https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/4542279-dta-temporarily-pulls-el…
On the flip side people will pay shit loads for E-Bikes and not give a shit .
They have been built and driven, they aren’t just making up numbers..
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HRft4BCiDpE
I just race 13-15 minute motos at vet world championships at glen helen and used just under 1/2 charge per moto.
I have notice no degredation in battery life or performance in the over year i've had my MXR. It still performs exactly like it did brand new after 90 hours. I rebuilt the suspension twice, changed 100mL of gear oil once, just put my 3rd chain on, probably 6th or 7th set of tires. That's about it.
That's the problem with E motors at the moment, when error messages come up its a fucking mystery what's wrong. Even Shimano wont tell you the problem even after its fixed on warranty, I know, I've got one. The net has forums full of riders with inexplicable problems with most brands of motor.
An MX bike that did crap like that would drive me nuts.
I wished we would just put mufflers on 450s. The planet won’t run out of gasoline.. and advances in the internal combustion engine have made them so clean, manufactures should go up that path. I didn’t mean to sound negative, it just makes more sense and it’s a lot cheaper. I love motocross, I just want to see the sport thrive.
Pit Row
I will say, they are DAMN fast on 4.... I felt the bike was nose heavy and weird but I’m sure you get used to it.
Google ‘gave up renewables’ in 2011 not because they ‘didn’t work’, not because they weren’t cheaper and not because they weren’t more efficient but because they didn’t think they would reduce the emissions fast enough to make as big of a difference as they would like. But they just invested $2 billion in renewables this year. So you are wrong.
And nobody has said the planet will run out of gasoline, that is nobodies fear so thanks for stating a redundant fact. Scientist don’t say ‘we need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions because otherwise we will run out of oil’. Because the earth won’t run out of oil is precisely why big oil invests in politicians to go against science to support their cause, which is to make money, from oil, regardless of its impact. You do realise combustion in internal combustion means ‘burning’ right?
Look at the tech industry, the costs of new tech continues to drop. 20 years ago and 85 inch LED tv was probably half a million dollars now it’s closer to $500.... to do what a phone can do now 20 years ago would require multiple machines and tens of thousands of dollars now its under $1000. These are things that probably didn’t seem viable to luddites at the time but is now common place,. We used to have kerosene refrigeration which you just filled up and had a fridge. At the time running electrical lines throughout the country so you could plug in a fridge etc probably also seemed unnecessary and unviable. and big kerosene probably fought against its introduction, like big oil is now.
‘The entire premise of the product is unviable’ Please explain? I understand battery tech isn’t there, but that side of it has already been proven with Alta, and that was now 3-4 year old tech.... you can’t do the Dakar on a better bike but you also probably can’t do it on a cr125 either. Once batteries are interchangeable, and can be have for say 3k each, they become incredibly viable.
Do you know why owns CHEVY?
I’ll wait
No you are wrong it’s not Mr Chase, it’s actually a large conglomerate called GM. CRAZY!!! Well General Motors has a total of 20 new electric cars coming by 2023.... so while Chevy axed American jobs under a government paid for by the fossil fuel industry the rest of the company is developing and released incredible products.
So yeah, their comes a point where you need to look at the whole picture.... it’s crazy hey....
Electric charging stations across the country powered by the fossil fuel industry (the only thing that is reliable)... isn’t that interesting.
I could be wrong, maybe they will take off... so far, they haven’t. Remember, the planet is toast (no pun) in 12 years, so none of this matters. Long live Ocasio-Cortez.
I’m sorry you think renewables can save the planet. Cell phones... can you say “monopoly”? Apple forces people to buy newer models by throttling cpu speed. Has nothing to do with the battery.. nobody should be paying 160$ a month for cell phone service. The market dictates it though..battery life of old phones still lasts 100x longer.
Even with all the technology in LCD, which is back lit by LEDs instead of tubes... the old 70’s CRT screen with fly back still produces the best picture, is faster, better contrast, and not affected by cold. I get what your trying to say... I really do, but I understand where it ends. Example, we have a big shop, I have a 30,000 watt stereo system.. powered by huge Crown amps. I can kick the breakers in our shop instantly.. along with compressors, hot water heaters.. vacuum pumps.. even if the entire property were littered with solar panels or wind mills, you couldn’t produce the power RMS we need real time.. yes, solar panels will power light bulbs at your deer shack.. or house when nobody is home, but people don’t seem to understand this because they don’t know much about electricity. The Grid was shut down in California and solar wont even work because it was too expensive and people don’t have battery systems in place, they are pushing back and forth real-time to the grid 😂
Like all else.. “renewable energy ain’t it”
I live in Duluth, the Solar farm our city is bragging about is currently covered in snow and not producing dick, they had to place them last year because they failed. It’s cost, on cost, on cost, and now Minnesota power wants to raise prices even with ridiculous subsidies. I’m over it
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.greentechmedia.com/amp/article/the-mer…
Apple does not have a monopoly, they are not even the market leader anymore. Do some research. Yes phone batteries lasted much longer.... Wãs this due to the batteries being better or maybe just maybe the phones are doing just a little bit more now... maybe. I’m not sure though, maybe. Phone batteries are lasting far longer than laptops from 20 years ago and are smaller, lighter and can do far far far more.
70S crt TVs produce better pictures than current 85 in 4K OLEDS? Righto you have really jumped the shark here. Hilarious.
Please have a look at your arguments, then do some research, then you might not make so many unfounded statements.
I’ll drive a Viper and KTM two stroke. We will both be happy.. this isn’t worth arguing because there is no argument. It comes down to cost... reliability... practicality.. not “I feel good about this” because the media and environmentalist have me convinced I’m wrecking the environment, which just isn’t true. We will agree to disagree 😊
What I would say is whether you believe in science or believe in the narrative pushed by big oil what everyone should without a doubt believe in is air quality. With more and more people living in cities, air quality should be of huge importance for everyone. Cities really should gradually outlaw ICE vehicles in large populace areas over the next decade. Purely from an air quality standard. That I’m sure we can agree on while we do burnouts on our respective 1000hp vehicles - my Tesla of which destroys your Viper in almost every single metric, except sound and the boner inducing vibration of that big dog of a V10 truck engine in the front.
Alas enjoy the golden years of mixin ya fuel and I’m sure enjoying the snow rides
I was referring to cell phone companies having monopolies, not cell phone manufactures, my texting fingers can’t keep up with you and my thoughts can’t come out fast enough. You are wearing me out. 😂
Hey, I own a computer business. I need to keep up on this stuff.. 4K doesn’t Necessarily mean you have a better picture quality. At what point can the human eye not discern? Find me the highest megapixel camera made, and I’ll find you a low megapixel camera with high quality CCD that takes 1000x better pictures. Do some research on this stuff
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