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1/27/2012 4:08am
This is the funniest shit ever! I would like these a lot better if they were called electrical bicycles rather than "dirtbikes." ............ They cost $7200 and you only get one moto out of the battery before it dies. What do you all think about 'em?
Why the all the hate for something that's different?
I hope to skip the 4-stroke phase entirely.
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As far as skipping the thumper phase? It's to each his own but if you were a pro level rider you would be silly to ride anything but a thumper.
Why do you care what the bike looks like?
If the power is good and it handles well what difference does it make?
Yeah, I was disappointed to hear that the Zero is not a "full-course" race bike, but the backyard market is much bigger. I also think the price definitely needs to drop somehow, without killing the quality.
About that video, Ping's engine noises were hilarious!
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what i thought was interesting..............when they made "dirt bike noises"
they sounded like two strokes to me!
I thought I read somewhere that it has no rear foot brake pedal and only hand brake levers? Must be a little weird to have no clutch, transmission, and both brakes up on the bars.
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It comes on hard enough that you have to pay attention, but not so hard that you have to worry about it looping out or anything like that. Once you get up to maximum velocity, it just flattens out. They jump okay, but the suspension's pretty soft if you weigh more than maybe 150-160 lbs.
Yep, I did the stab and miss on the non-existent brake pedal. Well, once anyways.
The brakes are set up with the rear on the clutch side, and the front in its usual position. It took some thinking to not do something dumb. (That's the reverse setup of all my bicycles.)
When I rode the previous version, if there was an imaginary scale where there was a mountain bike on one end, and a motorcycle on the other, I'd have categorized it a lot closer to the mountain bike. On this one, it'd be a little past mid-point between the two. It's hard for me to categorize it as a motorcycle, even though they've definitely made it more motorcycle-like with heavier tires, wheels, and geometry changes.
In its current form, the MX model is about 15 pounds heavier than the X model.
Pro circuit will be an electrical engineering company, and williams motoworks will probably sell after market battery terminals (with dimples on them)...
The Zero would be an awesome machine for my back yard. I could tear it up every time I've got a fresh charge, and my neighbors won't know the difference.
A trio of them would be awesome for bonfire nights.
Be great just to keep you in shape.
Buy a couple decks of cards and cloth pins and you are ready to go.
we need to make a "class" for those and woods race them, wonder how they do in 3 ft deep creek crossings???? maybe ya get a little "shock" or something to make you go faster?
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Riders could even choose their own danger music. Coming up on a nother rider? "Dun-dun-dahhhhh!!!!"
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