The Electric Motorcycle Thread

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sk8norcal

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yeah maybe, I hear zero and energica are not even turning a profit, so not sure how quickly Kymco wants to jump in.

I just looked on yamaha taiwan,
they dont have the R1, but the mt09 is $17,823.59 usd!
 
Butch

Butch

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Just got this. It has 220 miles on it.
 

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mrzuzzo

mrzuzzo

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That looks sweet, congratulations. I think my neighbor has the exact same one in that same color scheme. How do you get parts for it?
 
HadesOmega

HadesOmega

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Well all good things must come to an end :( I knew one day this could happen but yeah bike is dead in the water was looking forward to going for a ride but the last year more and more problems start happening with my bike. I don't know of any place that services these or Brammos anymore. Will have to really contact Polaris now. I heard of several bikes having their batteries go bad. It's a shame it's such a complicated system.


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Starpower

Starpower

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Oh man that really sucks! I love all things EV but we (and most mech's) don't have the skill set, tools, manuals and part availability to service them. It is so awesome to ride/drive an EV that I just don't care!

GL!!
 
HadesOmega

HadesOmega

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Yeah I wish it was simple like the Sur Ron, in a sense it is but the electrical system is much more complex than the Sur Ron. It's a computer with 2 wheels. But I can't say I wasn't expecting this when I bought this bike, if anything major happens to the bike it would be hard getting professional help to work on the bike. If I bought a Zero or Energica at least I could take it to SJ BMW or Calmoto to get it looked at. :( I am pretty disappointed in the reliability of the Empulse though, I was hoping it would be as reliable as my Toyota Prius with almost 210k miles on it but it barely made it to 8000 miles.
 
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mrzuzzo

mrzuzzo

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MikeL said:
Any news from them lately? Last I saw they were delivering a LS-218 to some guy but I haven't heard anything about that.
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My understanding is they closed down shop in San Jose and moved into a corner of the Corbin factory. That's the only recent news I've heard. Hopefully someone else has more to add..
 
UDRider

UDRider

FLCL?
Starpower said:
Oh man that really sucks! I love all things EV but we (and most mech's) don't have the skill set, tools, manuals and part availability to service them. It is so awesome to ride/drive an EV that I just don't care!

GL!!
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That can be said for most modern motorcycles.
When I had my Ducati, with not even all that fancy electronics, only dealerships had the fancy computer to even properly diagnose. At least one dealership regularly involved a tech from NA Ducati.
 
R3DS!X

R3DS!X

Whatever that means
HadesOmega said:
Yeah I wish it was simple like the Sur Ron, in a sense it is but the electrical system is much more complex than the Sur Ron. It's a computer with 2 wheels. But I can't say I wasn't expecting this when I bought this bike, if anything major happens to the bike it would be hard getting professional help to work on the bike. If I bought a Zero or Energica at least I could take it to SJ BMW or Calmoto to get it looked at. :( I am pretty disappointed in the reliability of the Empulse though, I was hoping it would be as reliable as my Toyota Prius with almost 210k miles on it but it barely made it to 8000 miles.
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I've got over 10k miles on my EVA now. It's been pretty painless so far.
 
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