11-27-2010, 06:53 PM | #1 |
The after life of a China Sport Bike
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11-29-2010, 04:46 PM | #2 |
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That is pretty nice. Good use for a china bike. Low cost donar.
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11-29-2010, 11:36 PM | #3 |
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Thank you for providing the great link, Brian! I am going to move this thread to our Electrics Forum!
Here's a link to the webpage detailing this project. http://www.electricmotion.org/ Spud
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Clever build. I'm not interested in non-internal combustion anything but I respect his engineering!
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11-30-2010, 09:38 AM | #5 |
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Doc, I agree. EVs do have a place though.
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11-30-2010, 11:50 AM | #7 |
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Exactly. Forklifts too. No fumes inside the warehouse. If I had a real short commute I could see using an EV for it, but the fact that you could never use the vehicle for any distance driving would make it more of toy or third vehicle.
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Trains and subways. Nuclear submarines.
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I've had this one sitting on the "warmer", waiting on battery tech to get better/cheaper.
My commute is fairly short, under 40mph. No oil changes, no tune ups, no fuel...use a belt drive instead of a chain... plug that puppy into an outlet in the work garage... :wink: Give me internal combustion for trips and hitting the curves... but this is attractive for when gas hits $4 again, or higher. Bill R |
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Gas seems cheaper out that way..
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Bill, suppose to be going up by Christmas.
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