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From: fran...123 on 27 Mar 2010 09:26

"Dean H" <dfhyman(a)optonline.net> wrote in message
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>
>> I'm gonna see if MXN can beg a test ride this year...Dean are you up
>> for that, Mr. I Have A New Helmet nah nah nah??
>
> Jah mon.
>
> Like others here, I too see the folly of relocating the exhaust pipe
> to a power plant.
>
> The stealth is a nice feature. And maintenance should be a breeze if
> the batteries don't suck. Power delivery should be very predicable
> until the battery dies.LOL
>
> Key questions:
> How long is recharge time?
> Is a special charger required? <do you have to carry cord or charger
> with you if you aren't riding back to your starting point?>
> How much time required to swap battery?
> How expensive is spare battery?
> How heavy is the battery?
>

It may not yet be time for those questions. Isn't this current version
ready to race in a series specifically for this type of vehicle? The
patents you get from your research efforts may well be extremely important
in the future.

Fran

From: fran...123 on 27 Mar 2010 09:48

"Tiago" <diariodastrilhas(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Mar 26, 12:40 pm, MXEditor <edi...(a)mxnewsfeed.com> wrote:

> Totally the future and probably the savior of our sport moving
> forward. This electric stuff is very hot in Europe and they use it
> already. Most who have ridden the bikes like them...they can only get
> better. I'm dying to ride one!


This is a very cool idea and I agree 100% that the future for
motorcycles is electric. All that's left is to invent a battery that
is the same size and weight as a full gasoline tank, with equivalent
mileage and not too expensive. I don't think this will take long.

In my country 70% of the electricity is generated by using hydro
power. So at least for me, running one of these would be almost zero
emission.

Zero Motorcycles is selling their off road bikes here. Still a little
bit too pricey, but already an option. http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/

-- T
************************************************

Perhaps getting off topic to some degree but something not to totally
discount. Kind of repeating what I watched on the PBS news hour last month
or so.

The rare earth elements, While China may have say half of the rare earth
deposits they currently refine 98% of the rare earth elements. It is a very
dirty process. If I recall things like windmill generators and solar cells
use these things. Perhaps laptop batteries. Certain countries are passing
laws requiring "renewable sources of electricity generation" but in
actuality if the source of rare earth elements evaporates the landscape
changes. While the piece didn't suggest that the source of rare earth
elements was going to dry up it did suggest that China may well not want to
export them as basically a raw material but instead as finished product
forcing the high teck manufacturing to their country. Just something to
keep in the back of the mind.

Fran


From: Dean H on 27 Mar 2010 10:25
On Mar 27, 9:26 am, "fran...123" <storkensteinrem...(a)cox.net> wrote:
> "Dean H" <dfhy...(a)optonline.net> wrote in message
>
> news:dde5438d-e6e5-4cc3-ae09-0f854ade40b3(a)19g2000yqu.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >> I'm gonna see if MXN can beg a test ride this year...Dean are you up
> >> for that, Mr. I Have A New Helmet nah nah nah??
>
> > Jah mon.
>
> > Like others here, I too see the folly of relocating the exhaust pipe
> > to a power plant.
>
> > The stealth is a nice feature. And maintenance should be a breeze if
> > the batteries don't suck. Power delivery should be very predicable
> > until the battery dies.LOL
>
> > Key questions:
> > How long is recharge time?
> > Is a special charger required? <do you have to carry cord or charger
> > with you if you aren't riding back to your starting point?>
> > How much time required  to swap battery?
> > How expensive is spare battery?
> > How heavy is the battery?
>
> It may not yet be time for those questions.  Isn't this current version
> ready to race in a series specifically for this type of vehicle?  

Watts the problem with a race series?
How do you specify engine size? It may be a moot point in the
beginning if there's only one manufacturer. Will racing rules force
other manufacturers to eschew alternative design philosophies, or will
racing rules encourage innovation?

I'm sure the AMA will be very helpful with our best interests at
heart. LOL

They'll be worried about how to make electrics go potato potato.

Watts up?
From: JayC on 29 Mar 2010 10:41
> Those looking to ban access are NOT doing it because of noise, or
> erosion, or pollution, or some motherfucking spotted snail. Those are
> just TOOLS to enforce THEIR WILL on other people.
>
> They want to ban access because they just don't think someone should
> be doing something THEY DON'T ENJOY or UNDERSTAND.

Exactly. The who eco-thing is a sham. Lefties simply want to BAN
anything and everything that they aren't interested in. Did you know
that a horse has a much bigger "carbon footprint" than a dirtbike?
Yup, and they're good eatin' too. There will be no difference in
shutting down of riding areas, its just that enforcement will be a
little different.

> Now, an E bike is most excellent for poaching a closed riding spot...

Ahh, now your gettin' it.

JayC
From: JayC on 29 Mar 2010 10:42
> I could ride all day at my house, in my yard. No eco-freak can stop me
> from doing that in this country!

Tell Jeremy McGrath that.

JayC
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