Hybrid motorcycles

[LC4CARL]

I'll be darned.

https://www.kawasaki.com/en-us/motorcycle/ninja/sport/ninja-7-hybrid/2024-ninja-7-hybrid-abs

[Dai.]

Definitely the front runners throwing caution to the wind with R&D testing.

[pcs]

the sooner they start, the faster they can work the “bug” out.

[Bumblebee]

Motorcycles in their stock form meeting Euro 5 are currently pretty efficient, I wonder what benefit a hybrid would be? The system would add weight which uses more energy to move so in essence, what they are creating is a less efficient motorcycle.......

And a full EV motorcycle makes zero sense to me......something somewhere has to expend energy to charge it....probably more than necessary.

[michael parris heuberger]

Motorcycles in their stock form meeting Euro 5 are currently pretty efficient, I wonder what benefit a hybrid would be? The system would add weight which uses more energy to move so in essence, what they are creating is a less efficient motorcycle.......

And a full EV motorcycle makes zero sense to me......something somewhere has to expend energy to charge it....probably more than necessary.

Hi. Just remember the good old days $19.9 a gal has and $09.9 for heating oil. I do! Started driving gas $24.9 a gal. Just thing when it will cost more per mile to charge your electric car than the cost for gas.

[Bumblebee]

Hi. Just remember the good old days $19.9 a gal has and $09.9 for heating oil. I do! Started driving gas $24.9 a gal. Just thing when it will cost more per mile to charge your electric car than the cost for gas.

Yes but when you started driving you had to crank the engine by hand too..........

[pcs]

[Bumblebee]

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Exactly...........

[LC4CARL]

Does Harley still offer those E-bikes?

On a similar subject; it really bugs me how kids on electric bicycles ride from the street, to the bike lane, to the sidewalk, often at speed. They seem to adopt whatever rules of the road suit them in the moment. Super unpredictable.

[Bumblebee]

Does Harley still offer those E-bikes?

On a similar subject; it really bugs me how kids on electric bicycles ride from the street, to the bike lane, to the sidewalk, often at speed. They seem to adopt whatever rules of the road suit them in the moment. Super unpredictable.

......and some of those scooter and e-bikes really go fast......

I talked to a young man whose scooter had disc brakes and he has been clocked at 70kms/hr on the thing.......crazy......

[michael parris heuberger]

Yes but when you started driving you had to crank the engine by hand too..........

Hi. Yes I had a all most new 39 Olds 5 window coupe.

[Bumblebee]

Hi. Yes I had a all most new 39 Olds 5 window coupe.

Did your first car have wooden spoke wheels?

Oddly enough my father's first car did even though he was born in '33......he told me once a wheel fell apart and he soaked the spokes in a stream to put it back together....I guess they tend to dry out during the hot summers in Saskatchewan and fly apart......