Comments on: Brammo Tells Us More About Empulse e-Bike (Bike Reports) (News)

By: CJ

CJ — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:13:49 +0000

Segways are successful?? WHo new?

I know the owner had a little problem with his and died on it.

By: CJ

CJ — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:53:27 +0000

But Brammo is being underwritten by the Chicom’s now. Didn’t you read their statements?
The entire battery is Chinese! Most of the other parts are asian origin. WHat part is actually US manufactured. Really , I’d like to know.

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By: CJ

CJ — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:49:07 +0000

Actually this is false and misleading. New drilling techniques are about to make the world awash in cheap(relatively) oil. From places you cannot imagine as they were not even being discussed a year ago.
Seems the ebike zealots are going to be the luddites in this discussion if they keep up the propaganda.

By: CJ

CJ — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:40:25 +0000

OK. This idea makes no sense. If the issue is not burning petro. In what way does a track day and I assume stripped down accordingly, going to benefit you by riding this thing?
A track day may burn 5 gallons of fuel. Hardly a burden to the pocketbook in comparison to even your tire budget.
You would blown off the track by the lowliest track bike with an ICE engine and would not likely get 4 laps in before you need a recharge.

Please explain?

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By: CJ

CJ — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:33:59 +0000

Yur description pretty much explains all that is wrong with my government dollaras supporting this nonsense.
I love how you just gloss over the “obvious battery tech issues” as if they were but a mere annoyance.
They are the ENTIRE issue.

Until that little annoyance is solved these are merely toys to be purchased by the enviromental status seekers with deep pockets of disposable dollars.

Hardly the thing I want my tax dollars promoting.

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By: CJ

CJ — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:11:00 +0000

This is a strawman argument that has been inserted into the narrative by the liberal enviros and it is pure BS.
Yes we could be quieter, but the issue will never be that, it is a distraction. They simple want you to go away. You scare them, seems dangerous but mostly offroaders are everything they hate in a person. Self reliant, rugged, individualists with little concern for their religious beliefs in GAIA and Enviromental Lies and Fabrications. Ebikes are a joke. If you don’t believe me look in 5 years and see how many have been sold.

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By: CJ

CJ — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:07:06 +0000

Vroom- You have got to be kidding me. Do you not py attention to the wholesale attack from every angle the Fed and California governments are doing in concert with the Environmental lawsuit industry?
Anybody who is not aware of the efforts to destroy all forms of motorized recreation is living in a fantasy world.
The ironic thing is these same delusional folks will be shocked when the Enviros who are pushing eBike replacements for the Petrobikes turn arpound and lock them ou as well. This has NOTHING to do with sound,pollution or ecodamage. This is the liberal enviro zealots destroying recreation they do not think should exist.
You could ride over the ground on a cushion of air via electric power and they would still try and lock you out.

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By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:02:19 +0000

No, proving a point would require a well reasoned statement supported by facts. While not necessarily “hatred”, using words like “over-engineerd”, “greenland”, “chowderhead lib”, “progreeeeesive”, and “hucksterism” are certainly childish and derogetory name-calling.

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By: JSH

JSH — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:41:39 +0000

Yes, charging at home is very convenient since I spend most of my time there. The 8 hours charge time is no problem considering I sleep that long every night.

The electric vehicles available today do have limitations. They aren’t good for long distance travel. However, they would work great for my daily commute which makes them very practical for me. An 100 mile range easily covers my daily commute with room to spare.

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By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:11:42 +0000

This is a bit of an aside, but something everyone in this discussion needs to consider, and completely unrelated to any climate change debates.

Crude oil is used for a whole lot of other things besides gasoline. On a motorcycle; most of plastic, components in the paint, all of the lubricants, and especially the tires. Basically, if it isn’t metal, it probably has some crude oil in it.

On a broader scale; clothing, medicine, food, and the computer your currently using often use components of crude oil.

When the crude oil starts to run out, we’re going to look back and say “Wow! burning it was a really stupid idea.”