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KTM's electric dirt bike >>>

Posted: October 25th, 2008, 5:07 pm
by TYSTYX

Posted: October 27th, 2008, 10:29 am
by hoofarted
The greenies will love this. There are a few other companies already doing this with good results. I dont think I'd ever get used to the silence. Imagine supercross being all electric....very awkward!

Posted: October 27th, 2008, 10:36 am
by fastkart
hoofarted wrote:Imagine supercross being all electric....very awkward!
It would sound better than those hand grenades they're riding right now...

Posted: October 27th, 2008, 10:38 am
by hoofarted
fastkart wrote:
hoofarted wrote:Imagine supercross being all electric....very awkward!
It would sound better than those hand grenades they're riding right now...
I prefer the sound/smell of the 2strokes - superior sound to that of the fart can exhaust you hear now.

Posted: October 27th, 2008, 11:21 am
by Exnav
The modern thumper and my 4 stroke Stihl string trimmer sound amazingly similar.

Posted: October 31st, 2008, 11:16 am
by south central hoon
its probably so light. sounds like fun, i wonder what the power delivery is like? the range? probably a while off for a serious enduro bike.

the positives i can see:

low maintanence
no gas or oil to buy
light

electric motors last a really long time, even when run at high rpms. this could be sweet!

Posted: October 31st, 2008, 11:50 am
by NightBiker07
uh....after you put batteries on that thing, it wont be light.

and if they put small batteries on it, it will be garbage for anything but a lap on a closed course. no good for trail riding

Posted: October 31st, 2008, 2:33 pm
by hoofarted
Check these out...very weird:




Oh - and turn up the sound for this one:



...figures it'd be in Santa Cruz...


one more:


Posted: October 31st, 2008, 7:52 pm
by south central hoon
it looks tiny! more R&D please....