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Re:Homemade Electric Motorcycle Stopped on M25 in Hertfordshire by arethuza on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @05:58AM (#20745201)
Re:Homemade Electric Motorcycle Stopped on M25 in Hertfordshire by csunbird on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @06:01AM (#20745218)
Twizy with closeable windows would be a very nice thing, indeed.
Re:Homemade Electric Motorcycle Stopped on M25 in Hertfordshire by jaclaz on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @06:31AM (#20745339)
Talking of the Twizy, JFYI, hopefully soon there will be a competitor:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20506703

A (at least visually) nice re-make of the Isetta:

https://microlino-car.com/en/microlino

Re:Homemade Electric Motorcycle Stopped on M25 in Hertfordshire by arethuza on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @06:05AM (#20745231)
It appears scissor doors with windows are an optional extra.
Re:Homemade Electric Motorcycle Stopped on M25 in Hertfordshire by megla_ on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @06:43AM (#20745420)
The windows are from some plastic sheet material and they're affixed with a zipper, so you can take them off.

There are some 3rd party makers of glass windows.

Re:Homemade Electric Motorcycle Stopped on M25 in Hertfordshire by pjc50 on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @06:03AM (#20745228)
I was also thinking of the venerable Sinclair C5.

The downside to these is having all the (percieved and real) vulnerability of the cyclist as well. And they still need quite a bit of space for parking.

Re:Homemade Electric Motorcycle Stopped on M25 in Hertfordshire by hyperpallium on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @06:27AM (#20745328)
"26 years" is oddly precise, but the sinclair C5 was 1985, 34 years ago, so it's probably just how long he's served or something. https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_C5

BONUS "Micro Men" documentary/drama about Sir Clive Sinclair vs Acorn (from which grew Acorn RISC Machine -> ARM) https://youtube.com/watch?v=XXBxV6-zamM (1h 24m) "A man's reach should exceed his grasp or what's a heaven for?"

Re:Homemade Electric Motorcycle Stopped on M25 in Hertfordshire by adrianN on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @05:59AM (#20745211)
Yeah, that's a good example of a reasonable city car. I was thinking even smaller, like the PodRide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lKq1fGtXFM
Re:Homemade Electric Motorcycle Stopped on M25 in Hertfordshire by _pmf_ on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @06:55AM (#20745480)
This one is exactly at the lower acceptability limit for me, but it seems deadly to onramp/offramp with it.