Re:Homemade Electric Motorcycle Stopped on M25 in Hertfordshire
by csunbird on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @06:01AM
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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
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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:
Re:Homemade Electric Motorcycle Stopped on M25 in Hertfordshire
by arethuza on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @06:05AM
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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
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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
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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
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"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
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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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Twizy