An electric motorcycle

Re:An electric motorcycle by Shivetya on Monday September 30, 2013 @06:51AM (#6468800)

Okay, maybe I am blind, but where is the weight? Real world mileage is such a vague term and such a silly one when discussion "superbikes". Whats my track time? I really want to know, I am not going to ride it sedately, so whats my real world mileage when I can't keep from twisting the throttle so hard?

could I get from Atlanta to Deal's gap and back? Nope? Well I am not a fan of trailer queens.

Get me something that gets me to and from work like my K1300GT does and I might be interested. Frankly I see very little point in a superbike electric as they are natural opposites, electric implies efficiency but the riding behavior associated with superbikes is anything but

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Re:An electric motorcycle by randlet on Monday September 30, 2013 @08:47AM (#6469242)

It's 540lbs which is way to heavy to be considered a superbike [1].

For reference -- unlike Mission who presumably are hiding the weight on purpose -- Suzuki lists their stock GSX1000R as 450lbs wet on its spec page[2].

[1] http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-reviews/first-drives/2014-mi...

[2] http://www.suzukicycles.com/Product%20Lines/Cycles/Products/...

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Re:An electric motorcycle by randlet on Monday September 30, 2013 @10:30AM (#6469788)

As a counterpoint, an article[1] posted elsewhere in this thread makes it seem like the weight is not as big a deal as it seems due to how centralized it is. Interesting and I guess I will have to reserve judgement until I can ride one :)

[1] http://rideapart.com/2013/08/rideapart-review-2014-mission-r...

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Re:An electric motorcycle by svantana on Monday September 30, 2013 @07:17AM (#6468879)

My thoughts exactly. Especially since one of the headlines is "More Power, Less Weight", one could expect to find that weight somewhere.

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