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seattle, wa | There are some spy photos on Motorcycle.com.
I like it, it looks pretty cool. I wonder what kind of performance numbers and distance it can travel before recharging?
Or is this even the bike they are releasing? http://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/harley-davidson/scoop-electr...
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Albuquerque, NM | It'll have to come with a looping recording of that "potato, potato" sound coming through it's sound system if any harley rider is going to buy one. (should have looked at the pic first...see it's sport bike...disregard this post)
Edited by nailer 2014-06-19 10:22 AM
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| in ten years or sooner the electric bike will be what ever one wants. Just think no spending money on gas.
Were riding dinosaurs and its just a matter of time
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LaGrange, GA | I think it looks better than every HD on the market today, but it certainly isn't their style of bike. I think the closest they've ever come to rearset pegs was the XRs and the Street Rod, and those weren't nearly as tight as what's pictured there. I don't believe that bike would ever hit production -- movie bike that just has some tech that will eventually see the street. If it actually did hit the street exactly like that I'd be likely to sell a couple of my toys to put my hands on one. |
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Central Maryland | johnnyvision - 2014-06-19 7:03 PM
in ten years or sooner the electric bike will be what ever one wants. Just think no spending money on gas.
Were riding dinosaurs and its just a matter of time
Yes, but BE ASSURED that your municipality will find a way to tax you for it. |
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flagstaff, AZ | I just watched a four year old show that featured an extremely similar bike, but not made by Harley. It's been around for awhile.
www.zeromotorcycles.com
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Victoria Tx, TX United States | Why electric?? There is enough oil for next several hundred years! Oh' yaw forgot Liberals think it's evil... My bad.. |
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Dallas, Texas | But how can you have a 'best oil' discussion with these? Hmmmm.... |
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Delray Beach, FL United States | Bet ya they will figure out a way to rattle your teeth out of your head on this bike too |
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West Bend, WI | Here you go....
http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/19/news/companies/harley-electric/inde... |
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | Read about it in The Wall Street Jouranl the other day, should be interesting, Harley is actually moving to the future with their little 750 and 500cc modern engines and this electric model shows they mave have awoke from their long pushrod air cooled coma. The old dudes that grew up on iron sportsters and shovelheads are slowing aging out of the motorcycle market. It aint like the old days when you had to strap 20lbs of tools on your bike to take a 500 mile trip, 3/4ths of Harley riders don't even change their own oil these days. It's a changing market........ |
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | Well except for the doo rags and motorclothes......... Hahahahaha......... |
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West Salem, WI United States | Kind of funny that they made sure it has a distinctive sound...
"The sound is a distinct part of the thrill," chief marketing officer Mark-Hans Richer said in a news release. "Think fighter jet on an aircraft carrier." |
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Victoria Tx, TX United States | The liberal bureaucrat basically because of Tesla are making rules that electric vehicles have to make a noise that is heard within a certain distance. |
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seattle, wa | I like the way it looks, I also like the sound.
HD has no plans to produce them, it is mainly a design excersize. I don't think the battery tech is all that good yet, can't get any distance with them.
Funny...for years the HOGs have been touting the "steel is real" mantra and now that HD comes out with a plastic, electric, and more than likely, a tinny POS there are a lot of HOGs atwitter on how cool it would be to have one. |
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Harley Electric Bike
