I have one of these for my trike and I am never embarrassed! Great off road rig too.
That is a sidecar, not a trike. Trike don't come with machine gun mounts
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That is a sidecar, not a trike. Trike don't come with machine gun mounts
It's a wonderful machine, whatever labels you choose to apply.
I had the opportunity to rent a Ural on the last month of my trip around Australia back in the day. I was super stoked to have all the cargo room for niceties when glamping but it still wasnt a motorcycle to me, I actually fell asleep on the damn thing
I have one of these for my trike and I am never embarrassed! Great off road rig too.
I‘ve had an honest hankering for an emoto for the last couple of months. My commute will be further shifting to urban warfare and I have so much fun on my ebike- wondering if I can capitalize on the same vibe with a moto that I don’t have to pedal. Not sure I’m really ready to contribute to this thread, but I’m casually eyeballing a Zero Fxe.
Zero makes a great bike. I still think they are overpriced, but they have been around since like 2005, I think.
I've seen the Sondors metacycle dicking around too, which seems perfect for me- low speed, kind of an "advanced moped" or "ebike plus" but the company pulled a startup bro and folded so I'm not sure I want one. I need something for a 15 mile commute that's 100% backroads and city streets- if I got one I'd be a beginner motorcyclist who's a little apprehensive over a clutch and traffic.
Didn't Sondors go belly up?
Failed SONDORS Metacycle motorcycle was never street legal, reveals employee
A former SONDORS employee has revealed new details regarding the Metacycle electric motorcycle sold by the now-defunct SONDORS e-bike company,...
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yep. Not sure what support looks like for them, but that's what I would need. Like a zero from the late 2000s rather than the new ones that are big and powerful.
The dirt bike one isn't that big or even that powerful compared to a gas bike. You also have throttle maps you can adjust the power delivery to suit your comfort level.
Looks like I need to stop into Bob's again.
My Ural (Sportsman model) also is full time 2WD which makes it feel more like a jeep than a motorcycle. Super fun, but not very fast. Tops out at about 55mph. The newer ones are much different even though they look the same. Newer bikes have hydraulics, german gearing, fuel injection, can go the speed limit and cost $25-30k.
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Had to change plans last weekend, because our planned route was on fire. Plan B got us onto a fun trail in the woods. It was wife's first moto ride on anything narrower than a forest service road. Even with one slow speed laydown, she enjoyed it a bunch and wants to explore some more trails.
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Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Still buggin' on emotos here. Would love to legalize a SurRon and ride that to work, but it seems to be a surprising challenge to get a plate for those.
I've seen the Sondors Metacycle, Naxeon I.Am, and Ryvid Anthem as fitting that mid-way point between EEB and real motorcycle. Any others?
I've seen the Sondors Metacycle, Naxeon I.Am, and Ryvid Anthem as fitting that mid-way point between EEB and real motorcycle. Any others?
If all you are interested in is street why not a G-bike?
At the elevated speeds on roads, even urban streets, the terrible aerodynamics of a motorcycle kind of kill the performance and range of an electric one. There are tons of small, quiet, efficient, relatively inexpensive motorcycles out there.
Are you talking about this: http://www.shopgbike.com/products/city/silver.html?
It might work, and I've considered just buying a moped. I'd like something that's a bit more fun to ride and I need about 40 miles of range (real actual range, not Tesla inflated BS). Top speed would need to be no more than 50, though it's possible I'd take the highway home occasionally (very rarely, that's the point).
There was a shop on the group advertising $11k shipped US.