Posted on 01/10/2019 4:27:01 PM PST by Captain Peter Blood
The electric motorcycle that Harley-Davidson announced back in 2014 is finally hitting the market this year.
Since 2014, Harley-Davidson has been working on developing its first electric motorcycle; at the Consumer Electronics Show on Monday, the company announced that the 2020 LiveWire model is finally available for pre-order before its official August launch.
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At some point, I will get that 81 CB 750 rewired.
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Even then, half of the people won’t see you!
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Darn tootin, mine was painted in ‘68/69 Ford candyapple red, my favorite color! Two bikes, three cars, all red. Yay!
Nope.
Here are considerations from an Electrical Engineer.
Power kills. Both Volts & Amps kill after a threshold.
20,000 Volts @ 1 micro Amp is Safe.
20,000 Amps @ 1 micro Volt is Safe, also.
Human body resistance is key. 2000 Volts at sufficient Amps breaks down body resistance, since we are 98% water.
After breakdown, Power & Amps kill.
2000 Volts is also needed for a fast electric charge used for a human transporter, like a car, due to the high Power needed, such as in units of horsepower.
But unfortunately, 2000 Volts is also the breakdown volts to quickly and determinately kill a human.
High Amps is required for battery charging but will also kill a human.
Good luck protecting such a device in the home while junior is tinkering with the gadget.
The Power required to charge a “transporter” is quite high and very dangerous for home use.
Chemical Power is more stable. After years of searching for a safe and stable Power source, inventors came upon gasoline. Gasoline at Standard Pressure and Volume is stable. It is liquid, not gas, not solid. It is energy dense.
If you wish to challenge 100 years of Science, give it a shot. Democrats reinvent science with emotion, like alternative energy, and BOOM! Kills.
Alternative energy requires MANDATES to keep the scam afloat.
Science says there is no free lunch, only trade offs.
Electricity is great for low power flexibility like hair dryers and refrigerators.
Chemical gasoline is great for bulk high power like moving a heavy vehicle or a lawnmower.
The only exception I see are parallel circuits to keep high Voltage low, such as, 20 parallel circuits to drop 2000 Volts down to 100 Volts. But that is another discussion on safety. But the Power must still be unsafely high for home usage. One electrical short in the cable and BOOM, BURN, there goes your entire house.
If I remember correctly, the power I calculated, just to charge an electric car quickly, equivalently, you are running “10 to 20 air conditioners” SIMULTANEOUSLY in the home. No exceptions.
Ow, wiring is SO much fun... Could ya maybe buy a used wiring harness? Everything’s for sale, more or less.
Thanks! It’s my most favorite bike ever.
There is an aftermarket harness on Ebay.
My motorcycle building and vintage Japanese bike guru friend says looks right.
I need to breakdown and get one and pull the 750 out of storage.
I don’t ride anymore as I don’t have a deathwish.
People in south florida drive like crap even when they aren’t on their phone.
“Me if my bikes would be silent, it would be find I ride a lot of dirt use them for hunting ect.”
I have a friend who built his own for hunting. Permanently attached gun case and large rack on the back. I rode it around the block once. Very different experience to only hear breeze and the nobbies on the pavement.
I'd imagine any true Harley rider would laugh if they saw someone riding one.
Looks like a rice burner to me.
110 miles on a charge? Hell the Vtwin won’t go that far without a breakdown
You have to put cards in the spokes
If I had $30K in disposable income I would get my order in tomorrow!
I guess I’m the lone contrarian on this thread.
apparently nobody wants what they’re trying to sell now
Hard to imagine it moving the needle much for H-D’s overall sales.
the Vtwin sure isn’t
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
Sales are broke and have been for awhile. They’re not dropping the old line bikes from production, but they will eventually as they aren’t selling
Correction.
You must run “100” air conditioners SIMULTANEOUSLY in your home to quickly charge an electric car.
A gasoline car moving equals 100 air conditioners.
Democrat scammers will not tell you that.
At most, on a hot day, your house may run 2 or 3 air conditioners. Bump that number up to 100 air conditioners at the same time. That is your car charger.
Post your results sometime.
Well, get her out and get her done. Ain’t doing nothing in storage but gettin’ older. Took a month to do a frame-up restoration on that KZ, but it looked showroom new when it was done. This smartass pal of the boss got in my face and said “You’re never gonna get that back together!” He ate crow a month later. I didn’t rub it in—but I wanted to. I let the results speak for themselves...
Thank you Lord. lost many a night’s sleep with those thumpers and there 100 dbs riding past (80 yards away) my house.
Guess buyers will have to put baseball cards in the spokes. They should turn in their man cards for doing this.
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