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Posted on 07/11/2019 7:04:25 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Well you just go ahead and keep supporting google then. They have your best interests in mind, I’m sure. Don’t forget to pick up your copy of the NYT today.
Thanks a million. You exercise your rights also.
Now have a nice and blessed day.
It doesnt have an engine. It has a motor and a battery.
My gas powered mini-bike will beat it across the country.
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They're buying Indians, too. That's really got the slickie-boys in Milwaukee and York worried.
My old R60 would run 100K miles or 5 years between engine teardowns and rebuilds. Used to run 1000 miles/day, 2500/weekend. Chasing down an old R69 now, and rebuilding a Vincent.
Nah. That was when they had Elton John headline the H-D 100th Anniversary celebration. This is second.
Priced right, an electric Topper scooter with a attache-case *reserve tank* would be pretty cool, though.
I sat on one of those last weekend (the motorcycle, that is).
Nice for the youngsters, but us fogeys would require a couple of inches on the handlebar risers for a more neutral sit.
Maybe not, but what a getaway vehicle for criminals! Look for theft to be the big issue.
Emergency vehicles project sound forwards and to the sides with sirens and speakers. The majority of loud motorcycle exhaust noise is projected to the rear.
Both soundmakers have the same problem - modern cars are too insulated. When my friend got a then-new Hyundai Genesis sedan in 2015, we took it to Rick Fairless’ famous Harley rider bar, Strokers. We found the loudest Harley in attendance - straight pipes with megaphone resonator tips to make it even louder. We had the rider rev it up and we could *not* hear the bike inside the car from 30 feet away. We also could not hear most emergency sirens. Most modern cars are like this and it has been an increasing concern for emergency vehicles. All your loud pipes are doing is annoying non-motorists and attracting cops at this point.
Following is a list of things I like about this bike:
Quite a lot since sportbikes and Asian power cruisers have been that fast for well more than two decades. My 2002 Honda standard-type bike isn’t even a literbike (919cc) and it does 0-60 in 2.8 with a 155mph top speed. There are way quicker and faster (respectively) bikes on the market now.
They would have to sell in appreciable numbers for theft to be a real problem.
I like the general feel of the *Indian Sportster* now that the Harley version is no longer what the Sportster once was. I've got no use for the liquid cooling, You're spot-on about the bar risers [and/or seat level,] and I can well do without alloy rims if I need to change a flat during a trip. At nignt. In rain or sleet.
Of the bigger bikes? Classic Indian or BMW R9T. Smaller ones? Indian Enfield, maybe- hey, they're 12 volt now!
“and rebuilding a Vincent.”
The Holy Grail for me.
... and no marking it's spot with oil. LOL
The biggest complaint about my Gold Wing is that it sounds like a freaking sewing machine, not a motorcycle. Fortunately, I get all the sound and vibration I need with my Road King.
Interesting stats. Cool link. I have no desire to go that fast. Other people have different priorities (obviously).
I'd say that alertness pretty is freaking important as well. You can have all the speed, agility and maneuverability in the world, and if you aren't paying attention, you are a greasy spot on the road.
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