LiveWire Went on a test ride.
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From: Denver
Went on a test ride.
I have a ultra limited and thought I’d go out and test drive a LiveWire. While it being quite fun to ride it just wasn’t like riding a motorcycle to me because there’s no rumble of the engine no clutch no gears to shift. It just felt totally wrong to me to hear nothing but the wind and a little bit of a sound from the motor. It is quick as hell it would get boring with nothing to do but give it throttle. So for me I’ll stick with my limited maybe get some upgrades to make it quicker
faster. I also asked him about service and the other intervals are basically the same as any new bike. But what got me is the rates for!service is between 400 and 500 dollars.
I was also informed that the fluid used for a lack of a better word the transmission at this point is only dealer available and can’t be purchased for DIY
If I had money to burn I might get one It would be fun but I’m pretty sure I would get bored with it after a while. Just my two cents.
Terry
faster. I also asked him about service and the other intervals are basically the same as any new bike. But what got me is the rates for!service is between 400 and 500 dollars.
I was also informed that the fluid used for a lack of a better word the transmission at this point is only dealer available and can’t be purchased for DIY
If I had money to burn I might get one It would be fun but I’m pretty sure I would get bored with it after a while. Just my two cents.
Terry
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That’s the other thing I live just north of Denver spend a lot of time riding in the mountains be hard-pressed to find a Charging station. Not to mention if I had been a LiveWire up in the mountains all this time I would have hit a couple deer or elk by now.
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I look at it as an opportunity for an entrepreneur to make billions. All someone has to do is create a charging adapter that will fit a Tesla charging station, and cha-ching. There are apps that will direct you to the nearest charging station, and Tesla has thousands of them
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That sucks.
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If I had the cash just lying around I'd have one in a heartbeat.
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For most probably not but, that's not the use the Livewire was designed/engineered, manufactured, or even being advertised for. It is a commuter/urban bike, for instance even going by the lowest mileage range I could ride the bike to and from work for a week on one charge. Most of that would be at Interstate speeds.
If I had the cash just lying around I'd have one in a heartbeat.
If I had the cash just lying around I'd have one in a heartbeat.
I guess I forgot the Sarcasm font. I was making fun of Rhode Island. It is 37x48 miles. My old commute (just changed jobs this week.) was either 27 miles or 47 miles depending upon which route I took. The long route was about the equivalent of driving the length of Rhode Island.
Livewire would have been a great commuter bike, Enough range to go to work and back, it still would be good on my now 21 mile commute. Both my old and new office have Level II charging stations in the parking garage that the LW can't make full use of.
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