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I am lucky enough to have one also and they are a ton of fun. I think everyone should test ride one if they can.
Harley could sell every one of them if they marketed them better. Without going back through history and looking to confirm I would say it is the quickest street legal Harley ever produced.
They should have a marketing campaign based around that.
I am lucky enough to have one also and they are a ton of fun. I think everyone should test ride one if they can.
Harley could sell every one of them if they marketed them better. Without going back through history and looking to confirm I would say it is the quickest street legal Harley ever produced.
They should have a marketing campaign based around that.
I test rode one, twice. Tons of fun. I just can't justify the $30,000 cost of a second bike. I can't really justify the cost of the first $30,000 bike when I can get a decent car for less.
If I could get a Livewire for $10,000 I would have one already.
If I could get a Livewire for $10,000 I would have one already.
Same here. I'm going to wait until they show up on the used listings. But I think I'll be willing to go up to 15k. Be a nice errand running bike. I imagine I'll be long dead before they make something with the range and refueling time of a touring bike.
... But I think I'll be willing to go up to 15k. Be a nice errand running bike.
That's my take on it as well. I can't see spending the kind of money they want for a bike to run local errands and commute to work on.
In the past H-D had released artists renderings of a new, mid-sized electric bike that was to be reminiscent of the XR750. That had potential to be less expensive and still be an adequate errand running bike. Rewire now has the future of almost all of the new proposed models other than the Pan America up in the air.
Thread's been up for over two weeks, and we've got posts from two (2) owners. And there you have it.
If it were $15k and took less than 12 hours to charge, I'd have one in the garage right now.
If you aren't riding it down to zero charge it will take less than 12 hrs to charge. So you go for a 10 mile round trip ride to the store, when you get back to your garage you plug it in. An hour later it's fully charged again.
For me the charge times aren't a deal breaker. On a quick DC charger the Livewire is the fastest charging bike out there. However, I do wish they had the option of using a Level II charger. There are some in the parking garage at work, would make it very nice to plug in when I get to the office. Right now there is just so much more Level II chargers out there and it's a shame the Livewire can't make use of them.
But I do agree, at $30K that's just way to much money for a 2nd bike, because there is no way I'd have a Livewire as my only bike, I'd need something for long distance touring two up. And I know that kid is riding from Florida to Sturgis, but my wife isn't up for that kind of touring.
There's a nasty secret about the DC Fast Charging. I have read that the MoCo says you should NOT use the DC fast charge more often than one time out of four charges, or else you will degrade battery life.
Honestly, charge time wouldn't be the final deal-breaker for me either, because if all you're doing is short sporty rides around your local area, you'll be at home every night anyway.
What fun is it if you cant go anywhere? Sometimes the mountain roads that would be fun to ride on are farther away than its range. I wont even think about one until it can go 200-300 miles.
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