Electric Baggers ............
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Sep 2008
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From: San Diego, CA
Nothing to do with ego or "prove my skillset"..... For me, it's all about developing and maintaining my skillset....
Hand/eye coordinated skills need to be developed, and then become perishable if not practiced....
I have no issue having a nanny device if it works in the background... I just don't / won't rely on them....
Given the choice between reliance on a nanny device or me.... I have absolutely no problem being responsible for my own safety....
Last edited by hattitude; Jun 2, 2022 at 01:24 PM.
Road Warrior
Joined: Oct 2016
Posts: 1,256
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From: Pittsburgh suburb
Oh God - this electric bike crap again, I dont see it - maybe something hydrogen based but electric? funny I read batteries are better than in the past...............What???? they use to last 5 yrs with a prorated warranty - now you`re lucky to get 3 years, the charging rate is too long, the distance will be limited & guess what................Electric rates are going up considerably with mentions of shortages & blackouts this summer in certain parts of the country.
No thanks on either car, truck or motorcycle - hopefully im taken by then cause all I see is angry people beating the **** out of one another at the charging line, people cant get along just driving wait till their stuck behind someone for the time it takes to fully charge.................can you say charge rage!!!!!!
Bump this Green crap cause its not green.............I want loud muscle cars & motorcycles, I want exhaust that when I smell it I know its running like a champ - I want wasp & Hornet spray that actually kills the bastards instead of pissing them off as they fly away only to plan an attack on me - all this tree hugging save the world crap..............I wonder if we were around during the continents splitting apart or the ice age........................would we have yelled climate change then? its cyclic and we are just part of the cycle at current as mother earth shifts into her next stage................strap in & ride it....!
No thanks on either car, truck or motorcycle - hopefully im taken by then cause all I see is angry people beating the **** out of one another at the charging line, people cant get along just driving wait till their stuck behind someone for the time it takes to fully charge.................can you say charge rage!!!!!!
Bump this Green crap cause its not green.............I want loud muscle cars & motorcycles, I want exhaust that when I smell it I know its running like a champ - I want wasp & Hornet spray that actually kills the bastards instead of pissing them off as they fly away only to plan an attack on me - all this tree hugging save the world crap..............I wonder if we were around during the continents splitting apart or the ice age........................would we have yelled climate change then? its cyclic and we are just part of the cycle at current as mother earth shifts into her next stage................strap in & ride it....!
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Joined: Mar 2021
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From: backwoods
Nothing to do with ego or "prove my skillset"..... For me, it's all about developing and maintaining my skillset....
Hand/eye coordinated skills need to be developed, and then become perishable if not practiced....
I have no issue having a nanny device if it works in the background... I just don't / won't rely on them....
Given the choice between reliance on a nanny device or me.... I have absolutely no problem being responsible for my own safety....
Hand/eye coordinated skills need to be developed, and then become perishable if not practiced....
I have no issue having a nanny device if it works in the background... I just don't / won't rely on them....
Given the choice between reliance on a nanny device or me.... I have absolutely no problem being responsible for my own safety....
As said there was once no gas stations. They got a head start, atleast there is some form of electricity in most places. Anywhere there is gas too.
Just because there is not something today, does not mean it will not be there tomorrow.
Utilities have been working on plans for awhile.
Last edited by Rounders; Jun 2, 2022 at 05:25 PM.
Cruiser
Joined: Apr 2022
Posts: 145
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From: Tucson
I think it will happen. Not soon, but it will. If they can do 300 miles on a quick charge that takes 10 minutes and easily available charging network, the e-baggers could become popular. Not for 90% on this forum but this group is just a tiny group of HD owners. Lets be honest. Most here are older generation who absolutely hates change. Like it or not, that is where the world is moving towards.
Now, if I think about crazy acceleration delivery, smooth power, almost no vibrations, potential for constant improvements, less maintenance, and all the other benefits that could come with it, then why wouldnt I want it vs. riding on top of a sawing machine? I am willing to trade the bbbbbrrrrrrrrrrrr blap blap bbbbrrr sound for those other factors. But, I am a fan of newer tech stuff and that is more appealing to me.
Now, if I think about crazy acceleration delivery, smooth power, almost no vibrations, potential for constant improvements, less maintenance, and all the other benefits that could come with it, then why wouldnt I want it vs. riding on top of a sawing machine? I am willing to trade the bbbbbrrrrrrrrrrrr blap blap bbbbrrr sound for those other factors. But, I am a fan of newer tech stuff and that is more appealing to me.
I'll give up my road glide limited when they peel my dead fingers off... Oops, Wrong saying.
Last edited by Maurice1; Jun 2, 2022 at 06:46 PM.
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From: SW WA.
If you could go back in time to the 1964 model year and mention that a new fangled Electric start Harley called "Electra" Glide is coming and tell a bunch of riders that in 20 years time no Harley would even have a kicker anymore you'd get a lot of doubters.
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Hey, dont get me wrong. I love the sound of the engine, the novelty of it and all. That is what we have today.
I also loved my first cell phone size of a brick.
Things change. World is progressing. New tech replaces old at super fast pace.
We had cars without computers not long ago. They are classic now. Now S series MB has over 100 million lines of code.
Both are equally awesome.
I also loved my first cell phone size of a brick.
Things change. World is progressing. New tech replaces old at super fast pace.
We had cars without computers not long ago. They are classic now. Now S series MB has over 100 million lines of code.
Both are equally awesome.
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From: backwoods
I got after market exhaust on my bikes. But my truck doesn't have glass packs. I hold out hope, gas or whatever, in my life, that I'll have a bike with 100k and just tires. Just ride it.
I just finished another big bore, and no one but me works on my bikes 90k and 70. But I'll give it up if I can just ride
I just finished another big bore, and no one but me works on my bikes 90k and 70. But I'll give it up if I can just ride
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Looks like England is set to ban petrol-fueled motorcycles by 2035
Note I'm not against electric vehicles -- I'd love to convert an old Porsche, that would be so awesome -- and would have no problem at all with an electric motorcycle. It's all beside the point anyway. My problem is with the Malthusian bent of the neo-marxists who are pulling the strings Green-New-Deal-wise. In general it seems they are shooting for less energy, less trade, less travel. Less innovation, less wealth generation. Less information, according to some theories; and is there any better definition of "Dark Ages"? Above all fewer people. Something tells me, Harley-ridin greybeards aren't gonna be on the approved list for ... well, anything.
Note to self: get some pics this summer of me and the bike looking out over Lamar Valley, the American Serengeti. So my great-grandchildren can see what it was like, recognizing they are no more likely to see it in person than the actual Serengeti. Funny. Binge watching Yellowstone I was struck how five generations of the Dutton family fretted over how long the place would have any wildness to it. And to be sure, there aren't any frontiers any more, except in the mind. Except in the attitude. There's always been a small subset of the American population that were frontiersmen, we just have to find our own these days.
"You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this. -- Thoreau