Thursday, March 8, 2007

Electrifying Rides: The coming revolution


Hello everyone.

Just starting this blog out. Took awhile to get a topic that interested me, but now I'm ready. Hope that you find something of interest here as well.

Electrifying Rides is going to cover, if possible, everything about, for, and with electric personal transports.

Bikes [what hooked me], Cars, Scooters, Skateboards, Planes, and any other electrical powered personal transport I come across. The technology is getting ready to push this to the forefront, and the ecological necessity is becoming very real.

So grab a seat, and get ready for the ride of your life,.............ELECTRIFIED !
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Check out this Electric Motocross Bike...........Way Cool !!!!!
I really want one of these !!!!!

DRIFT Electricross Motocross Bike

http://www.greenspeed.us/motorcycle_electric_electricross.htm

A little expensive, definitely not a toy. It's a real, working MX bike. Similar to a Honda CRF150, but with 3X more power and 100lbs less weight. The Drift is an intermediate sized bike for young adult and adult riders that is small enough to be carried in a SUV or on a hitch rack.This thing is being used RIGHT NOW on motocross tracks in California. Silent........but deadly.

The Electricross Drift's neck-snapping torque and air-catching speed is courtesy of a 19+ horsepower (14,400 watt) and a programmable controller. A quick-change power pack that delivers up to 600 amps and an ultra-light handcrafted aluminum frame complete a motocross package that is going to change the face of dirt racing forever.

Top speed: 44 mph [as geared]
Power: 14.4 kw [19+ hp]
Weight: 80lbs + 60/30lbs batt pack [Standard/Lithium]
Range: 15-40 miles [battery choices] '' ''
Charge Time: 40-150 minutes

This thing ROCKS !!!!

Now, I know what your thinking, an ELECTRIC Motorcycle !! W. T. F. ????

Cutting -edge technology, most of it getting ready to see the light of day in the next couple of years, will increase power and endurance by several orders of magnitude. Remember, when they first started building gas power bikes, well, let's just say things were pretty comical. They were really ordinary bicycles with engines attached. Took a while to get to the SuperBike stage.

And while I think it will be a little bit of a wait for a"Real" Electric Motorcycle, Honda has a electric car that circled the track at 100mph for 24 hrs. Fuel cell powered of course, but portable fuel cells are already available on the market. You won't have to wait that long.

eBikeNut: a known technoholic, with a penchant for the weird, wacky, and totally off the wall
uses and applications of NEWTECH.

1 comment:

Goodnslo said...

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Lyle Sloan