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oldNslow Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2683 Rochester, NY Gender:	Electric Harley ? 06/19/14 at 05:09:03 http://www.cycleworld.com/2014/06/19/harley-davidson-livewire-electric-motorc...
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28660 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Electric Harley ? Reply #1 - 06/19/14 at 06:20:52 Harley knows their demographic... practically the first thing they tell you is... "It may be electric, but it's not silent"... Harley fans are asking,... "What do I have to drill out, to make it louder?"... ... ...
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Pine Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1694 Mississippi, USA Gender:	Re: Electric Harley ? Reply #2 - 06/19/14 at 10:13:09 Looks like they built a nice one.
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Reply #3 - 06/19/14 at 10:50:56

First they come out with the 500/750 street, and now the "Livewire" all electric.
Guess the stodgey old guys have left and a newer idea group has stepped in and paved a new road for Harley.
Hope its under $20k , which would stretch it for me, but I might trade in something..... i'm not planning on any more long road trips on the bikes anymore.
I'll buy a trailer for two and we can go ride anywhere we want while getting there in comfort.

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28660 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Electric Harley ? Reply #4 - 06/19/14 at 11:02:28 Where do you put the saddlebags and trunk, and chrome stuff?... ... Jes' kidding,.. it does look pretty cool for an E-bike... ...
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oldNslow Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2683 Rochester, NY Gender:	Re: Electric Harley ? Reply #5 - 06/19/14 at 11:03:28 old_rider, These guys have been around for a few years now. Still kinda pricey,but well under 20k. Most of the reviews I've seen have been pretty positive. http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/
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Reply #6 - 06/19/14 at 11:15:02

Yeah, I have been following them for awhile....and the bikes are getting more hour/mile battery life every year.
I have been contemplating getting one or simply playing around in the garage and making one, but i'm a mechanic, not an electrical engineer.
There is also a company that has a motor that fits in the tire rim itself....
http://www.proteanelectric.com/en/video-gallery/efficient-packaging/?img=555&...
http://www.proteanelectric.com/en/video-gallery/efficient-packaging/?img=553&...
When they start putting these on motorcycles it could prove revolutionary. Your whole bike body would be a battery, while your wheel will hold the drive train.... crazy huh?

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Reply #7 - 06/19/14 at 12:39:49

Looks like H-D is on the right track. No doubt we'll see more of these in the future. A few weeks ago, while trail hiking on DNR land, an electric dirt bike, aka L-ION, came up the trail behind me. All I heard was sticks and gravel crunching. I thought it was - well, something big other than a motorbike. Drew my Gerber and got ready for action. What a shock! We met up later, had lunch and I got a complete rundown. Very well-made, a real work of art. But, as he confided, the GASpers (a newly coined term for people who ride/drive gasoline powered vehicles?) give him a hard time! Grin

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JRLeathercraft Full Member Offline I'm not a biker, I just own one. Posts: 153	Re: Electric Harley ? Reply #8 - 06/19/14 at 19:01:33 Sign of the times. At least they are looking to the future and trying to survive in a rapidly changing world.
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gizzo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiCabbage. It's Savage. Posts: 1318 Australia	Re: Electric Harley ? Reply #9 - 06/20/14 at 00:00:38 That actually looks pretty cool. Unlike that awful street 750 thing.
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Reply #10 - 06/20/14 at 06:21:29

Next weekend the local Harley store is having an open house/intro event for the 500 and 750 Streets. I'm going to ride over and take a look at them in person. The blurb on the website didn't say anything about test rides but I'm hopin'

I actually think they're pretty good looking bikes, except for the radiator shroud. I'd have left the plastic off and just let the radiator sit in the open. Why hide it?

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Badass94Cad Senior Member Offline This space for rent Posts: 313 Mass-->Jerz-->PA! Gender:	Re: Electric Harley ? Reply #11 - 06/20/14 at 11:23:46 The LiveWire has been receiving a lot of coverage, and the interwebz comments are absolutely hilarious! Stuff like: - It'll still leak oil - Can't wait to see one with ape hangers and tassels - First accessory - chrome battery - Needs an audio soundtrack that can be blipped at stop lights You get the picture...
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Reply #12 - 06/20/14 at 11:32:52

I personally think this will draw a new crowd to Harley... squids...yup, young street bike riders, getting rid of their supersports and buying electric.
I fill up the savage about twice a week, I live 16 miles from town center in each direction and drive there five days out of seven on average.
I would only have to charge it up once a week.....well, maybe twice if I showed off with it...
Ok, for the first year, I would have to charge it twice a week...LOL Grin

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Boofer Serious Thumper Offline Nearly too old. Posts: 1760 N Ms Gender:	Re: Electric Harley ? Reply #13 - 06/22/14 at 20:21:22 Folks, I hate to say this, but I like the looks of the HD 750-500 in pictures. And I just read today about the LS 218. Electric with more horsepower than any Mc. Model number comes from the first model which set a record for electric bikes and a one way run of 218 mph. They $38,000.
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