Last week an interesting weblog was posted on Motor.nl about the future in general, and in more detail electric motorcycles. It is great to read the kudos they give for the brave companies innovating the new generation of motorcycles.
http://www.motor.nl/nieuws/12822-weblog-de-echte-toekomst.html
However in this Dutch post they state that most of the fun of driving a motorcycle is the combustion engine.. “the smell, the sound and the character of the engine, an electric engine will never match this”
This is rather strange since the character of en electro engine is not mentioned here! Constant high toque, excellent accelerations at all time, the whispering evil scream of electro engines. When riding over the dikes in the Netherlands, one of the most favourite ‘tracks’ of the majority of us bikers, the people living there are less happy! In this post they quote that the people living around these dikes would love the silent motorcycles, but the write still expect that in 2020 there will still be combustion engines cruising over the dikes.. but they forget the increasing legislations on sound and emission!
Like on the TT-circuit of Assen there is a limit of 12 ‘sound-days’ a year (where soundlevels over the 102 db are allowed) and the cross-track in the forests are blocking the combustion two-strokes more and more. This is why electric crossers are sold by a few already. In the post they ascribe this to the “sensitive ears of the people living there”
Their last alinea states that the fuel prices will increase dramatically the coming years, and riding a motorcycle will be very expensive those day. Ok cleverly noticed!
But hey, aren’t we there yet? The circle is closed with these statements..
- Bikes love to cruise around winding roads, enjoying freedom
- Sound and emission legislations will increase
- Fuel prices will increase dramatically
The solution for the future will be a high performance electric superbike!
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