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"When many riders hear about a new electric motorcycle, they tend to compare it
to the flagship machines that dominate the headlines. Bikes like those from
Zero or LiveWire have shown that electric motorcycles can be fast, powerful,
and technologically impressive. They’ve also shown that they can be expensive.
But a much more interesting battle may be happening lower down the power scale.
Recent news that LiveWire has begun production of its upcoming S4 Honcho has
put the spotlight on what many people are calling a “125cc-equivalent” electric
motorcycle. That description can be a little confusing because electric
motorcycles don’t really have engine displacement. There are no pistons moving
up and down, after all, and so there aren’t any cc’s to speak of.
Instead, “125cc-equivalent” is really a way to describe the overall riding
experience using legacy language from the olden times, when motorcycles relied
on repeated small explosions for locomotion.
Those descriptors put electric motorcycles in classes roughly comparable in
speed and power to gasoline-powered motorcycles."
Via Kenny Chaffin.
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
