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With languages that are not written phonetically with wide regional variations in pronunciation (English), I think it makes sense to not care as long as you're understood. Might as well demand that Japan be pronounced Neep-on or Cuba Cooba and not Cyooba.
From the country that prudishly changed route to rowt, uranus to yewr-nus...
It's just accent drift, happens all the time. The other pronunciation is also in use, I would say "Root 66" but I call the network packet devise a "Rowter".
Is there a reason for most motorcycles not to be electric by now? Few people take them on the road, they seem to be used mostly in cities, so there's not a big problem with range. They are small, so you would have less of a problem setting up the charging infrastructure in your house.
Electrics are still milking the premium market, is the problem. In the West, a brand new Ninja 400 fuel injected sport bike is $US 5000, new. Through economies of scale, and their getting the bugs out and widening tolerances over its 30 years history, they're now the AK-47 of bikes: cheap and dependable. You can spend $20k on a bike, but you don't need to. Similar Honda and Suzuki models. Harley and BMW can't and won…
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Worked fine for me on Chrome / XFCE / Linux. I think it would be fantastic if electric motorcycles would become popular here in the US. Maybe then I wouldn't have to hear super loud and scary exhaust pipes! Who am I kidding though... the people who do that would find some other way to be annoyingly inconsiderate.
That loudness is a safety feature. It helps keep drivers alert for the presence of a motorcycle. I don’t ride, but I see our streets are becoming more and more dangerous as people ditch sedans for SUVs and trucks; extra sound proofing is added to cars; and people continue to text, eat or be under the influence while driving.
I mean, electric mopeds have been a thing for decades now, when I was growing up certainly most kids had electric mopeds as petrol ones were more expensive and required more maintenance. Somehow these companies make it look as if electric bikes are something new that hasn't been done before - that's nonsense.
I think classic 'moped territory' would be somewhere like South-East Asia. I don't see too many electric mopeds there.
Ultra high end: Harley Davidson Livewire, Zero SR/F
High end: Fuell, Cake
Mid range: Zero S/DS/FX
Low end: Sur-on Light Bee, CSC City Slicker
The biggest problem for electric bikes is recharge time. Motorcycle batteries are physically small and have low range, and take hours to recharge compared to 1-2 minutes to refuel at a gas station. That makes them unusable for anything except city commuting or tossing in the back of a truck on the way to the OHV area. Meanwhile the fastest growing segment in motorcycling is adventure riding, which is for bikes that can be ridden thousands of miles at a time both on and off road (sometimes 50-100 miles away from paved roads or services of any kind).
There are other companies targeting other areas of the market. Ultra high end: Harley Davidson Livewire, Zero SR/F High end: Fuell, Cake Mid range: Zero S/DS/FX Low end: Sur-on Light Bee, CSC City Slicker The biggest problem for electric bikes is recharge time. Motorcycle batteries are physically small and have low range, and take hours to recharge compared to 1-2 minutes to refuel at a gas station. That makes them u…
Are they like 650cc+ with huge fuel tanks? I shudder to think of trying to pick one of those up on a muddy slope...
Anyways, an electric bike that could do ~200 miles seems like it could do well as a replacement for smaller engines, but I haven't seen any dual-sports that realistically claim a range of over 100 miles with normal use, and you're right that that would barely get you away from the major highways in most places.
Is there a reason for most motorcycles not to be electric by now? Few people take them on the road, they seem to be used mostly in cities, so there's not a big problem with range. They are small, so you would have less of a problem setting up the charging infrastructure in your house.
The big two reasons:
- Electric range and recharge rate is abysmal compared to gas bikes
- The excellent used motorcycle market makes the savings on gas and maintenance noncompetitive. We never had Cash for Clunkers for motorcycles, so you can buy an amazing lightly used gas motorcycle for $2500 or so.
I mean, electric mopeds have been a thing for decades now, when I was growing up certainly most kids had electric mopeds as petrol ones were more expensive and required more maintenance. Somehow these companies make it look as if electric bikes are something new that hasn't been done before - that's nonsense.
Sure, they're a thing, but where was this where 'most kids had electric mopeds'? I think classic 'moped territory' would be somewhere like South-East Asia. I don't see too many electric mopeds there.
Usually they used the same parts as more powerful motorcycles, but with cheaper breaks and crippled engines to reduce the max speed.
And that's how I got my only engine mechanics experience, by finding ways to make them run fast.
Sort of the worst of both worlds, fast motorcycles without proper breaks driven by kids without traffic experience/common sense.