Electric Harley

[deadwolf]

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https://www.asphaltandrubber.com/bikes/harley-davidson-livewire-photos/

Sooo... has Harley been saving up all that innovation for decades, just to leapfrog into the future? Doesn't look that bad tbh, reminds me of a Diavel.
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[ScaredyCat]

[Rogerborg]

[wr6133]

I like the bike, pity they don't shove the 1200 v-twin in there.

[RhynoCZ]

[Rogerborg]

But the whole point about that is that Harley don't regularly obsolete their own bikes by releasing ones with better technology. Used Harleys hold their value remarkably well because they're essentially the same as the newer ones.

Given the rate that battery technology is advancing (and must advance if electric is to become mass market) then these bikes will soon look like relics even compared to other electric Harleys.

It's a bold move though, I'll give them that, and I expect they will sell, if only as novelty purchases.
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[stinkwheel]

Another electric bike with no fairing.

Aerodynamics, air resistance etc.
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[RhynoCZ]

[stinkwheel]

Doesn't even need to be a weirdy-beardy streamliner fairing. Just a normal one so it doesn't have all the aerodynamic properties of a brick. I mean, look at the frontal area on that Hardley and it's almost perfectly flat and perpindicular to the wind.

The don't fit fairings to race bikes to give them somewhere to stick sponsorship stickers. Nor are they there for rider comfort.

Something like the one they fit to 'busas would be a good start. Especially the front mudguard.
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[delsol]

Why is he\she\it carrying a pistol and an ammo belt ?

Maybe it's a Tazer, seeing as they going all electric.

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[Hokum]

[ScaredyCat]

[stinkwheel]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Rogerborg]

[ScaredyCat]

[G]

As Mr Borg pointed out elsewhere, electric vehicles aren't new - they predate internal combustion engine vehicles.

The electric motors have barely changed since then.

Sure, we have better controllers.

Batteries are the only significant difference and for the majority of markets they just don't make sense in the guises available.

For the cases where they do, people want too much.

[talkToTheHat]

I thought this was a late april fool, finally released after 20something years.

There has been an electric bike in my family for years, it's now with my niece. Despite claiming to be a harley, it bears a striking resemblance to the XV1100. It's also appropriately sized for a toddler.

[Pirate Ridaaargh]

It's purdy (both the Harley and Scarlett Johanson, not the stunt double).

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[Piercee100]

I thought Harley was all about the noise? Does is come with a flattened coke can strapped to the swing arm to make a clacking sound as the wheel goes round?
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