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A100man
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PostPosted: 10:58 - 04 Sep 2023    Post subject: A sensible e-moto ? Reply with quote
not sure if this has been posted before - only just noticed it..

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/new-bikes/ubco-2x2/?

Doesn't try and be or look like an ICE motorbike - since the tech isn't really there to achieve that - but looks a useful tool in the same was as a CT 90 postie bike is.

A 10hp 60 mph version with 150 mile range would be splendid.

I wouldn't buy the hipster Maevin, but I'd be more tempted by something like this.
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Ste
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PostPosted: 11:49 - 04 Sep 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote
https://ubco.uk/pages/2x2-electric-bike

Thinking

"the most efficient speed of 20 mph allows you to reach a max distance of up to 75 miles"

Laughing

And it features "an alloy 3D frame".

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PostPosted: 13:20 - 04 Sep 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just don't get chased by the PoPo and crash into a wall. Wink
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A100man
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PostPosted: 13:47 - 04 Sep 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ste wrote:
https://ubco.uk/pages/2x2-electric-bike

Thinking

"the most efficient speed of 20 mph allows you to reach a max distance of up to 75 miles"


Oh right, not just yet then. Sad
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PostPosted: 14:16 - 04 Sep 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ste wrote:

"the most efficient speed of 20 mph allows you to reach a max distance of up to 75 miles"


Should be able to sell a fuckton of them in Wales this month then
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PostPosted: 14:27 - 04 Sep 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote
5 grand?
you could buy a proper bike for that

These things are way too expensive considering their limitations
When did 'pay a lot more get a lot less' ever sound like a good idea?
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PostPosted: 18:08 - 04 Sep 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote
WD Forte wrote:
way too expensive


It seems even more so when you consider you can get this for £3K:

TRIGGER WARNING: It's a scooter.

It has a 5kW motor which can do 55mph with a range of 40-50 miles. For someone like me, that represents a useful proposition - it can manage my 2 days a week commuting with that range and get charged for £0 on the solar. The battery lifts out and charges off a 3-pin plug, so you could even take it into work and charge it if you were tight Wink

I could even get a rack and carry it on the back of the camper... Thinking
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PostPosted: 19:13 - 04 Sep 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote
slowasyoulike wrote:
For someone like me, that represents a useful proposition - it can manage my 2 days a week commuting with that range and get charged for £0 on the solar.


Don’t go to work; save the planet.
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PostPosted: 20:08 - 04 Sep 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote
MCN wrote:
Just don't get chased by the PoPo and crash into an ambulance Wink

FTFY. Still has the top spot of funniest karma moment of 2023.
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WD Forte
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PostPosted: 20:44 - 04 Sep 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'd rather have the scooter
I mean, battery powered, off road
Ooh!, very green and macho.
But hang on, when you run out of energy where exactly in the
wilderness do you recharge the fuckers?
Farm bike/toy mebbe but still too expensive and I see they have a practical looking from mudguard but SFA on the back as far as I can see so all the mud and cowshit gets flung all over the place.
Stupid, hipster form over function shite.
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PostPosted: 21:16 - 04 Sep 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's the sort of money you'd pay for an A2 bike and yet sub-125 power and range. Heading in the right direction I suppose.
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