Google hybrid motorcycle and the top selection is an Ecycle. Looks pretty good. Jonathan Best jb at bubblemusic.com 928-830-4887 www.bubblemusic.com On Jul 12, 2008, at 10:44 AM, Farrell wrote: > Hey - I'm the craziest! Actually, my justification for buying a > motorcycle was to evaluate whether I would find riding one around in > local traffic tolerable before I dug into building an electric > motorcycle. I've seen two electric motorcycles similar to the Zero, > but oriented more for the street - but both are in the $12K range. > This Zero motorbike looks pretty good - although I wish it were more > street oriented. I wonder how well it would compare to my motorcycle > as a piano service vehicle. > > Be aware that the range of these electric vehicles are usually based > on speeds of 25 mph or less. Usually, if it is ridden at 50 mph or > so, the range really tanks. But hey - maybe one could ride it to > appointments within a 10 to 20 mile radius - if you could plug it in > while tuning a piano, you'd be all set. I'm glad to see that someone > is making an electric motorcycle for $7,500. > > Hmmmmmm - where are they being sold.......???? > > Terry Farrell > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Fenton Murray > To: Pianotech List > Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 12:35 PM > Subject: Re: hypermiling? (OT?) > > Terry P, > Terry F. is actually the one I though would be crazy enough to buy > one, I think. No offence, Terry. The re-charge/range ratio will get > better quick. Also, for spins on the dirt bike around town or in the > hills, 40 miles isn't bad. 1 cent per mile. Drive a SUV at 10 mpg > and $5. per gallon 1000 miles=$500. > People are buying them. > Fenton > ----- Original Message ----- > From: pianolover 88 > To: Pianotech List > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 6:47 PM > Subject: RE: hypermiling? (OT?) > > Wow! It has a whopping 40 mile range and then only TWO HOURS to wait > around for it to recharge. All that for only $7,500! Get out of my > way, I'm beating own the door for one! > > Terry Peterson > > From: fmurray at cruzio.com > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: hypermiling? (OT?) > Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:35:34 -0700 > > Dude, > Here you go, local company here in Santa Cruz, serious stuff from a > young genius engineer. > http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/ > Fenton > > > Hello Holly, > You've tapped the nerve of a hyper-hypermiler! Our family has three > vehicles. The big transportation PIG or our family is a 2002 Saturn > Ion that gets 25 mpg. The second is a Toyota Prius that has averaged > 53 mpg over two-and-a-half-years - we bought it new for about $25K > (as far as a car goes, I love it!). The third vehicle is a 2002 > Yamaha 650 V Star Classic motorcycle that I bought 8 months ago for > $2,900 - it only had 1,050 miles on it and was in near-showroom > condition. My average fuel mileage for the first 8 months has been > 55 mpg. Recently (like a week ago) I put an "air kit", an open > exhaust sytem on it and a taller rear tire that reduces the overall > gear ratio and got an honest 65 mpg on my last tank. I suspect with > some hypermiling techniques I will be able to push that up to 70 mpg. > > Next is an electric motorcycle. > > Stay in touch. Happy to talk about this stuff till your eyeballs pop > out! ;-) > > You struck a nerve...... > > Terry Farrell > ----- Original Message ----- > From: holly quigley > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 2:08 PM > Subject: hypermiling? (OT?) > > So has anyone tried "hypermiling" yet? I figure with all the time we > spend on the road in our profession, it might be of interest here. I > can't afford the downpayment on a Prius just now, and unfortunately > my better half is too worried to agree to entertain the thought of a > motorcycle for work. I drive a manual transmission PT Cruiser, and > with gas prices the way they're going, the topic of hypermiling was > quite interesting. So far I'm getting 31mpg in the city now, just by > doing a bunch of coasting and slower thoughtful driving. Given that > I'm due for an oil change, a tuneup, tire rotation and who knows > what else, I was impressed. The perk on top of that is a big > reduction in stress, not to mention the increased safety. I guess I > didn't realize how much stress I put on myself by rushing around > driving fast! Does anyone want to discuss? > > -Holly Quigley > Ticking off Drivers in the Fast and Furious City of Atlanta > > The i’m Talkaton. Can 30-days of conversation change the world? Find > out now. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080712/4d46bed0/attachment.html
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