<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <STYLE>.hmmessage P { PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } BODY.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16674" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY class=hmmessage bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>He's got a street version in the works.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Fenton</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 12, 2008 10:44 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: hypermiling? (OT?)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>Hmmmmmm - where are they being sold.......????</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=fmurray@cruzio.com href="mailto:fmurray@cruzio.com">Fenton Murray</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 12, 2008 12:35 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: hypermiling? (OT?)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry P,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>People are buying them.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Fenton</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pianolover88@hotmail.com href="mailto:pianolover88@hotmail.com">pianolover 88</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 11, 2008 6:47 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: hypermiling? (OT?)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>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!<BR><BR>Terry Peterson<BR><BR> <HR> From: <A href="mailto:fmurray@cruzio.com">fmurray@cruzio.com</A><BR>To: <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR>Subject: Re: hypermiling? (OT?)<BR>Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:35:34 -0700<BR><BR> <META content="Microsoft SafeHTML" name=Generator> <STYLE> </STYLE> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial>Dude,</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here you go, local company here in Santa Cruz, serious stuff from a young genius engineer.</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/" target=_blank>http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fenton</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(0,0,0) 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hello Holly,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>You've tapped the nerve of a hyper-hypermiler! Our family has three vehicles. The big transportation <FONT color=#ff0000 size=6>PIG</FONT> 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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Next is an electric motorcycle.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Stay in touch. Happy to talk about this stuff till your eyeballs pop out!  ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>You struck a nerve......</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(0,0,0) 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: rgb(228,228,228) 0% 50%; FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial"><B>From:</B> <A title=hollyquigley@gmail.com href="mailto:hollyquigley@gmail.com">holly quigley</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 10, 2008 2:08 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><B>Subject:</B> hypermiling? (OT?)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>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?<BR><BR>-Holly Quigley<BR>Ticking off Drivers in the Fast and Furious City of Atlanta<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <HR> The i�m Talkaton. Can 30-days of conversation change the world? <A href="http://www.imtalkathon.com/?source=EML_WLH_Talkathon_ChangeWorld" target=_new>Find out now.</A> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>