The after life of a China Sport Bike

[BrianW]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaIa0vXIzBw

Very cool video.

[katoranger]

That is pretty nice. Good use for a china bike. Low cost donar.

[SpudRider]

Thank you for providing the great link, Brian! :) I am going to move this thread to our Electrics Forum!

Here's a link to the webpage detailing this project. :)

http://www.electricmotion.org/

Spud :)

[FastDoc]

Clever build. I'm not interested in non-internal combustion anything but I respect his engineering! :D

[katoranger]

Doc, I agree. EVs do have a place though.

[FastDoc]

Doc, I agree. EVs do have a place though.

Golf carts on golf courses. Self propelled wheelchairs. Three wheeled scooters for handicapped people. Chairlifts at ski resorts. Toy tractors for grandchildren to play with on granddad's property. Even the hoist that will lower me into my grave. Plenty of places I see the benifit of EV's. :roll:

[katoranger]

Exactly. Forklifts too. No fumes inside the warehouse. If I had a real short commute I could see using an EV for it, but the fact that you could never use the vehicle for any distance driving would make it more of toy or third vehicle.

[FastDoc]

Trains and subways. Nuclear submarines.

[BillR]

I've had this one sitting on the "warmer", waiting on battery tech to get better/cheaper.
My commute is fairly short, under 40mph.
No oil changes, no tune ups, no fuel...use a belt drive instead of a chain...
plug that puppy into an outlet in the work garage... :wink:

Give me internal combustion for trips and hitting the curves...
but this is attractive for when gas hits $4 again, or higher.
Bill R

[waynev]

but this is attractive for when gas hits $4 again, or higher.
Bill R

Yep, our gas prices here hit $1.12L this morning, 3.785L in a US gallon so $4.24 a gallon here and our dollar is almost at par with yours, and they said to expect $1.20 a litre by christmas.

[Jim]

Gas seems cheaper out that way..

[BillR]

Yep, our gas prices here hit $1.12L this morning, 3.785L in a US gallon so $4.24 a gallon here and our dollar is almost at par with yours, and they said to expect $1.20 a litre by christmas.
Yowch!!!
We're at $3.05/US gal for premium, pretty stable for a while.
Bill R

[waynev]

Yowch!!!
We're at $3.05/US gal for premium, pretty stable for a while.
Bill R

At that price could you send me 100 gallons or so :) :)

[katoranger]

Bill, suppose to be going up by Christmas.

[BillR]

Yowch!!!
We're at $3.05/US gal for premium, pretty stable for a while.
Bill R
At that price could you send me 100 gallons or so :) :)
Bootleg gasoline... :lol:
Wonder if we could get "Thunder Road" going again...
Bill R

[BillR]

Bill, suppose to be going up by Christmas.
Yeah.
The distributors around here like to "play" with prices.
goes up a nickel, drops 2 cents, goes back up 4, drops a nickel...still averages going up...
and...10 cents difference across town at the same brand?????
Location, location, location...I guess.
Bill R

[Reveeen]

Here in Canada we have "bootleg" (reduced tax) cigarettes and booze courtesy the natives........it will only be a matter of time before folks realize that gasoline/diesel can work the same way.

[katoranger]

I use to fill up on the "rez".

[Weldangrind]

You need a Treaty Status card for that in Canada, but there are ways around that.

[katoranger]

I didn't need a card, but the gas station was located on a main road so unless you were going to the casino people didn't travel down there.

I would go for the buffet. :lol:

[SpudRider]

I didn't need a card, but the gas station was located on a main road so unless you were going to the casino people didn't travel down there.

I would go for the buffet. :lol:
We don't need a card in Idaho, either. ;) However, the gas prices on the reservation aren't any lower. I need to see if the local casino offers buffets! :lol:

Spud :)

[katoranger]

It was only about 5 cents cheaper. Not worth the drive off the main highway.

The midnight buffet was about $3. We would stop on the way home from Minneapolis back to southern Minnesota after an event.