The after life of a China Sport Bike

BrianW · 11-27-2010, 06:53 PM

Very cool video.

katoranger · 11-29-2010, 04:46 PM

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

SpudRider · 11-29-2010, 11:36 PM

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 · 11-30-2010, 12:23 AM

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

katoranger · 11-30-2010, 09:38 AM

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

FastDoc · 11-30-2010, 11:33 AM

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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 · 11-30-2010, 11:50 AM

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 · 11-30-2010, 12:14 PM

Trains and subways. Nuclear submarines.

BillR · 12-02-2010, 08:18 PM

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 · 12-02-2010, 10:08 PM

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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 · 12-03-2010, 08:22 AM

Gas seems cheaper out that way..

BillR · 12-03-2010, 09:59 PM

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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 · 12-03-2010, 10:26 PM

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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 · 12-04-2010, 10:02 AM

Bill, suppose to be going up by Christmas.

BillR · 12-05-2010, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by 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...

Wonder if we could get "Thunder Road" going again...
Bill R

11-27-2010, 06:53 PM	#1
BrianW Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Wheeling, WV native currently living In Natchitoches, LA Posts: 297	The after life of a China Sport Bike Very cool video.
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11-30-2010, 11:50 AM	#7
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	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. __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	Trains and subways. Nuclear submarines. __________________ Happy to serve.
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