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Yamaha Europe working on a full size e-MX bike
Imagine being able to ride close to neighborhoods with bikes that require almost no maintenance and pull harder from the bottom than any equivalent combustion bike.
I am so ready for a competitive electric to be something I can buy, I would much rather buy one than a 450.
The Shop
How I see it, it is a typical californian need, probably 20% of the global mx market, that will drive like for the 4 stroke the change for everybody including many people who absolutely don't need or want an e-bike for many reasons (sound for safety & other rider awereness, more powerful bikes are not necessary as the human body can't cop already with what we are having, not really a motorsport anymore, kills thousands of mechanics & industry jobs, not more ecological as it takes a lot of co2 to produce plus it takes a lot of rare earth elements including some that are extracted by kids in congo, plus electricity from solar is somewhat ok but 50% of electricity is still coal gas or nuclear ; or will 12k-15k bike upfront increase the accessibility. Personally, except in cali, I think the lack of tracks is not due to the noise but the lack of organization from the federations, OEM, local shops and riders - where each group are "users" but only a very few are willing to spend any time or money to defend or maintain the tracks, which are expected to be groomed and watered like chocolate whereas there is no need for training on real mx tracks.)
So that is gonna be for the best or for the worst, I don't know, but I think we should be carefull what we wish for. For Exemple, e-F1 are not as fun to watch as real F1 too, so even in term of "show" I am not sure if it is heading into the right direction.
Or LHRB? I don’t see a shifter
Pit Row
Any news on the Honda btw? Honda had their prototype ready over a year ago.
It was pretty responsive
Premature E-jaculation.
Sorry to try to shoot down your negativity, I realize that e-bikes are from some reason a huge threat to some of you guys.
5 acres is pretty small. It's big enough to perhaps dodge some dust issues, especially if you have a good sprinkler system, but it would be tough to find enough space to stand on the boundary of your neighbor and have to take decibel readings.
A 5 acre plot means that you are only about 78 yards from a neighbor, even if your plot is square. Closer than that if it is irregular.
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