Electric Sportsbike. 210 ft/lbs tourque.
 

http://www.gizmag.com/roehr-set-to-u...orcycle/13702/

Looks like a backflip waiting to happen.

http://www.gizmag.com/pictures/lrg/9...esuperbike.jpg

Doubt it, the numbers are impressive with electric vehicles, but they always manage to screw up putting that power down through poor drive train/gearing options.

Bet it'll weigh +700lbs

Should be interesting.

so is this the new american boutique sportsbike template? Fail hard at building a gas bike and attempt to go electric?

btw that pic is the gas bike. Electrics dont need akrapovic

Or radiators.

You don't get gov't subsidies or VC these days by building ICE-based bikes (Internal Combustion Engine).

Wanna bet? Any time you transform energy (to motion, convert voltage, etc), you get heat due to efficiency losses. That's why AC adapter power bricks get warm to the touch.

A tiny radiator below the headstock is different than the 2 big radiators on the side of the bike in the picture.

Charge someone $45,000 for a traditional gasoline powered bike and the customer wants it to do meaningless things like perform to at least the level of a $10k 600. Someone paying a similar amount for an electric bike cares about one important thing, how much smug the bike lets them carry.

Wrong. Everything needs Akrapovic.

well i supose i can endorse this behavior if it ends in the firey highway deaths of ed begley jr and that flat bitch from baywatch

i wonder if they make a can for my cat?

For the right price I bet they could. :lol:

kill alexandria paul? Or help with max's ''emissions''? :Lmao:

How much is this going to cost, like $50K?

The styling is 7-8 years behind, IMO.

and ripped off at that

Yep...........Ducati tail, Aprilia tank, and UM headlights.....

The "introductory special pricing program" price for the supercharged Harley Revolution engine version was $45k. I would guess the "eSupersport" model will be $55+ and the "eSuperbike" model will be $65+.

The front certainly resembles that of a Duc 999. That debuted in 2003.

I almsot bought an electric scooter to commute on so I could plug it in at work and ride everyday for free. lol....That company went out of buisness recently, though.

Pretty sure the original Roeher had Buell Firebolt headlights turned on their side.

crossed with an agusta

Your ass is ballin, why you worried about saving gas money.

Maybe it's my moderate nature, but I really don't have the strong desire to tear this one down.
It's just another stop along the road to a product which will eventually be both viable and affordable (to the less-than-six-figure earners). :idk:

and completely impractical

I wouldn't spend $45K on an 1198R, let alone an electric bike from a manufacturer that could be out of business tomorrow.

I completely see what you're saying, "baby steps"..

i still want to see a steam bike

Not suggesting you should, just saying that what's rare, impractical, and expensive today may be affordable and worthwhile to the average motorcyclist in the future... if the technology is allowed time and the necessary interest to develop.

I still wouldn't buy it.:td:

I'd spend the cash on teh Duc if I had it.

Then go suck eggs, grandpa redflip :lol:

Jay Leno would. Probably already put down a deposit, in fact.

Because he's queer.

At least he's consistent. Most wealthy people are diletantes who change hobbies as often as they change clothes.

He's consistent as sucking dong too.

Don't hate just because he owns (and regularly drives) cars most of us just dream about :nee:

The difference is, unlike most Americans, Jay Leno can afford to buy as many expensive, impractical, pieces of shit as he wants. It isn't a good sign when this bike would probably overtake his turbine engined bike as the least practical motorcycle he owns. Leno is far from a discerning consumer.

yeouch

I seriously don't give a fuck about his cars, his bikes, or him. I just want his terrible show cancelled.

He has a show anymore?

He's not great, but it's still better than being forced to look at Conan's "haircut" for 90 minutes.

Speaking of which, NBC is going to give the first 30 minutes back to Jay, followed by Conan for the remaining 60.

More discerning than the Sultan of Brunei and similar Middle Eastern and Indonesian royalty who never worked a day in their lives, who purchase 20-30 of the same model just because they want one of each color. As far as I know, Leno only buys 1 of each model.

That's like saying you are more discerning than Wilt Chamberlain when it comes to women.:lol:

I'm not knocking Leno's vehicles. Its his money, he can buy whatever strikes his fancy. From what I have seen some of Leno's purchasing decisions are made based on how unique, interesting, or historic a vehicle is. I love some of the vehicles he has. Some I don't like at all. Either way, his buying criteria are much different than mine and his purchasing decisions in no way affect my opinion of a vehicle.

My opinion of this vehicle remains that it will be an expensive, impractical, piece of shit. This is based on the simple fact that if on average you only use 1/3 of those 48hp on the base version you aren't even going to get 1 hour out of the 10 Kwh battery. That is with perfect efficiency in the electronic system and drivetrain, something that is impossible to do. Testing may change my mind, but based on what they are claiming I remain confident it will suck.:td:

Dude ur makin more than me...U ballin.

Oh yeah it's SPORTBIKE not sportSbike.

I know it isn't the same, but I got a chance to ride a ZERO Bike set up for supermoto and it was alright, but nothing special.

What I find more interesting is the fact that there's an electric only race series... when did that happen?

last isle of man, a one make vespa series would be faster

Hey, I'm all for something to goose this technology.