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I saw a homemade electric motorcycle today, now I am hooked (slrpnk.net)
submitted 10 hours ago by to c/micromobility@lemmy.world
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I was riding my electric scooter up to school to drop off my wife's charger for her electric scooter when i was passed by an electric motorcycle.

It was a chopper style frame. The motor/gas tank area was so empty. The whole thing was so quiet. I wish I had my GoPro set up to record while i ride, i really want some pics of the thing. Now i watching videos and reading blogs of building an electric motorcycle.

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[–] 4 points 3 hours ago (1 child)

altr

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    • [–] 8 points 7 hours ago

    Every time i saw an electric moped goes by, my urge of getting one is increase a little bit. The thing that prevent me from riding a motorcycle is the stupid vibration, i'm sure the older i get the less tolerant i have with vibration. And the noise. (And also the phobia i had when i get left hooked by a car last time)

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    [–] 12 points 9 hours ago (1 child)

    A DIY EV motorcycle is absolutely the dream.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 child)

    I've thought about it many times but motorcycles are leisure vehicles for me and I wanna ride it off into The Sticks without having to stop every hour.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

    I feel the same way. I put a 10 gallon tank on my motorcycle so I could go far. My preference would be something that gets at least 300 miles per charge and doesn't cost $40k.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 hours ago*

    I mean even if it costs $30k, compare that to an ICE motorcycle that can do the same for $5k and you're gonna have a REAL hard time convincing me LOL. I do, however, have an ebike for trips <50 miles.

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    • [–] 3 points 7 hours ago

    Has the market for used choppers crashed yet? I see so few millennials on them compared to Gen X and boomers, let alone Gen Z.

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    [–] 1 point 7 hours ago (1 child)

    Pics or GTFO

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