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Jarrett, I'm all IN on this baby! Bring it.
Never thought of that on these but that is a great suggestion. I have a bad right knee and it's hard using the rear pedal, excellent idea. They are there, so easy to change if Honda didn't do it.I like it and like where this is headed. Without a clutch lever though, why not move the rear brake to the handlebar?
If anyone can move the needle on these, it's Honda.Wow, first I've heard of it.
I was hoping Honda would jump into the electric game.
I don't see much battery there though. The battery on mine seems like its 60% or more of the size and weight of the bike.
One day they are going to have a breakthrough on battery tech and things are going to get really interesting.
I often wonder about that. I've thought about adding one to my bikes. There a few situations where a left hand rear brakes makes sense.I like it and like where this is headed. Without a clutch lever though, why not move the rear brake to the handlebar?
To me, what sets the Honda apart from the Alta, it looks really similar to what we ride now. Almost normal looking in photos. Don't get me wrong I love the sound of 4 strokes and riding my 2 stroke. I just see what these bikes can do for us as you eliminate one of the public's biggest complaint and that is noise! Go to an offroad park and listen to the quad boys and their mega exhaust and you see why we have the angst of the public. Harleys and quad guys seem to love noise, lol, just messing( a little). But noise does hurt us and with modern exhaust most of the time doesn't net any real gain, maybe a weight loss.More infos:
From our Japanese correspondent Hiromi Kinukawa we have reached some more information.
He visited Tokyo Motorcycle Show and was able to take pictures of the HONDA electric MUGEN version. “E. REX Prototype”. All the classic and drivetrain components are the same but have different look than the CR-E Prototype version.
Hiromi: “Motor output and battery capacity was not open, I asked the MUGEN guy but no comment, lol.”
Also, no production date was released, but during the press show, the test rider of MUGEN SHINDEN (TT racer) mentioned that all the prototypes are followed by production. So, may be not far from actual production release.
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Yeah, you really have to up your radar for pedestrians. I scared the heck out of a jogger on accident the other day out in the boonies.If you rightfully thought you were invisible to some drivers on the road you better now include pedestrians to that mix too.
Good on Honda! BTW, I rode Jarrett's Zero yesterday on the semi-backroads through and around Maypearl yesterday. It was a lot of fun but I noticed something while doing so that I hadn't really considered before. I know it's almost silent running but it felt peculiar to pass by people working in their yards or whatever and no one looked over at you. They had no idea I was there! If they didn't see me coming they appeared to not know I was there. That was a weird realization to me. I even drove through the gas station that was pretty full just for grins. As I pulled in there was a teenager walking from the far pump over to the store and he walked right in front of me without looking up from his phone. If you rightfully thought you were invisible to some drivers on the road you better now include pedestirans to that mix too.
Steve, I bet if you rode neked they would notice you
The lack of sound is a problem in some spots, a couple of guys I ride with have Alta's as a 2nd bike, when they're riding through the pits it's extremely easy to step in front of them.Good on Honda! BTW, I rode Jarrett's Zero yesterday on the semi-backroads through and around Maypearl yesterday. It was a lot of fun but I noticed something while doing so that I hadn't really considered before. I know it's almost silent running but it felt peculiar to pass by people working in their yards or whatever and no one looked over at you. They had no idea I was there! If they didn't see me coming they appeared to not know I was there. That was a weird realization to me. I even drove through the gas station that was pretty full just for grins. As I pulled in there was a teenager walking from the far pump over to the store and he walked right in front of me without looking up from his phone. If you rightfully thought you were invisible to some drivers on the road you better now include pedestirans to that mix too.
Wow.New battery tech on the way from the 95 year old UT Prof who invented Lithium-Ion.
Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor Introduces New Technology for Fast-Charging, Noncombustible Batteries
John Goodenough and his team have developed the first all-solid-state battery cells that could lead to safer, faster-charging, longer-lasting rechargeable batteries.news.utexas.edu
Yea, wondered if this was the next big stepWow.
Stickers ??? We don't need no stinking STICKERS !
I'm still upset the two strokes were fazed ou