I like this.

[chris.biker]

I like the look of this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WypZvsIj8-k

[Hamos]

I agree.  Never heard of Mission Motorcycles before.  That bike looks amazing and would seem to offer just what I have sitting in th garag now.  Price is prohibitive, but if you look at the latest Panegale at £25k then not that far off.  I'm all for electric, bring it on.  Would love to have a go on this.

[Dead Eye]

Looks pretty awesome but the catch as always is the range. Battery tech hasn't caught up to the convenience of combustion fuels yet That's the only thing that would stop me for sure

[Hamos]

I rarely get 25 miles from my house anyway and most trips are to work and back.  I would get one over a panegale if both were an option

[midden]

I'd be alright Jack.  Free charge point's in Q car parks 

[Dead Eye]

I imagine it would be good for the odd small bimble or commuter job, but you would certainly have issues if you wanted to do any sort of touring, or medium-long stretches. I can't see it being any use for having a day out in Wales for example unless you lived there, or fairly close by. Hell, for most of us, by the time we go to some of our favourite roads we'd probably have to limp home again...

All that being said and done though, perhaps it will encourage a wider adoption of electrical charging outlets across the country. Ultimately there is a need for improved battery tech, so that you can stuff a ridiculous amount of amps down its throat in one go without any reliability / lifetime issues

[chris.biker]

It charges in an hour, so lunch time at a stop off could afford to pay up to £10 for a charge that uses pennies worth of electricity. It would still be about a third of the cost of fuel in the Hornet to do a 140 miles.

[midden]

Some sainsbury's  have charge points free for customers to use.  Bargain

[nick crisp]

How long do these things take to charge up?

[midden]

It charges in an hour, so lunch time at a stop off could afford to pay up to £10 for a charge that uses pennies worth of electricity. It would still be about a third of the cost of fuel in the Hornet to do a 140 miles.

[Dead Eye]

Hmm... that's actually totally unreasonable

I was expecting something more akin to 6 hours~

The regenerative braking is definitely a bonus to avoid wasting as much energy as possible

[midden]

Problem comes when deciding whether to have one with gears or not.  Brembo has 6 speed box.......

[chris.biker]

No need for gears so don't want them.


It can be charged in ten minutes if done with DC.


My next question to the manufacturer would be wht is the serviceable life of the battery and how much for a replacement?

[Dead Eye]

They said in the video that they don't make it with gears - seems fair enough to me. I'd like to give it a try because as they mentioned in the video, you get all that torque from the electric motor at any given RPM... that's gotta be fun!

[midden]

Based only on my commute to work which costs around £899 per year is it economically viable

[nick crisp]

Based only on my commute to work which costs around £899 per year is it economically viable

Would that be between £898.50 and £899.50 per year?

[nick crisp]

My next question to the manufacturer would be wht is the serviceable life of the battery and how much for a replacement?

Seems like a pretty important question to me.

Also, tying in with this; let's say for argument's sake that these kinds of battery-powered vehicles become practical and economically viable to the point where they replace the ICE for general road use. What would be the costs, if any, to the environment, of disposal of potentially 100s of 1000s of such batteries as they expire?

[Dead Eye]

Probably less so that the Carbon emissions from conventional internal combustion engines

Although landfill is a concern, it is less damaging to the overall planet than carbon emissions are - not that I'm suggesting that this is what would happen to them, just food for thought

[midden]

[quote author=midden link=topic=16888.msg195091#msg195091 date=1431343727]
Based only on my commute to work which costs around £899 per year is it economically viable

Would that be between £898.50 and £899.50 per year?
[/quote]
it would yes      and I'm waiting for Morrissons  to install a coin tray payment facility so I can pay for it al in 1p's  :lol

[nick crisp]

and I'm waiting for Morrissons  to install a coin tray payment facility so I can pay for it al in 1p's  :lol

:lol