Electric motorcycle inventor crashes at Wired NextFest

Video of Bill Dube's interview and his then attempting a burnout and crashing today .

WOW that bike is fast! I wonder how far you can go on a charge? Oh yeah, the chick looked hott too, is 40k what is required to nab a hot chick?
I think he might have crashed at the end.
Hah
Goes to show, when playing with 400 HP bikes, where a helmet.

Yeah, nice chicky, but like AR15ron said,, no helmet, how dumb can you get.

link doesnt work for me

Not working for me now either, the site seems to be down. I'd try it again later.

as the kids say nowadays"that thing is stupid fast" and he's stupid for not wearing a cover.people WEAR YOUR HElMETS he would have been hurt worse if he hit that van in the middle

I guess he thought he didn't need a helmet if he was just going to do a burn out. Good thing he's not the rider. Maybe he should stick to paying for stuff and design.

I could only get that link to play up to 2:44, which is before the burnout begins. I've been trying all day. Here's a link to You Tube if the first link doesn't work for you:

You Tube Link

Post edited by: 79MKII, at: 2007/09/14 15:33

I can't believe how he called it! He says thing like, "I'm the owner, not the rider, this should be interesting" and "I've seen a guy get killed drag racing, it's the most dangerous motor sport" and "I hope I don't get carried away in an ambulance" !!!! :ohmy: (quoting to the best of my memory) I guess he's psychic too.

That thing really took off and accelerated. I can't help but wonder what his zero-to-minivan time was!:whistle: :blush: (Couldn't help it)

I also heard that other than a few stitches he was OK. I heard someone say that the throttle stuck open. Maybe a safety switch is in order?? Why not put it on the brake?