Street Fighter LTD wrote: It has my attention
But so does the new Tesla CyberTruck. Im thinking about the 3 motor AWD super truck Zero to 60 in 2.9 sec.. and 500 hundred mile range
Even if you dont like electric vehicles , do the math on cost of going 200 miles on the bike or 500 miles in the truck
Puts gas burners to shame for cost per mile.
Weak link is going on a long trip when adding in charging times while on the road
Dave
So I bought my bike 42 years ago for about $2,500. Today, fuel costs me about $2.69 per gallon. Assuming I ride at normal speeds I get about 40 mpg.
The electric bike costs $25,000. It cost something to charge the batteries in that bike, and here that electricity is generated by burning coal – but I won’t go into that right now. So, if I subtract my $2,500 from the $25,000 I get $22,500. If I divide that $22,500 by the $2.69 fuel bill per gallon I get 8,364 gallons of fuel. If I multiply 8,364 gallons times 40 mpg I get 334,560 miles.
I know I didn’t take into account the difference in the value of money from when I bought my bike until today, but I also didn’t take into account any costs at all for charging the electric bike.
I think I’ll keep my 1977 KZ650 until it has 334,560 miles on it, then I will consider an electric bike. I only need to ride it another 272,560 miles before I must make that decision.
Ed