Electric Motorcycles | Translogic
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- On this episode of Translogic, our motorcycle-loving host Jonathon Buckley tries out some of the hottest electric motorcycles on the market. During the episode we check out Mission Motorcycles, Harley-Davidson Project LiveWire, and Lightning Motorcycles.
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The lightning 218 is not really known which is a shame since its an amazing bike.Just Winning Pike Peak should say how good it is.Its probably better than bikes coming out in 2020.
No love for the Energica Ego? It's the one I'd have if I was in the market for a new bike.
$8000 is the price of a battery for my buddies zero electric motorcycle. One of his employees some how screwed up charging the battery on the zero. Either he forgot to hook up the power to the charger, or he forgot to hook the charger up to the battery, but the battery voltage dropped way down, and for some reason, once they go down so low, they can never recover. My buddy called the factory, called battery manufacturers, talked to the charger company, He searched the Internet for answers on blogs,he tried everything for over a month, he decided to just part out the zero motorcycle rather than put a new battery in it. The motorcycle is out of warranty
I did some basic math. At 50 miles per gallon on a gasoline engine motorcycle. You could travel 160,000 miles on $2.50 a gallon gasoline for $8000.
And you don’t have to plug in a gasoline engine motorcycle into a charger.. another consideration is, The cost of the electricity needed to recharge the battery in an electric vehicle over its lifespan.
In my experience, batteries not in electric cars or motorcycles, but in RC cars, as the batteries get older, their performance declines noticeably. They do not perform as new all the way up and to the point that they do not take a charge anymore. You can tell the battery is dying well in advance as performance and length of charging time change as the battery ages. My sons have competed in RC car racing for many years, and I know from them, that a new battery is a new battery, and an old battery does not perform like a new battery in an electric vehicle.
I will admit that a motorcycle with a gasoline engine will also show that it’s getting tired as it ages. But you can rebuild a gasoline engine.
Both electric and gasoline powered vehicles have their positive and negative considerations. No pun intended.
It’s just that when I get on my gas powered motorcycle on a Saturday or a Sunday morning. It’s not uncommon for me to do a 500 mile day with other riders... both of my street bikes have enough fuel capacity to do 200+ miles on one tank of fuel. But once I get above 150 miles on a tank of fuel since the last fill up, I keep an eye out for a gas station. That would be a problem with an electric motorcycle. I can do a fill up on my gas engine motorcycles in under five minutes. I don’t even take off my helmet or gloves doing a fill up most of the time.With a electric motorcycle. I could run out of gasoline completely with my gas powered motorcycle, and borrow some gas from a farmer or someone cutting their grass, and be on my way, but I don’t know if I could borrow some electricity for my electric motorcycle and be on my way at all.
I would probably need a place to crash out for a few hours waiting for the battery to charge, No pun intended.
You may not be a semi-long distance motorcycle rider, and you may justify buying an electric motorcycle for that reason. But if you have an electric motorcycle, long-distance rides will be completely out of the question.. A gasoline engine motorcycle can do both..
Kreosan is a Ukranian diy TH-camr. He and more two friends made a 600 mile trip with three guetto diy electric bikes.
If they did it with $300 bikes, I have no doubt someone could do it with expensive electric motorcycles
Harry Lime for now, still early. Gas has had a head start but electric will catch up. EVs have already double range in the last 5 years.
I guess they recorded the Mission segment before the Lightening segment. The new Lightening Strike is 1/3 the price and actually beats ‘em in specs. 😮
@QUICK-STAR Lightning Strike Base model US$13 000. Lightning Strike Carbon = US$19 998 - Ohlins NIX/TTX suspension, Brembo M50 brakes. carbon fairing, 30 minute DC quick charge, 20kWh battery, 150 miles, 120HP & 240nm.
So, 13000 x 3 = 39000. yes, not exactly 1/3 of US$38 888, but the difference is less than what I spend on lunch in a month.
The Lightning vapoware?
I bought a lightning motorcycle and i absolutely love it
Wait! You actually have a lightning??? The ls-218?? What country are you in? Where did you get it? Dealer?
WE NEED TO KNOW
He is a terrible liar
Of course you did...
Reply bait?
I think price will be a limiting factor for many! It amazes me how this technology has not been utilised before now, I imagine pricing and batteries have played a major part in this.
We love seeing Electric Motorcycle reviews.
Gwyneth Paltrow works for Harley?
Isn't Mission dead? For like 2 years? And what about Zero?
kvgolfa Apple poached a lot of their developers and fuel companies made it impossible for them... just like they did with tesla. unfortunately these guys folded... it's such a shame they would have been the best.
Sure they're just victims. The price is what killed them.
No... internal combustion engine companies, and apple killed them...
They build a high component quality machine, but the price needs to come down to under $30,000, or there just not competitive.
Harley has more chance, but keeping Buell going would have provided a sport bike range, Erik deserved better than they did to him.
Now lightning, create a cruiser that has a 100 mile range that is a quarter of the price and you will have me as a customer!
Yeah, 43000? I'm not trying to win peaks pike. I'm trying to go to work and back. For 43000 I might as well go get model 3.
Great information....and great Vedio
Such a shame Mission folded, their bike looks to be the most exciting.
I'm a big E-: Motorcycle fan definitely going to buy an E- Motorcycle been wanting to get one for a while but even the used ones are kinda pricey but definitely gonna buy one just as soon as the prices come down ...one more thing I would like to see a CHOPPER style E-Motorcycle.....
That would be the only Harley I would ever buy. Not that Harley's are bad bikes I just don't like the V-twin engines. They are all nice bikes and hopefully they will come down in price very soon.
It’s beautiful. If I win lotto I will buy one. 😂
No mention of Zero? Wtf?
Gabriel DeVault zero refuses to make performance motorcycles that anyone wants... they continue to make lightweight commuting bikes... maybe someday they will get better.
@@jamessever8936 There's just no market for those $40K performance motorcycles and Zero knows that - that's why they're still around and kicking and many of the performance oriented startups are not. Sure they could easily make them, but it's just not sensible business strategy.
@@C3rdito your correct. I know this now
I am wondering, is it really feeling OK to not having a clutch? I understand, when you want engine breaking - regenerative braking comes as equals. But what when you just want to coast down to the intersection? Isn't it jerky to feel the middle of acceleration versus regenerative breaking? What if you had a pseudoclutch lever, which just electrically disconnects all electromotive devices? I have to say, I do not like automatic transmissions on cars as well, that could make a better picture of my worries :D Although, I do not worry about no sound, I have had people come to my MC asking if it was electric due to low sound, haha.
Since then Lightning has become dormant, Mission decided to stop the project, the Harley has become a Lifewire (By the way: The prototype looked best) and Energica has filled the sports bike gap but is now in trouble itself. So there is still a long way to go. I however bought myself a second hand Energica Esseesse9 a week ago. So the revolution has become more like an evolution but the future is still electric. Light electric urban motorcycles are clearly gaining market share.
Range is everything! If you can't do the distance....
Ide be tickled pink to see a 200 mph electric Harley.
Harley Davidson project livewire not far from release now!
It will be better if sound system is included like the EV bike(Revolt) from India.
We’re developing an atomic drive motorcycle. when the price of thorium comes down, this is the bomb. Split Atoms, not Spilt Gas!
1:19 What wins on Sunday sells on Monday
$58,000,I wouldn't pay that much for any bicycle even if I could go to moon on it! Good luck with that price! you can have a Zero for $16,000.00!
LIKE the concept EV bike's
well of crouse you can't just take that bike and win all races, purely because there are REGULATIONS :)) for any race, starting from the Club Racing ending at MOTOGP :) lol. 38k is quite a lot, 14k is acceptable.
Very exciting.
@55 sec slow mo, look at the headlamp bulbs move? $illy. See you @ MotoGP?
have you tried turning off and back on again lol
😂😂😂 Now that was funny. Must be designed by Micrsoft. 😂
I'm not too happy with Harley's approach. The bike looks good but other than that, to bring an under-performing bike as a demo to the public to ask them what they want is just not a good idea. Do your own work and research. Look at the best selling electrics out there and make something better at the same price or less. Simple.
Agreed. They launched a bike that has less performance/range that was is currently on the market and a high price point. I don't see it selling very well.
Amazing
Well nothing beats the Sweds gost riders hayabusa with a turbo pushing over 400 horses! And the sound is great!!! And having a clutch where you can have the amount of torque you want when you want it... F electric motor bike crap!
Energica or Zero?
495 pounds isn't comparable, gas models are 50 if not more pounds lighter wet
The music is distracting.
Hell yeah!!!! This is amazing I need one
Intake ,Compression,Power ,Exhaust 4 Ever !
SO IF YOUR RICH YOU GET AND IF YOUR NOT RICH YOU DON'T SOUND PRETTY SHIT TO THE AVERAGE BIKE LOVING PERSON
Camerman be like 10% Motorcycle and 90% host...
amazing bike but no more battery long enough😂
emflux one
38,000.00 dollars are you out of your mind?
Don't Harleys cost that much
$38,000 umm no, and for that price it should not have flaws. Edit. 68,000 bahahahhahaha
What aa...Great N Super Expensive Bikes!!
Now a days in 2021 or even since 2019 the Chinese electric is more cheap. ..silent.
For City variant ...the electric Chinese bike is more better!!
Well money can't tricks us guys! !!...for $380.000 electric motorcycle of course must providING power ...style N others...but for the $2000 Chinese motorcycle. .men...!!...please don't complaints! !
For sure the $2000 Chinese bike has no sounds at all...I like silent bike rather than making sounds like robots! !!..cool sounds. ..but I prefer the silent $2000 Chinese electric motorcycle!!
Jesus interviewers come up with stupid shit to say on these shows! 9:40 "where did this idea come from". Really?? Electric-everything is the biggest thing right now and he askes a lame question like that? Oh I suppose just this one company was origional in building yet another electric motorcycle, duh!
I can buy ebike from china 500 pcs of your price, it wont run 218mph, but it runs 120mph.
Put a slip on and call it a bike 🤪
Amazing but a bit to heavy for a real sport motorcycle
38k for a fucking electric motorbike?
The only people buying those are going to be pro riders cuz nobody else is going to be willing to fork over that kind of money.
Hope you don't plan on selling too many of them, pal.
I'll spend 12k on a new Zero DSR or a ZEV cuz I don't plan on going 200+MPH
Whats the point of a 40,000 bike thats not comfortable
I agree. In fact all motorbikes are uncomfortable compared to cars and sofas, so only an idiot would buy one.
Too bad that Harley isn’t keeping up. Nice bike though.
Tesla motorcycles
Musk has already said that's never gonna happen as it doesn't fit Tesla's "safety first" profile. (Plus he apparently nearly killed himself on a bike!) Tesla are aiming for huge, worldwide mass market appeal, not so much the relatively small motorcycle demographic.
USA USA USA USA USA
Yeah Nah. Not for me
It's all good making electric superbikes, but how about a sport tourer, for the masses, with full luggage.
An electric Hardly Drivable how to kill a good image.
Stupid... don't trust those marketing thing.😇
Horrible editing spoiled the show