How do you feel about changing to a Electric bike ?

chaparral · 16 Mar 2021 at 13:40

Guys how do you feel about electric bikes

Are you looking forward to changing to an electric bike or do you feel like you will never want one ?

(This is not aimed at little electric bikes/mopes for just getting around town)

chaparral · 16 Mar 2021 at 16:22

Am thinking one the worst things am going to miss is using the clutch & gears as it going feel like a scooter with just twist and go
(I also never really liked auto cars as i find them boring apart from when struck in a traffic jam)

Also thinking am going to miss one of them things a lot of us actually moan about "engine vibrations"

chaparral · 16 Mar 2021 at 16:34

Diddums said:
The problem people are having with leccy bikes is that they're viewing them as replacements to their beloved harleys / supermotos / superbikes / whatever, when in reality they're still far from replacing those staples. They're also still too expensive to be a second bike for most, so whilst they're unparalleled for convenience and zipping around town, affording one would mean selling the main bike, and leccy bikes still have a long way to go until they can replace the weekend / touring bikes.

It's a shame really, I'd absolutely love an electric bike.

I heard a lot of people say they will never change there bike for an electric bike,
But in the future in 15 to 25 etc years am guessing it going to be very hard to buy petrol as Fuel stations will end up dying out due to EV taking over

chaparral · 22 Mar 2021 at 03:45

Kreeeee said:
particularly when the UK catches up with the rest of Europe with noise laws.

France was meant to of been testing noise camera's a year or 2 ago has anyone heard anything more about these ?

chaparral · 28 Mar 2021 at 08:45

One thing am wondering about is with an ICE you know what engine RPM your at as you can feel & hear it so clutching up wheelies, dropping the clutch for burnouts , overtaking cars, Sprint starts etc

How this going to work on a electric bike as your not to going to feel or hear the motor ? :confused:

Are you even going be able to do wheelie & burnouts etc on a electric bike or are the electrics going to stop all the fun :mad:

chaparral · 28 Mar 2021 at 12:05

Hades said:
I'll put money on a future EURO 6, 7, 8, whatever, mandating controls to stop wheelies.

Isn't the euro standards only to do with exhaust emissions ?

chaparral · 28 Mar 2021 at 12:11

stuman said:
You don’t need to clutch dump to fake the torque. However to stop people flipping the bike every time they grab a fist full they limit it. A well tuned curve should allow a wheelie. Especially in “sport” mode. I’d want wheelie defeat on “race” mode tho.

Am much more interested in clutch wheelies and not power wheelies

At my age of 50+ i shouldn't even be doing wheelies

But then again they always say your never to old to have fun

chaparral · 28 Mar 2021 at 12:24

This is scary how silent it is :eek:

chaparral · 11 Apr 2021 at 19:30

DanF said:
Secretly wanting this to happen asap. Most people living in a built up or busy area would like lower noise pollution.
I've owned a stupid loud motorbike before and now realise how annoying it would have been for neighbours etc.

Am the same i owned loads of loud bikes before but now am older my bike just has a stock exhaust as i feel for the neighbours who on both sides of my house have very young kids
And sometimes in the summer months i will take the bike out and not come home till around midnight