Yamaha PES1

stuman · 5 Mar 2016 at 10:46

So i stumbled across this cool toy yesterday, and all the press releases point to a 2016 release.

just so happens i need a cheap traffic dodger in the next few months.

has anybody heard anything about this? last news seems to have come out of the Tokyo show in October?

few links.....

http://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/23/yamaha-pes1-ped1-electric-motorcycles-production/

IC3 · 5 Mar 2016 at 10:57

Get LS-218

stuman · 5 Mar 2016 at 11:05

lol, i think i can hear the screams of my bank manager from here.....

jigger · 5 Mar 2016 at 14:47

I'm not sure this would make good cheap city bike. In town I would want the ability to blip the throttle.

wazza300 · 5 Mar 2016 at 17:12

that seat

ive seen thicker slices of bread

and those wheel spokes are paper thin

andicole0 · 5 Mar 2016 at 17:23

IC3 said:
Get LS-218

How much!!!!
Andi.

stuman · 5 Mar 2016 at 17:41

wazza300 said:
that seat ive seen thicker slices of bread

and those wheel spokes are paper thin

With a range of about 60 miles, you won't be on the seat that much lol. And at less than 100kg you don't need pepper pot wheels!

Tefal · 5 Mar 2016 at 18:29

Ehy the silly hollow tank and seat its gonna be a commuter so why not make them into handy storage spaces :/

stuman · 5 Mar 2016 at 19:05

I know what you mean. But it looks cool

and for that I'll wear a backpack

Just not sure when a 2016 release would be :/

ShakenNstirred · 5 Mar 2016 at 19:08

stuman said:
So i stumbled across this cool toy yesterday, and all the press releases point to a 2016 release.

just so happens i need a cheap traffic dodger in the next few months.

has anybody heard anything about this? last news seems to have come out of the Tokyo show in October?

few links.....

http://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/23/yamaha-pes1-ped1-electric-motorcycles-production/

Cant see it being cheap
a cheap 2nd hand 125 would be better

Sin_Chase · 5 Mar 2016 at 21:26

Electric bike....cheap?

Think again

stuman · 6 Mar 2016 at 11:18

I don't mean initial outlay. If I was to guess the bike would be 7-8k. But for running cost.

tom_e · 6 Mar 2016 at 11:20

stuman said:
I don't mean initial outlay. If I was to guess the bike would be 7-8k. But for running cost.

Until something goes wrong, bikes in general are cheap to run anyway as long as you don't mind playing with some spanners once in a while.

stuman · 6 Mar 2016 at 11:38

Exactly, I managed most of the major service on my stripple. Couldn't manage the shock rebuild tho. It's just a lot of faffing.

Flack88 · 6 Mar 2016 at 13:03

Never understood electric cars and bikes, the electricity still has to come from a coal power station for the most part. Let alone there is no noise which makes up a lot of the joy you get when driving/riding.

GSXR Gaz Mc · 6 Mar 2016 at 13:38

bit fugly though..defo not my cup of tea..prefer the ktm

One · 6 Mar 2016 at 14:07

Flack88 said:
Never understood electric cars and bikes, the electricity still has to come from a coal power station for the most part. Let alone there is no noise which makes up a lot of the joy you get when driving/riding.

Are they not more efficient? Plus, a certain percentage of electricity will come from renewable sources. It's not much maybe 10% or 20% but it's still more than the 0% of petrol. This number will only increase too as we systematically remove our dependency on fossil fuels.

It won't be long before noisy petrol bikes are sole the domain of hobbyists. We'll get the same looks from people that steam train enthusiasts get or steamroller enthusiasts

stuman · 6 Mar 2016 at 15:24

There is less noise, but there is still noise, think tye fighter from starwars ish. I like the idea of charging overnight like my phones X not having to pull into a petrol station and faff around. Get home plug in and forget until morning. The green thing is not majorly important to me, but supporting new emerging tech which will surpass the ICE that is kind of important.