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[NEW2elec]

So some of the results were from 56.1 MPG to 70.9 MPG, they were trying to drop emissions but only got a small drop.  It was funny when he said "its getting hot in here" since electric bikes aren't furnaces with two wheels we wouldn't feel such things.

I thought I'd share this since it has been a topic to improve range but to me it also shows the slippery slope to a full dork pod.  If you get to this level you really want a Leaf in my opinion, but it can be done and of course better than this which is just a bubble and not really streamline. 

[benswing]

You have seen what Craig Vetter did to Terry Hershner's bike, right?


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[Ranga]

Pause the video at the 26 second mark and you can see that the exhaust is inside the aero bubble. No wonder it was getting hot.

I also wonder if blocking air from flowing directly over the radiator made a difference in efficiency.

[NEW2elec]

For the show and on an ICE bike it's a pure Myth Busters "look at what we can do" moment.  The heat, the exhaust, the back end opening up to get off makes this bubble a waste of time.  I thought it was funny that the whole thing was to improve it's MPG to get emissions down when the electrics start out with zero. 
Yes I saw Terry's Vetter bike and it looked 1000 times better than the bubble for sure and I know it preformed better.
For speed records and distance records it's a no brainer better way to go than a stock Zero.
But on the street in the real world something like that is just too much.
Sport fairings look great and don't take away too much of the motorcycle riding experience of the "open" feel and some wind to remind you your not in a car.  But your not getting super improved range.
I feel the "super" aero option is like the "ride at 15 mph" option it gets me more range but at a cost of the fun motorcycle ride I wanted in the first place.
A streamline back end to smooth turbulence  is good, a sport front end to get the air moving up and around is fine but then you have to crouch down. 
The next step is cover the sides then might as well have a roof and boom before you know it your in a two wheeled car with one seat and no trunk.
It just seems to be the logical path of aero = better then more aero = best.
What "best" do we really want?

[MrDude_1]

Sport fairings look great and don't take away too much of the motorcycle riding experience of the "open" feel and some wind to remind you your not in a car.  But your not getting super improved range.
I feel the "super" aero option is like the "ride at 15 mph" option it gets me more range but at a cost of the fun motorcycle ride I wanted in the first place.

bingo.
Its also one of the reasons zero doesnt need a "sportbike" yet. Its not going to help range alot... and it would just become known as a underpowered sportbike, instead of an overpowered "standard".