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[Richard230]

Personally,  I am not so sure.    Something seems to be missing.   

https://electricmotorcycles.news/novus-presents-their-new-novus-electric-motorcycle-at-ces-2019-in-las-vegas/

One thing is for sure, there are a whole lot of people trying to design and market electric "motorcycles".  But how many will actually see the light of a retail showroom?

[JaimeC]

Well, it's a cycle with an electric motor so... 

[caza]

I'm honestly really fed-up with trying to have a really rigid definition of what a motorcyle is. When I tell people my zero is single speed with no transmission they say "Oh, so it's a scooter" in a really dismissive tone. This same idea is used to dismiss everything innovative and new, from big bikes like the Yamaha Niken to small bikes like this one.

To me, this is obviously a motorcycle, and represents a vehicle segment that I wish would grow in a serious way. There is a lot of potential for lightweight, low cost bikes similar to this for city, suburb, and college use. But right now bikes like this are usually e-bicycles that are illegal to use on the road past 20mph. Take away the pedals and add the required parts to register them as motorcycles and they're really practical machines for a lot of people.

I don't think we should be so dismissive of these "small displacement" electric motorcycles, there's a lot of potential here if we get past the stigma of small bikes.

Think of the old 50-100cc bikes that a lot of people learned on. The MB5, AR50, Trail 90, etc. To me that's what these types of bikes revitalize.

The only things this bike is "missing" to be a motorcycle is mirrors, turn signals, and a license plate. The same things that every major moto manufacturer tends to leave off all their concepts and prototypes.

[NEW2elec]

  Yeah Caza they try to put down what they don't understand.  Don't let the scooter comments bother you I get then too but soon electric bikes will blow past every bike just a matter of time.  We are quicker then them now just not the top speed but it's coming.

As for this bike it's a grey area.  Really they wouldn't want it to be classified as a motorcycle because they would have to jump through a lot of government hoops to pass DOT regulations.  I've seen, lets say EVs, like this with pedals and a chain just to be an E bike so it can go where bicycles go.  Remember you have to have a motorcycle license for a motorcycle and not for sub 50cc scooters and mopeds and such.

They do seem to fit a niche but man are they expensive for what you get at this point.  A real nice E bike goes for $7-8k. 

[Richard230]

Now here is a concept that actually looks like a motorcycle and it is available for "pre-order". I bet then send you a thumb-drive containing computer pictures and specifications of the vehicle when you order one.

https://electricmotorcycles.news/rmk-vehicle-corporation-presents-electric-motorcycle-e2-at-the-mp19-motorcycle-show-in-helsinki-february-2019/

The electric motorcycle concepts just keep on coming.

I might add that what caught my attention about the design of the New Novus electric "motorcycle" was first that big empty space in the center of the bike and then the fact that it seemed more like a very expensive and overly-styled motorized bicycle than a "motorcycle", which is what it was claimed to be.

[JaimeC]

That big empty space might make for an interesting locking storage box...

[Richard230]

That big empty space might make for an interesting locking storage box...

If it  was filled in with a plastic panel, it would look a lot like a Brammo Enertia to me.