Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Ranga]

I want a cruiser with 24kWh battery and 2 hour recharge time, with a comfy driver's and pillion seat before I want a superbike.

I hope you realize how expensive a 24kWh battery would be, as well as an onboard charger that powerful.

[Erasmo]

I want a cruiser with 24kWh battery and 2 hour recharge time, with a comfy driver's and pillion seat before I want a superbike.

I hope you realize how expensive a 24kWh battery would be, as well as an onboard charger that powerful.

You don't need a super duper onboard charger, just a proper DC inlet.

[ultrarnr]

I want a cruiser with 24kWh battery and 2 hour recharge time, with a comfy driver's and pillion seat before I want a superbike.

Bell Custom Cycles already makes one! Check out the V9. You can get it with either a 18.8 or 33.7 kWh battery. When I asked last fall they can make a CHAdeMO system for it so you should be able to have well under a two hour charge time.
http://brutusmotorcycle.com/brutusV9.html#specs

[hippiesparx]

Yeah, I've seen them. Nice specs, shame about the styling. I mean, it looks good but it's not my style.
Picky bastard, aren't I.
I do like the Triumph Spirit GT idea.
As we all know, the Zero seat has about a 100km limit. By the time your battery is flat your arse feels like the bed of a hydraulic press. If you're two up you have been on pretty intimate terms with your passenger for an hour or more. When you pull up you're looking at a 6-7 hour charge time before you can set off again.
None of this matters for an urban commuter, which is what the Zero S is, but if we are looking to a bike that can do anything an ICE can we want comfort, range and quicker charging.
I've modded my S by adding another 2.2kW of charger. When I had it apart I was looking at the seat and tank and thinking of possibilities. Next project, perhaps.
Unfortunately the size of the frame precludes adding another monoblock, which is where a cruiser frame comes in. Not sure a tourer would be large enough to carry another monoblock, but it could carry 150% more than the Zero S.

[KrazyEd]

800 to 900 lbs. is a bit heavy. Close to 3X the weight of my FX. Ask Terry what happens if it should drift off the road.

[ultrarnr]

But the weight of the V9 is in line with full size cruisers. It is rarely mentioned but the S/SR are small bikes. I stored a friends H-D Road King for a few weeks and when it was next to my SR you realize just how small they really are. Heck, my V-Strom looks small next to the H-D. And the SR makes my Strom look big.

[teddillard]

Exactly.  The SR is a small, albeit really quick, fun, light bike.  I think it's spot-on to call it a "commuter" bike - though I hate that term. 

Maybe the market points to a cruiser, (which I wouldn't take if you gave it to me) but what I think they need is a true sport bike, in the same class as Mission, Energica, Lightning, and the rest.  Because they can, and I want it. 

[DynoMutt]

I want a cruiser with 24kWh battery and 2 hour recharge time, with a comfy driver's and pillion seat before I want a superbike.

I hope you realize how expensive a 24kWh battery would be, as well as an onboard charger that powerful.

Oh, thanks for reminding me.  I want all of those things, and I want it to be $9k.