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Makes And Models => Other Electric Motorcycles => Topic started by: JaimeC on July 18, 2019, 10:06:33 PM
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...is this thing unashamedly phallic in its design??
http://tinyurl.com/y24s6xju
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...is this thing unashamedly phallic in its design??
http://tinyurl.com/y24s6xju
It ain't you. That bike is even more queer than I am!
-Don- Auburn, CA
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Instead of "Hades" they should call that thing the "Overcompensator".
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I just feel so... inadequate now...
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...is this thing unashamedly phallic in its design??
http://tinyurl.com/y24s6xju
:o
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What is that lever on the left side of the handlebar?
-Don- (in the Happy Garden Restaurant, Sacramento, CA)
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Touch it and you'll see :)
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Not good. Especially the cheek light turn signals on the rear!
Steve
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More information here. It sounds like they might be trolling for dollars and at $75K it is likely going to have a life as a museum display rather than a daily rider. Plus I would really like to see how the chassis will be designed so that it will support that phallus-symbol battery pack from just its rear end. ??? https://electricmotorcycles.news/legendary-designer-jt-nesbitt-joins-curtiss-and-unveils-striking-new-hades-model/
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Well, what first comes to my mind is rather a revolver ... with drum, bullet, hammer (seat) ...
But I can see your point ....
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I think so too enaef, it looks just like a 45acp round laying on it's side.
Thus death and Hades.
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I suspect it will age poorly without significant pharmaceutical assistance…
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A little anagram work on HADES gives:
A SHED
I rest my case.
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Thankfully the final design isn't NEARLY as phallic:
https://curtissmotorcycles.com/the-one/
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I wouldn't ride a bicycle without a front shock, why would you put a powerful motor behind that?
-Crissa
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The front end is suspended. It's a proprietary design Curtiss (when they were "Confederate") has used before. It's just not the telescopic fork you're used to looking at. Look through the rest of the gallery; the front shock is clearly on display in a couple of other photos.
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I don't see any room for it to move. I thought maybe it was a swing arm but...
-Crissa
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It's similar to the Hossack-based front ends BMW has been using on their "K" bikes for years now. The latest Honda Goldwings have a similar front-end set-up. It is less obvious on those bikes, though, given that the working pieces are hidden behind fairings.
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Wow, that's still a tiny, tiny shock. A single is better than two, but the travel looks awful.
-Crissa
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It's similar to the Hossack-based front ends BMW has been using on their "K" bikes for years now. The latest Honda Goldwings have a similar front-end set-up. It is less obvious on those bikes, though, given that the working pieces are hidden behind fairings.
I was just about to say my bike has one, but you beat me to it. It's quite bizarre to see it working hard, bopping up & down just behind the clocks:
(https://bikeweb.com/files/images/duolever.gif)
It certainly makes you appreciate how much the suspension is soaking up when you can see it in action on the bike. It also decreases dive, which means getting back onto a normal telescopic-forked bike is always a bit of a shock for me - so to speak.
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I never got on with it myself. I much preferred the feel from Telelever.
Cas :)
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I never got on with it myself. I much preferred the feel from Telelever.
Cas :)
Me too. I prefered the ESA Telelever that I had on my 2007 R1200R to the ESA male-slider forks on my R1200RS.
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Crissa,
If you watch this video carefully you can clearly see the front suspension working:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtbvBVGymBg