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Title: Segway shows off concept model with fairing
Post by: Crissa on January 03, 2020, 01:33:56 AM

https://electrek.co/2020/01/02/watch-segway-apex-electric-motorcycle-concept-track/

The article has some nice stills, since the video is kinda over produced,

https://youtu.be/Y_rMaxzMdb0

Title: Re: Segway shows off concept model with fairing
Post by: wavelet on January 09, 2020, 05:00:15 AM

I'm encouraged that it actually  has a fairing.
Too bad it's only a concept; I wonder if they're seriously considering production? It would seem out of their sphere of activity (the Vespa-type scooter is much closer to their usual market).

Title: Re: Segway shows off concept model with fairing
Post by: togo on February 10, 2020, 09:11:58 AM

This is not Dean Kamen's Segway.

This is 9bot, the Segway clone maker that ended up buying Segway, cashing in on the Segway name for mostly derivative products.

Title: Re: Segway shows off concept model with fairing
Post by: princec on February 10, 2020, 03:59:36 PM

Don't know who it is exactly but that is a stunning concept.

Cas :)

Title: Re: Segway shows off concept model with fairing
Post by: kurio99 on February 10, 2020, 06:48:46 PM

I find concept models to be extremely frustrating.  How often do they actually lead to a worthwhile product for the teeming masses?  Right now, there are hundreds of EM concept models and I suspect that the vast majority of them won't lead to a marketable bike or part.  They are more like one of a kind art projects for bored designers. 

Title: Re: Segway shows off concept model with fairing
Post by: Richard230 on February 10, 2020, 08:13:51 PM

Quote from: kurio99 on February 10, 2020, 06:48:46 PM

I find concept models to be extremely frustrating.  How often do they actually lead to a worthwhile product for the teeming masses?  Right now, there are hundreds of EM concept models and I suspect that the vast majority of them won't lead to a marketable bike or part.  They are more like one of a kind art projects for bored designers.

That has been my thought for some time, also. If you visit this site you can see most of those concepts and press releases, which seem to be announced almost every day, yet how many of them have you seen on the road or even in a retail showroom?  https://electricmotorcycles.news/news/

Not many, I would wager.   ::)

Title: Re: Segway shows off concept model with fairing
Post by: Starpower on February 10, 2020, 10:12:56 PM

1st new bike track video without a knee dragging I've seen. That's a concept in itself!

Title: Re: Segway shows off concept model with fairing
Post by: JaimeC on February 10, 2020, 11:21:16 PM

I just have this image in my mind of an electric racing series for Mall Cops.

Or is that just me?

Title: Re: Segway shows off concept model with fairing
Post by: togo on February 11, 2020, 12:34:51 AM

Quote from: JaimeC on February 10, 2020, 11:21:16 PM

I just have this image in my mind of an electric racing series for Mall Cops.

Or is that just me?

Hahahahaha

Title: Re: Segway shows off concept model with fairing
Post by: Richard230 on February 14, 2020, 08:50:31 PM

A few more words about this concept.  I do like the looks, but I have a feeling that this is another one-off EV that we won't see in a retail showroom:
https://electricmotorcycles.news/interview-with-jc-designer-of-the-segway-ninebot-apex-sportbike/

Title: Re: Segway shows off concept model with fairing
Post by: ZeroFret on March 26, 2020, 09:43:31 AM

One of the better looking concepts I've seen, but yeah, will anyone ever get a chance to actually buy one?