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[gasdive]

I was filling out a survey and they had a box for "any other comments about the survey or electric motorcycles" and as I filled it in I just kept adding little thoughts.  More and more and couldn't stop.   Looking at what I'd written I thought I should share it with the community.

Maybe you want to eliminate my responses.  Firstly I'm in Australia.  Secondly I'm a "true believer".  I love the simplicity of an electric compared to the massive complexity of a fourstroke.   I love the lack of engine braking.  I love the instant power.  I love the way I can jump on and ride with no warming up.  I love not spending my weekends tearing them apart and fixing or replacing worn, dirty or burnt parts.  I love knowing it's always full whenever I jump on.  I love being able to head off early for work and I don't wake my neighbours up.  I love the cool sound.  I love never having to leave it at the dealers for a service.  I love the lack of vibration that lets me see if it's a taxi or a cop car in the mirror.  I love being able to pull away knowing it won't stall or starve for petrol.  I love never having to carry spare spark plugs. I love never having bottles and bottles of used engine oil that I need to drive out to the waste centre "one day".  I love knowing that my dog or the neighbours kids won't burn themselves on the exhaust if they run up to me as I get home.

[skadamo]

Nice list!

[gasdive]

I stopped there but it was an effort of will to not just gush and gush.  Notice that saving the planet didn't actually make the list? (along with saving money).  I wrote in my blog that it's so much fun I'd ride it even if it was powered by ground up baby seals.  That might be an exageration (there's no ground baby seal in the shops around here).  I do have a twostroke that's all the things that Bubba wants in a bike.  It's loud, it smokes, it's fast, it's scary but I never ride it because I just like the Zero more.

=:)

[Richard230]

One of my favorite things, once I buy an electric motorcycle that lives up to its hype, is that I won't have to pay my dealer $500 or more every 6K miles to service the vehicle.  Plus, one of these days, there is going to be a gasoline supply disruption again (like in 1974) and then an electric motorcycle will be worth its weight in gold.