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Have just watched ... Video Road Test : The Zero S Electric Supermotard. I know that to alot of people these are not considered as real motorcycles and they make a funny sound but 0 to 60 in 4 seconds is rapid get away and maybe they could get a little speaker with a roar like the peg and cardboard we use to put on our pushbikes to make em sound like a motorbike ... remember doing that ? Anyhow what's the feeling out there towards these new fangled lectric machines ... I want one. Anyone got a link bizo to Zero ... Made in Calfornia 
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Live to love, love to live.
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Try this - Zero motorcyclesKen PS - I was a few seconds slower than I needed to be - came in second to mountainman.
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Cheer guys but what I'm also going for is what we call the mood of the men ... how do you FEEL about these machines ? YES ... NO ... MAYBE Do ya Rate Em or Do ya Hate Em ?  Nosey little indivdual that I am ... I need to know  or 
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Check out Brammo Enertia too.
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I like the idea. I would love to pick one up as a commuter.
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only draw back is the range, top speed and charging time.
if you run out of gas you can fill up. if your battery goes dead you have 4+ hours to kill.
If it isn't broke, I haven't messed with it.
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It's the future. I'd love to test ride one.
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If the prices were better, I'd replace my Chinese scooter with one. In time they will be.
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There maybe room for them to say be commuter bikes or a replacement for say the Thunderbird but all in all not my cup of rum. 
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My commute is 7 miles. I'd only have to charge it once a week.  
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Check out Brammo Enertia too.
I actually wonder if they'll keep making the Enertia once the Empulse hits the street. I mean, for $8k, the Enertia isn't much of a bike... The Empulse on the other hand, I might consider.
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 Ten grand is a fair bit of money to out lay but I'm considering converting a Honda 4 similarly to what this Kwaka's been done except with Lithium batteries. Have watched video on u-tube White Zombie a Datsun 2 door conversion blowing them away on the drag strip ... Amazing guy having a go.  
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I wouldn't mind some of the parts off that kwaka. 
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Now I just knew that would get you goin'
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Might that be "an upgrade from the Thunderbird"? 
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Might that be "an upgrade from the Thunderbird"?
Definetely +1 
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