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This one really hums going down the road. http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10279809-54.html?tag=newsLatestHeadlinesArea.0For $300 - 500 less, you can get a Triumph that easily goes twice as fast, 4 times as far between "charges" and it only takes 1/60 as long to get it back to full "charge". BUT, you can't get a Triumph at Best Buy.
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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Saddle Sore
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Ya know that ain't a bad concept. I wouldn't ride it to bike night but I do believe it has potencial. I'm envisioning more electric vehicles in the near future. And a kilowatt of electricity will be $400.00 
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Should be Riding
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If they sell them successfully, maybe in a matter of a few years they would actually be affordable for the masses.
Always remember to be yourself. Unless you suck. Then pretend to be someone else.
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Oil Expert
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$11,995 though - holy cow!
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Loquacious
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But as far as it's being "green":
50% of all US electricity is from coal-fired plants.
So it's 50% COAL POWERED!
Of course if you have your own Wind Turbine...
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Should be Riding
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Should be Riding
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Worn Saddle
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I couldn't tell under all that molding.... DWIGHT, did you see any FINS? 
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I once read a scifi book written around 1900 that had everyone riding around on electric rollerskates. There were high frequency power lines running along metal paved streets and people had a hatpin sized antenna in their hats to pick up power radiating from the power lines and feed it to the skates.
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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Fe Butt
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Funny thing is there are electric skates out there. Not powered the way described though. Funny how sci-fi becomes reality. (powered skateboards and scooters too)
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
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Stickman Yogi
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Hummer... good name for it.
Live to love, love to live.
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Fe Butt
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Hummer? There was already another hummer out there the AUP prevents me from going into it any farther but I'm a fan! 
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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Adjunct
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Hummer? 
2018 FLHCS
2014 Surly Straggler - 16,000 miles and counting!
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it ain't got no gas in it
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Stickman Yogi
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Quote:
Hummer?
Yup, it's a hummer alright. HD Hummer web page
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The Harley Hummer was my first bike at around age 13. It smoked...literally!
It was fun, but i was glad to finally get a Honda a couple years later.
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Stickman Yogi
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Quote:
The Harley Hummer was my first bike at around age 13. It smoked...literally!
It was fun, but i was glad to finally get a Honda a couple years later.
Wow... that's pretty cool. You're the first person I've 'met' that can say that.
Live to love, love to live.
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Loquacious
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I know I like the ratty look but WTF?  
"You can't believe everything you read on the internet" : William Shakespeare
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I don't know about louder pipes but you could put a card in the spokes.
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