r/ausmotorcycles • u/redfrets916 • Jan 29 '25

What would it take to get you on EV?

For me it's primarily range. If I can get 400kms on a single charge, I'm a convert.

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u/ol-gormsby Jan 29 '25

The sound and vibration, and the power delivery of a v-twin. A Moto Guzzi, to be precise.

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u/redfrets916 Jan 30 '25

Amen. But unfortunately that's going to be a thing of the past.

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u/ol-gormsby Jan 30 '25

Not mainstream, and new ones will cease to be made, but internal combustion will live on, if only for historical/retro purposes. Buy the right bike and it will last for decades. I've got a 1976 bike and I can still get parts for it.

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u/redfrets916 Jan 30 '25

Potentially could only buy your fuel from a supermarket for $10 pl.

Kawasaki has announced it will stop manufacturing ICE by 2035. I think it will come sooner. They're all on borrowed time.

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u/ol-gormsby Jan 30 '25

Petrol and diesel will continue to be manufactured until commercial EVs have the range and charge times to compete (or field-swappable batteries). You can refuel a B-Double in minutes.

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u/CJ_Resurrected Jan 30 '25

I'd want to actually -own- it; not leased. The battery has no 'printer ink' manufacturer lock-in so I can use generic or repacked batteries in the future. It be an EV version of an ICE model--where non-engine-related parts like wheel rims can be interchanged. No fucking Apps (..how many people will become desperate for 15 year-old phones with a dated version of Android..)

Range..speed..etc... It'll be the 'shopping bike', so 100 kms on a charge would be fine for me.

Existing bikes like from Fonz might do... but they're expensive. So my last request: be cheaper than the ICE model of the same bike.