The next step in engines.. what will it be?

[foolsp33d]

Any thoughts onto what our next technology will be? Do you think we will be able to get batteries small enough and light enough to be able to travel both long distance and have the equivilant of a combustion engine, or do you think somthing like this will be our next step!? Certainly looks the goods on paper, images im off to bed.. research anyone!?



This is an intereresting site..

The Pivotal Hydrogen Engine, from Pivotal Engineering Ltd, New Zealand

 

[themountain]

I am afraid the petroleum lobby keeps us hook on their engines for quite some time...but electrics is the future, no doubt

 

[I_THUMP]

Electrics will be the future

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Some people are even playing around with electric motors an bikes like the KX and CR

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[minibikecr@zy]

yeh i went to the vintage motocross nationals, and they had a zero electric motorbike on show, it was half mountain bike half motorbike and could reach speeds of up to 70kms, pretty crazy.

 

[motovert24]

i hate them no noise and look dodgy and slow

 

[Satchy]

i hate them no noise and look dodgy and slow

Dont worry youngn', these electric machines have more torque then any combustion engine you could throw at it.

 

[bananas]

on the video with jeff emig on it they lokked very slow, but then i realised it was a pitty track. Then the third vid made it seem much like a normal bike. I am intrigued. I wanna ride one and check it out. I heard somewhere that KTM was testing a electrick bike. But i think as time goes on the technology will get a lot better. I reckon it would feel weird, not hearing the bike ( too much), i think it would make it hard to tell when to shift some times. It would be bloody funny sneaking up on your mates on a combustion engine.

 

[pbk]

yer thats just not right no noise it just looks like a 4x race but no pedaling

 

[motovert24]

on the video with jeff emig on it they lokked very slow, but then i realised it was a pitty track. Then the third vid made it seem much like a normal bike. I am intrigued. I wanna ride one and check it out. I heard somewhere that KTM was testing a electrick bike. But i think as time goes on the technology will get a lot better. I reckon it would feel weird, not hearing the bike ( too much), i think it would make it hard to tell when to shift some times. It would be bloody funny sneaking up on your mates on a combustion engine.

KTM has made one it was in a dirt action mag
they said it was good for something like wheelies and stuff like that but i would not want to go in a puddle or over a big jump.
the zero bike is something like $1200-$1400 and only last 2 hours

 

[Peter1230]

electric motor have a **** load of toque if they hit the nail on the head.


i reckon maybe hydrogen. could be the future

 

[motovert24]

i would have one to ride where motorbike can't and in the back yard (if i had one)

 

[I_THUMP]

Yeah KTM have put a fair bit of effort into the electric KTM and they should be on sale here within a few years.

KTM Electric Motocycle, Dirt Bike, Motocross

Unfortunately you cant understand what they are saying in this vid unless you speak German

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[I_THUMP]

the zero bike is something like $1200-$1400 and only last 2 hours

I dont know where you get your info from because the Zero bikes start at about $12,000.

 

[motovert24]

dirt action mag but that was a little while ago

 

[Dreadful]

I've been waiting for someone to start busting out urban/street sh#t in a city somewhere on one of these things ....street gaps,transfers and stairsets etc etc etc etc

They look ideal for the job

 

[I_THUMP]

Yeah dready just like this type of **** they do on the trials bikes

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[Dreadful]

Yeah that's exactly what I'm talking about Thump

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