nklr - electric transportation . . .ecycle

[jonathan.sykes@ps.ge.com]

This Segway thing seems pretty stupid to me. The inventor seems to be living in another world - see the pictures of the 'village' at their website. I doubt if this thing will be able go up curbs or over grass? At 12 mph max speed you may as well walk. In fact, that's the weird thing - it's almost like a device for people who are too lazy to walk. Walking or bicycling is a lot more efficient, not to mention cheaper. This thing is supposed to retail at $3000! I can imagine the couple of yuppies that buy them and all the other people laughing at them. We had a similar boffin called Charles Sinclair in England 20 or so years ago. He came out with an electric go cart called the C5. It too was supposed to 'revolutionise' the way people travel. I think they sold about 3 of them and the rest wound up in the landfill. Now an electric KLR that does 90 mph and 200 miles on a charge, that would be something!

[Ryan Newman]

> website. I doubt if this thing will be able go up curbs or over grass?

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> 12 mph max speed you may as well walk. In fact, that's the weird thing - > it's almost like a device for people who are too lazy to walk. Walking or > bicycling is a lot more efficient, not to mention cheaper. This thing is > supposed to retail at $3000! I can imagine the couple of yuppies that buy > them and all the other people laughing at them.

I saw them on the news last night. They actually do go up curbs, drive through water and everything. They had numerous people on them doing these things. One guy even jumped up a short curb. Sure walking is more efficient, but can you walk, or even run 12 mph? I doubt it. Especially not for 17 miles. I can see where these would be a VERY good idea in urban areas. The initail retail is supposed to be $3k, but I'm sure they will go down in the future. I'd bet that a lot of people living in such places as NYC would find them VERY attractive. If it means that you don't have to use your car, and takes up less space the a bicycle, it seem like a good idea to me. Heck, you could take it right to your office. Ryan

[killerklr650@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/4/2001 12:36:54 PM Central Standard Time, jarvisd@... writes:

> Motorcycles are economical enough to ride using fuel, I wonder why noone > has tried a hybrid- big battery but not nearly as massive as the full > electric, small engine running either CNG or bio-diesel for charging and > prolonged running. A small motor that always runs at the same efficient > RPM is easy to silence and get down to LEV emissions. This way you still > have the range of fuel, but in the stop'n'go traffic you still get > regenerative braking. >

Check out www.ecycle.com. They have an electric rig and a hybrid. I'm not sure if they are in production, I just received a flyer on it once because I sold Gates belts and they were using Gates as a drive belt. I think they could've made them a little more attractive at the very least. Darrick A9 mutant [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[David Critchley]

I think it is pretty obvious the the internal combustion engine is not going to work by now. And it has scared a lot of horses, so it is time to ban it. Also, while we are looking at stupid ideas, what is this I heard in the tavern the other night about some idle savages that actually have toilets inside their houses. Yeh, I found that last one hard to believe too. Blow out the candle before you go to bed folks. David C jonathan.sykes@... wrote:

> This Segway thing seems pretty stupid to me. The inventor seems to be > living in another world - see the pictures of the 'village' at their > website. I doubt if this thing will be able go up curbs or over grass? At > 12 mph max speed you may as well walk. In fact, that's the weird thing - > it's almost like a device for people who are too lazy to walk. Walking or > bicycling is a lot more efficient, not to mention cheaper. This thing is > supposed to retail at $3000! I can imagine the couple of yuppies that buy > them and all the other people laughing at them. > > We had a similar boffin called Charles Sinclair in England 20 or so years > ago. He came out with an electric go cart called the C5. It too was > supposed to 'revolutionise' the way people travel. I think they sold about > 3 of them and the rest wound up in the landfill. > > Now an electric KLR that does 90 mph and 200 miles on a charge, that would > be something! > > Checkout Dual Sport News at > http://www.dualsportnews.com > Be part of the Adventure! > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

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