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Posted: 6/18/2014 3:59:36 PM EDT
http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/18/5822094/harley-davidson-electric-motorcycle-teaser-video

Harley-Davidson appears to be just a day away from unveiling an electric motorcycle, and it's teasing the new bike on YouTube.

No more "Loud Pipes Save Lives"?

Unveiled!!

http://news.yahoo.com/harley-davidson-introduces-electric-motorcycle-115943100.html
Link Posted: 6/18/2014 4:00:41 PM EDT
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It will have speakers and a motor soundtrack
Link Posted: 6/18/2014 4:02:20 PM EDT
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Bound to be a great success...
Link Posted: 6/18/2014 4:02:21 PM EDT
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Will it leak electrolytes?
Link Posted: 6/18/2014 4:03:01 PM EDT
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The batteries will leak and the out of balance motor will shake random parts off the bike.

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Wont work out because the wannabee bikers cant rev the motor 2,000 times at every stoplight.

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How bad will it leak?
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UNVEILED!!!

Link Posted: 6/18/2014 4:04:55 PM EDT
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Or for 45 minutes in their driveway at 6:00 on a Sunday morning under the pretense of working on it.
Link Posted: 6/18/2014 4:05:40 PM EDT
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Will it be 90's technology and get 20 miles to the charge
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Link Posted: 6/18/2014 4:07:08 PM EDT
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I hope it automatically makes revving sounds at stop lights.
Link Posted: 6/18/2014 4:09:41 PM EDT
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And it will completely flop.  Can't be self described billy bad ass if their is no annoying noise.
Link Posted: 6/18/2014 4:09:56 PM EDT
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Won't sell

It will be shunned at dealerships
Link Posted: 6/18/2014 4:10:37 PM EDT
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There are plenty of things about the Harley experience that annoy me but the worst is the constant blipping of the throttle, look at me I'm cool.
Link Posted: 6/18/2014 4:11:58 PM EDT
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Even as a kid I thought those things were gay as fuck.
Link Posted: 6/18/2014 4:14:26 PM EDT
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Good for them!
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I heard one of the new BMWs is so quiet that fake engine noise is piped in through the speakers.
Link Posted: 6/18/2014 4:16:18 PM EDT
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Like anything else Harley it will come in overweight and every single component fixed to the bike will under perform its contemporaries.



Hordes of mid-life crisis men will flock to bike, and every Weekend they will lace up their moccasins pull up their thigh high khakis and hit the slab to pose among the finest pirates this side of the Atlantic.




A lot of merchandise will be purchased, resale value will be lost, and hopefully it's not coloring books for daddy's Christmas when he eats shit
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Or for 45 minutes in their driveway at 6:00 on a Sunday morning under the pretense of working on it.
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Or for 45 minutes in their driveway at 6:00 on a Sunday morning under the pretense of working on it.


Oh I see that you must have met my neighbor. Doesn't drive it, just makes fucktons of noise.
Link Posted: 6/18/2014 4:17:48 PM EDT
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Lead acid batteries and uses power wheel motors.
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Looks like a Buell

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It's what plants crave!

Let's see,

Wooden brakes?

Leaks oil?

Vibrates?

Makes a shit ton of noise?

Bad handling?

Over weight?

Every piece in it chromed?

Over priced?  

Under performs?

If any of these are checked it could be a electric harley.
Link Posted: 6/18/2014 4:20:44 PM EDT
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Needs this.
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Nope, not even close. It does have some things Buell on it though.
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Nope, not even close. It does have some things Buell on it though.
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Nope, not even close. It does have some things Buell on it though.



So did the call Eric Buell to unfuck it and make it work..

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It's got what plants crave?
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as an option for free states
Link Posted: 6/18/2014 4:33:30 PM EDT
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So now you will have to not only keep a pan under it but one with battery acid kill solution in it.
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Loud speakers save lives
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WTF is that riding it?

 
Link Posted: 6/18/2014 4:35:24 PM EDT
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I look forward to the peace and quiet
Link Posted: 6/18/2014 4:37:31 PM EDT
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Haters going to hate.

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Loud speakers save lives


Plug and play.

Link Posted: 6/18/2014 4:43:13 PM EDT
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I don't currently own a bike; I guess I would ride a Harley if you gave me one.. But an ELECTRIC FUCKING HARLEY DAVIDSON????!!! Are you fucking kidding me? That would be equivalent to Glock coming out with a fucking single action revolver!!! Goddamned blasphemy is what this is.
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Yep and haters get shit done.

Let's hope this electric bitch puts out. It's possible but not likely.
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WTF is that riding it?  


And is that a Bat-Utility-Belt he's wearing?  
Link Posted: 6/18/2014 4:56:59 PM EDT
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It will come with a soundtrack.

It's amazing you can trademark a sound.
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Mandatory gear for break downs.

And I THINK that's a "she."
Link Posted: 6/18/2014 4:58:33 PM EDT
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No thanks.
Link Posted: 6/18/2014 5:16:05 PM EDT
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I would like to ride one. And considering I've been working in H-D dealerships for 25 years, I may get the chance. I thought it looked like a Buell/Rocker hybrid.



AB
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And is that a Bat-Utility-Belt he's wearing?  



It's Scarlett Johansson....















's stunt double. That's from the set of the next Avengers / Captain America movie.


I think electric bikes would be great for commuting and short trip get-just-your-ass-from-point-A-to-point-B work... but being HD, it will be overly heavy and expensive. It'll be a novelty, not a realistic bike that people can and want to own.
Link Posted: 6/19/2014 8:10:35 AM EDT
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Today is the day!
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Not bad but people don't buy Harley's for a green bike.
Link Posted: 6/19/2014 8:14:10 AM EDT
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Yeah but it will be playing on the HD/Harmon Kardon radio that will break in a few months.
Link Posted: 6/19/2014 8:15:49 AM EDT
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I'm find this to be extremely shocking.  Seriously, of all major motorcycle companies to mass produce the first electric motorcycle, Harley?  
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Really thought one of the Japanese firms would do it first.
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I'd buy it, if it's not outrageously priced.




It's good to see H-D innovating again.
Link Posted: 6/19/2014 8:22:07 AM EDT
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I ride an Electra Glide Ultra Classic CVO. No bad boy image with me, too old for all that shit, I wear full protection when I ride too so I am somewhat of a Harley misfit. I want to ride one of the electric bikes, I understand they are wicked fast to speed, looks like it will need better brakes though.

Link Posted: 6/19/2014 8:25:15 AM EDT
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Death trap. Everyone knows loud pipes save lives. The death rate on this will be near 100%.
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