new to me anyway ( sorry Derbi is not electric, but I really like it!) Lunchtime, quick search of the RSS links:
heres a 90 lb electric traction motor with some serious grunt: http://www.uqm.com/press/news/09-02.html "...continuous power rating of 45 kW (60 horsepower), delivers peak torque of 300 N-m (221 ft-lbs) and continuous torque of 160 N-m (118 ft-lbs), and now has the highest peak power density of any of our propulsion systems. With a diameter of only 280 mm (11 inches) and a weight of 41 kg (90 lbs)..." Sounds like its in the performance range of a big Twin. battery-pack is always the sticking point for cost&weight though. A new big scooter like the Vectrix only claimed to have a 110 mph top end http://www.evc-llc.com/Data/Volta%20Brochure%2010-13-07.pdf NOTE: I don't beleive a word of it, at 100 mph you'd exhaust the pack in five minutes. But its a start. artsy-fartsy meets the computer case model of MC design http://www.nonobject.com/nUCLEUS/ I need a brain wash after looking at this! THIS is more like it- DErived from BIcycle: Derbi DH2 http://www.autobloggreen.com/gallery/derbi-dh-2-0/801529/ hope this was amusing, what do you guys think of that Derbi? John
