Electric mega sports bikes?

[BroadsRS6]

RizzoTheRat said:

BroadsRS6 said:

Well that shows that you seriously haven't got a clue! Wherever you work. I am a boat restorer by trade including the engines and my father was an Aston Martin mechanic for 20 years. So what?
If you actually believe that and are not being silly for the sake of it!
A Velocette is about as useful a road bike as a Sinclair C5. Soul? Do me a favour. I had a CBX and they have an incredible sound to die for when fitted with an apt exhaust system. The smooth 6 pot is something to behold and the design was so different to anything we saw or have seen in a mass produced bike.
That Velo could be ANY old single, a bone shaker that removes fillings as you ride, pathetic performance and brakes and tyres to keep you honest above 30 mph. Don't be bloody ridiculous.
When my very old father passes i will get his 7-bike collection, which includes a 1957 BSA Gold Star DBD34 in 'Clubmans' trim. For a ancient single that is a pretty good bike, but a CBX offers much more soul. A straight 6 motorcycle is unique. A single ain't!

Edited by BroadsRS6 on Saturday 13th March 07:31

So you're saying a smooth engine is better than something that vibrates and has what many would describe as "character"?

I am saying that a unique bike, (CBX/6), with nothing else like it bar the far too heavy and chunky Z1300/6, has far more character and rarity than a single cylinder 4 stroke. One just like 30 other 4 stroke singles with a different badge. That 6 cylinder howl as the revs approach 10,000 is absolutely amazing to behold. The Velo sounds like, well, any other very low power relic.

[BroadsRS6]

ddom i am with you all the way.

srob would be so much fun at a party! :-)

[BroadsRS6]

Off on a slight tangent here but related. I have today tried out a customer's Tesla Type X SUV 7 seater, with the factory's 'ludicrous' mode for the battery pack. I believe he paid £97,000 for it.
Absolutely incredible acceleration, he tells me the 0-60 is listed as 2.6 seconds and 5 seconds to pass 100 mph. I can say that it is eerily shattering on performance. My nephew had no idea it was a supercar-baiting 4x4 and was not at all ready when i planted my right foot at 10 mph. He said he actually felt physically unwell, such was the way he was pinned to his seat but without the scream of a conventional engine as warning.
So yes, acceleration-wise i can see an electric superbike being crazy, 0-150 mph in 9 seconds i could see happening.
But compared to say the Ducati 1100 V4 Panigale, well, i know which i'd have even if it got to 200 mph in 10 seconds!
The 1299 Panigale V Twin is so special, also. Those 2 bikes are the absolute danglies, for slightly different reasons. I can't split them if i ever have one again.

[BroadsRS6]

srob said:

BroadsRS6 said:

ddom i am with you all the way.

srob would be so much fun at a party! :-)

Jesus Christ man you need to let it go. I’ve moved on and suggest you do the same. We disagree, I’ve got better things to do than argue with you on here.

That's strange because you have sought to argue with every point i have made, so you clearly do have time. Keep up. Or at least be consistent, pal.

You are simply wrong, anyway. There is no way a one speed electric mega sports will have the character or fun of a manual gearbox bike like the 1299 Panigale or the new Fireblade. No way. Ever.
There again some people say lettuce sandwiches are as good as a Sunday roast! Yes, each to their own eh!