While at the 24 Hours of Electricross race, I took a demo ride on the motorcycle. This is the video.Show notes: Technosanity #27: Zero X Motorcycle demo ride
Don Amador is with the Blue Ribbon Coalition, an organization specializing with taking off-highway vehicles (OHV) into the wilderness (mission: "The BlueRibbon Coalition champions responsible use of public lands and waters for the benefit of all recreationists by educating and empowering its members"). He attended the race to measure noise levels to understand the potential for electric off-highway vehicles to address noise issues related to OHV use. With a noise meter he recorded the race as ...
On April 4-5, 2009, Zero Motorcycles sponsored the 24 Hours of Electricross, an endurance race featuring their offroad electric motorcycles. The race was held at a Motocross dirt bike track in south San Jose and set several records. I attended and recorded several aspects of the race including an 11 minute interview with Neal Saiki, the founder of Zero Motorcycles.Show notes: Technosanity #25: 24 Hours of Electricross - Interview with Neal Saiki
Continuing from Technosanity #21: Electric bicycle conversion kits I'm taking the first step to using a hub motor to electrify a bicycle. This is to put together the hub motor with tire and inner tube and mount it on the bicycle. read more
From: Technosanity #21: Electric bicycle conversion kits ... I own an Electra Townie 21 bicycle on which is mounted a Wilderness Energy hub motor. The motor is rated for 36 volts maximum of 35 amps and with this setup the maximum speed achieved was 18-20 miles/hr and the maximum range could be 30 miles or more per charge. With this bicycle my normal commute can be achieved using 0.3 kilowatt-hours of electricity and a 45 minute travel each way. The amount of energy required is ridiculously low...