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Awesome South Park reference. You sir, have just won the internets. Please schedule a time to pick up the all of the tubes at your convenience....]]>Oct 24th 2008 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/Oct 24th 2008 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/Oct 24th 2008 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/Oct 24th 2008 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/
In addition to not paying at the pump, there are far fewer maint. costs in a year for this, ease of use, far quieter, much better smelling... Something like this makes great sense in a dense urban area. In suburbia where one is traveling longer distances per trip, an ICE bike can make more sense. Besides, I imagine that people who are buying this are thinking in terms of being an early adopter, the way many of us do with the kind of tech featured on endadget.

Besides, of the electric motorcycles/large scooter that have come out, this one is the most affordable by about HALF.

Hopefully, what some intrepid bizness person will do is start a venture using something like this in a shared use/ownership model; lower the cost per customer further.....]]>Oct 24th 2008 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/
In Ontario, Drive Clean Centers (where you get your emissions test) wont even test scooters because the high emissions damage the machine. But boy, their mpg is incredible!]]>Oct 24th 2008 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/
Which is worse: Before or After?

Before: I was burning twice as much gas with maybe 30% pollution reduction.
After: Getting decent milage but full pollution per gallon.

Winner: AFTER because my milage is so much better, my total pollution is less and I save thousands of dollars per year.

2008: Saving the Earth by wrecking it faster.]]>Oct 28th 2008 6:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/
Having written all that, I agree this bike is still too expensive for what it offers. Give me a 100 mile range @ 60 MPH in a bike that can hit 90+ MPH and I'd shell out $8k for it. What would be even better would be an electric bicycle that weighs less than 40 pounds (and could be pedaled if the power runs out), could maintain 30 MPH uphill, and could go 50+ miles @ 30 MPH. I'd happily shell out $3k for that, but there need to be some serious advances in battery technology before those features are offered at that cost.

For now I'll stick with my SV650.]]>Nov 7th 2008 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/Oct 24th 2008 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/Oct 24th 2008 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/
I'd love one, though, because the electricity in my garage is not billed to my apartment... yay free energy!]]>Oct 24th 2008 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.kawasaki.com/products/detail.aspx?id=359&content=introduction]]>Oct 24th 2008 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/Oct 24th 2008 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/Oct 24th 2008 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/Oct 24th 2008 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/Oct 24th 2008 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/Oct 24th 2008 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/Oct 24th 2008 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/Oct 24th 2008 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/Oct 24th 2008 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/Oct 24th 2008 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/
I ride everyday to and from work in chicago (where gas is not cheap), get 30 mpg, fill up for $16 every two weeks... on a REAL motorcycle... small amounts of $$



anyone else think it looks like a cross between a buell blast with ninja 250 tires?]]>Oct 24th 2008 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/Oct 24th 2008 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/Oct 24th 2008 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/
The accident rate on this one should be a chart-topper.



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It would be pretty simple to have an adjustable sound system for this.]]>Oct 24th 2008 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/Oct 24th 2008 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/electric-motorsports-gpr-s-e-motorcycle-available-now-for-8-00/Oct 24th 2008 2:49PM