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Mon Nov 17, 2025 1:38 am
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Here is a short review of this new RE "Flying Flea electric motorcycle model that was displayed at the 2025 EICMA show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4PJa7HJFNI
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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If anyone still cares about such things, I just heard that the last U.S. Energica employees were laid off last month and their repair/import assembly shop in South San Francisco, CA, was closed at the same time. Right now the company is owned by some sort of hedge fund that picked it up for pennies on the dollar at an Italian bankruptcy sale. No one knows for sure what happens to the Energica brand and their advanced electric motorcycles in the future as the new owner attempts to pick up the pieces of the company and (hopefully) put it back together. As you might imagine, the current owners of these bikes, which have been sold in the U.S. since 2017 for GS-level prices (or more), are not happy.
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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my friend is still commuting on his Energica. He's had a few niggles but nothing terminal. As he is a Senior Electronics Lab technician he has a high degree of confidence when it comes to fixing things, aided by decades of experience keeping his Moto Guzzi and old cars (bangers not classics) on the road. His current car is an ancient Dacia, a Romanian built Renault.
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Zitat von Dave H im Beitrag #618 I haven't watched the video, but here is the latest comment about marc's travel on an Energica, copied from a post on the Electric Motorcycle Forum: Mark is stuck in France looking up fault codes to understand why his Experia won't run but a few feet once initiated... He's brutally killing the weakest sister of the cell bunch...weak from day one once it left the factory...every pack has one weak cell (actually 2P cells)...and persistent attempts to invoke running is making it worse...actually, the Energica safeguards are working, so hopefully good margin exists. Not sure this is the right bike for Mark as it needs to be balanced on AC and that in itself will take days of effort to bring back before hitting Africa. Using the engineering screen to quantify the unbalanced state is the right next thing to do and as such SB monitored until balance is achieved...all other cells will be discharged and charged repeatedly until the weak one comes back up...sucks to be Mark at this time.
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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This is the first all-electric KTM Freeride that I have ever seen in the wild. It was a poor seller in the U.S. and I don't believe it is being marketed here anymore. The power and range was just not competitive when compared with the few other electric dual sport motorcycles on the market at the time. It was parked next to Alice's restaurant and my guess is that it is owned by one of the staff who lives on one of the local dirt mountain roads that cover the area.
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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Here is Cycle World's review of the new Honda WN7 electric motorcycle, which is being marketed in the UK, but not in the U.S. at this time. Naturally, they love it. I was surprised to see that the rear wheel is driven by a belt. I believe that this may be the first time Honda has featured a belt drive on one of their motorcycle models. Fully charged the range is about 60 miles under normal riding conditions. Top speed is about 80 mph:
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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There was an article in the business section of my newspaper yesterday which said that a bipartisan bill is being considered in the U.S. House of Representatives that would impose a yearly $130 tax on all electric-only powered vehicles. It would require states to impose that tax on top of their vehicle registration fees and pass the money to government, along with the usual 18.7 cents per gallon fuel tax. Hybrid vehicles would be charged only a small fraction of that fee. It was noted in the article that very few ICE vehicle owners pay as much as $130 a year in gasoline taxes. This tax is to help pay for the maintenance and repair of highways in America. It was also noted that the tax hasn't been increased in about 20 years. It seems likely that this bill might pass in the House, but its fate in the Senate is uncertain. If it passes both houses of Congress, President Trump is very likely to sign it into law.
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #624 over here there is a proposal to have a per mile charge with owners having to make something like a tax return each year. No doubt the government will outsource the admin of this scheme to a private company like Palentir and be fleeced as usual.
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I saw a bit about them proposing a federal tax on EV’s and hybrids in America. What is so stupid, is that EV‘s could have a mileage tax assessed at the charting stations. Although, that would still leave HOME charging exempt. Meantime, hybrids don’t necessarily get the greatest mileage. A Prius, will get on average 50 miles per gallon, but other hybrid platforms are lucky to get 35 if maybe 40. So we have this push to increase the average miles per gallon on cars, but when a technology actually accomplishes this, we want to assess more fees because we’re not collecting enough gas tax.
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More stupid laws from our federal government.
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