Check this thing out

[CactusCurt]

An electric motorcycle that is wood. Looks like something Dave would build in his mill.

Newron Motors EV-1 electric motorcycle made from wood - Business Insider
https://apple.news/AriWY8xlOSrCUvPPHYPbKrQ

[Mike]

The wood trim is very cool. Aside from that, it is very ugly.

[Dave Grubb]

First, IMHO that thing is butt ugly---secondly, I'm not sure I could hang on for 0-62 in 3 seconds

My first "real" bike was in 1967 and it was a 650 cc BSA Lightning. That and the Triumph Bonneville were the two fastest bikes at the time. The first day I had it I took off at a rapid pace----and damn near went off the back---got my attention

I don't recall what it's 0-60 time was but I do recall that it would blow past 100 mph without a complaint

Added in edit:

I just found the published time for 0-60 at 6.6 sec----that is a world away from 3.0 seconds. Now I'm pretty sure I couldn't hang on for that kind of a snap. As a comparison my big heavy MB does 0-60 in 4.6 sec---and that is with zero wheel spin---but having a full seat under you is a different ball game.

[mgrist]

Those BSA's and Triumphs were magnificent until the Kawasaki's came out. I don't even remember what year, 70? I still liked the triumphs and BSA'a better but the speed on the Kawasaki's was insurmountable and getting parts for the aforementioned
from overseas sucked. Don't you wish we could have known and keep one or two favorites? put them up where we would get then later, but alas it doesn't work like that. There were a lot more important things to look for in the future

[wacojoe]

I was wondering how the wooden frame could take the torque of a motor powerful enough to scoot the thing to 60 in under 4 seconds, then saw that the “frame” was some monocoque scheme around the battery and not wood at all. The ugly wood apparent is just hung on the outside for no other reason than to make it ugly, it would seem. Oh well, beauty is in the eye of the designer.

My first bike was in 1970 and was a 441 BSA Victor. It was a one-lunger and was not built for speed, but could climb a brick wall...thump, thump, thump. Some asshat stole it one day, while I was at work as an Asst. DA. I wish I had gotten hold of him. It was about the only thing I owned.

What Dave said about the fast bikes of that time, I experienced. The seats then were straight benches except on the Harley gurgle buckets. One capable of really hard acceleration tended to want to slide the rider right off the back. It was damned hard to grip and work the controls without going off the back. I remember riding a Kawasaki Trident of that era, which had a three cylinder 2 cycle engine that was a beast and, like most 2 cycles, would muddle through the low rpm range and then suddenly go like a banshee. When you hit that power band...zowie...hold on and squeeze the tank with your knees! I can’t imagine what riding a silent killer and torque monster like an electric powered bike must be like. Too old to think about it now...especially after my disastrous motorcycle history, eh Hunter?

[Independent Voter]

After getting to the end of the article, did I read correctly that the price for a large battery powered bike was $ 67,000 ? If so, I think I'll pass.

[Phillbo]

Those BSA's and Triumphs were magnificent until the Kawasaki's came out. I don't even remember what year, 70?

The Z1 900 was first introduced in 1972. My family owned a Kawasaki dealership at the time. We could not keep them on the floor. They were being bought before I could get them out of the creat and assembled.

I believe the 750 Greenstreek was the fastest production bike before the Z1 came to market. My Dad sold the shop just as the Ninja was being introduced.

[CactusCurt]

I knew two guys who's last rides were on z1's.