Buddy invited me for a 77km ride around Puhoi - used his wife's ebike. Conclusion? Normal bikes are dead. They just don't know it yet.
yeah WHEN the prices come down "yeah right".
I would own one , but simply cant afford a full suspension mountain bike e-bike so my ol legs are going to have to do.
Saw an ad for one yesterday ...$10999...!!!!And a mate has bought a different one for around $6000. Here I am thinking "I would love one but..." and here is the "but"...I can buy a brand new motorbike for $8000 actually the two I was looking at were a Sol Apollo at $7990 and the other a Soco TC Maxx.....The Apollo is brand new copy of the Honda GB400 and the Soco is fully electric and NOT a scooter...(100km+ speed and range about 120km?) With E bikes costing more than this I think they will remain too pricy for what I want to do with them...
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I ended up buying a Suzuki gsx600 Katana instead - deal too good to say no to.
Someone was telling me recently that the latest top-end Specialized ebikes are $28k! Madness.
I had two GB400's back in the late '80's. The first was a standard TT without the fairing and the second was a TT MK2 with fairing and lobster back single seat. Really neat wee bikes, great fun to throw around. I saw one with a nicely made full lower fairing added on that I think had been done by someone in the Tron. It had covered the braided oil lines and the headers though which kind of spoilt the classic TT looks a bit I thought.
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This is what I call leaning a bike over.
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@Finnwolf RE Now there is someone who appreciates a bike...I have the Himalayan as well and love it. There was rumours of a 650 option for the Himalayan but it is yet to be seen. I would be curious to see if they use the 650 twin from the interceptor etc or if the develop a 650cc version of the 400 single in the Himalayan.....
A few years back when MTB was my main recreation I bought a bike worth $3K. When some people, who weren't into MTB ,found out what I spent on it the said
"Shit! You could have bought a car for that!"
They were probably right. But then I didn't want a bloody car did I. I wanted a good MTB.
If you are into something and have the money, go for it I say. Whether thats a $20K MTB, a $60K motorbike or a $100K car. Or even a $3K pair of binos. If you can afford it you will appreciate the quality and performance.