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Pretty sure there is one already.
https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....easties-53145/

Well we're not going to enjoy riding the two wheeler (whatever flavour it is) from Taupo to Turangi on SH1 anymore. Just read the local rag and see NZTA have dropped the permanent speed limit to 60 or 80 kph for almost the entire distance. Muppet driving skills rule

Originally Posted by XR500

Well we're not going to enjoy riding the two wheeler (whatever flavour it is) from Taupo to Turangi on SH1 anymore. Just read the local rag and see NZTA have dropped the permanent speed limit to 60 or 80 kph for almost the entire distance. Muppet driving skills rule

same happening this end of the world...chopping back all the speed limits because of all the dipshits who should never be behind the wheel constantly crashing. Leave it at a hundy and let the gene pool sort itself out I reckon....
That said it usually seems to be the poor bastard who was doing nothing wrong that becomes a mobile chicane and comes out worse of than the idiot who caused the incident.
Ban all cell phones in cars.

Originally Posted by Ftx325

same happening this end of the world...chopping back all the speed limits because of all the dipshits who should never be behind the wheel constantly crashing. Leave it at a hundy and let the gene pool sort itself out I reckon....
That said it usually seems to be the poor bastard who was doing nothing wrong that becomes a mobile chicane and comes out worse of than the idiot who caused the incident.
Ban all cell phones in cars.

Amen to that last line!

And what’s the story with all modern vehicles being fitted with distracting touch screens?

Yeah, just back from a fortnight's work in the SI and felt like ripping the bloody thing outa the car. FFS if I want to listen to the radio let me turn a dial or punch a button, not have to multiple tap a fricken screen that constantly thinks it needs to update you with shite and changes brilliance all the time. Talk about distraction for sure.

Then there's all the couriers and truckies that work for businesses too tight to invest in RT's, so they are on the cell phone half the trip.

Anywho, boy that West Coast highway is just made for biking. Did it twice back in my teens, once on an XR500 and once on a GS450. All the Marlborough Sounds roads and all of the Haast Pass were gravel, and that XR.......yeah baby

Originally Posted by XR500

Yeah, just back from a fortnight's work in the SI and felt like ripping the bloody thing outa the car. FFS if I want to listen to the radio let me turn a dial or punch a button, not have to multiple tap a fricken screen that constantly thinks it needs to update you with shite and changes brilliance all the time. Talk about distraction for sure.

Then there's all the couriers and truckies that work for businesses too tight to invest in RT's, so they are on the cell phone half the trip.

Anywho, boy that West Coast highway is just made for biking. Did it twice back in my teens, once on an XR500 and once on a GS450. All the Marlborough Sounds roads and all of the Haast Pass were gravel, and that XR.......yeah baby

Is the West Coast highway biker heaven, because of the Covid induced drought of campervans and boxes at present? I've hankered after seeing the West Coast on a bike for years, but the stories of clogged roads put paid to it. Might be a tad passed it, now though.

Originally Posted by XR500

Well we're not going to enjoy riding the two wheeler (whatever flavour it is) from Taupo to Turangi on SH1 anymore. Just read the local rag and see NZTA have dropped the permanent speed limit to 60 or 80 kph for almost the entire distance. Muppet driving skills rule

The did the same to the Kaikoura coast and Hundalees....

Used to ride up the Coast to the Woodstock rally each year - and if weather packed in came home via Arthur’s and the McKenzie basin.

@cameronjackwhite have a look at Chappel Customs for ideas

now that is a cool looking machine.... great mix of styling , not quite a cruiser , not quite a sportsbike , and a minimal look ... I like it.

Originally Posted by Ftx325

now that is a cool looking machine.... great mix of styling , not quite a cruiser , not quite a sportsbike , and a minimal look ... I like it.

here is the build process

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HoDYl8QNMw

The last company I would have expected to make an electric bike.

Originally Posted by Shearer

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The last company I would have expected to make an electric bike.

wonder what the weight of that is....looks heavy

Originally Posted by Ftx325

wonder what the weight of that is....looks heavy

About 250kg so no heavier than a "normal" one. 116Nm torque and 200km range. One hour charge.

Originally Posted by Shearer

About 250kg so no heavier than a "normal" one. 116Nm torque and 200km range. One hour charge.

respectable stats then. The technology is certainly improving in leaps and bounds. When the battery tech improves a bit more for better range and less weight it will be a real game changer.
Got taken for a spin in a new tesla and that has an impressive turn of speed when you bury the welly up it. Spooky having no noise though. But like I said to the new owner the kind of money it cost him I think I would rather have an older v8 corvette and spend the change on a lifetimes worth of fuel. Just don't find electric vehicles very emotive , and a large chunk of the attraction to any particular vehicle is the way it sounds or makes you feel I think.