Make Podcast: Todd Kollin's Electric Motorcycle Videos

lbchuma Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - this is bomb. innovators are totally respectable. sweeter than a scooter....be chillin while you pay for gas...hook it up to a solar relay charger and then you are truly innovative

upabittoolate Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - sacrilege. im down with the green movement & cats like these 2 dudes will save us all after the apocolypse. but putting 18 horses under a beautiful machine is just WRONG. i got 60 in 1st or 2nd. dont desicrate a 'cycle. some things must be left sacred

dabber01 Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - With respect to everyone that's calling this bike weak: Development's gotta start somewhere! You can't just wave your hands and make perfect motors or superconductors appear. R&D needs to be done to make better batteries and better motors. Don't expect perfect stuff to come out of the blue!

Redshift21 Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - how far on a charge ?

cbrwolf911 Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - Hey i ride and i got to say this is the future. Eventually all bikes will be either hybrid or complete electric and to top it off clutch less.(with optional finger shifter) google killacycle and see how fast that bike takes off, performance improves 100 fold with electric b/c no combustion is involved.

Showpro1 Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - Guys, a little patience, please! 5-10 years ago almost NOBODY was doing this stuff. Now there are people all over the world getting in to it. Can't help but feel that we're in the first days of a revolution.WATCH! LISTEN! Support the dreamers and tinkerers! We're ALL gonna win.

shegax03 Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - I live in the bay area, and went by his shop. This is an old video and lately has coveted an R1. This guy Is great. Actually you can order a book and learn how to do it yourself.

30GB Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - i bet soon the future will come very fast

strattman Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - respect

strattman Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - respect

colonialmotion Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - man i have a nice bike with a broken engine!!! i wanna do that! but i live in the dominican republic.. i can get the batteries and the motor but dunno about the other stuff.. is there somekind of plug and play you can order with the voltage changer, charger and accelerator?

nicktumi Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - what would you have to do to hook up a123 batteries to an EBike? how many would you need? series parallel? and what would be the best motor for these batteries?

GSpotter63 Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - The first internal combustion engine cars had top speeds of a whopping 5 mi. hr. now look where there are. A few more years of R and D and who knows where it will take the EV's

lazzer408 Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - Absolutely nowhere unless the government supports it.

lazzer408 Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - 10min charge my ass. The battery cannot accept that rate and you'll toast it.

swbc09 Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - All it take is everyone to support and the government will have to comply

DrJey69 Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - This is the smartest Vehichle I've ever seen. GO GREEN!

RichardsADHD Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - Government doesn't have to support it first. People just need to MAKE them support it by creating EV's.Oh yeah, and you can't charge the batteries in 10minutes. I would say fastest charge would be about 1 1/2hrs for a battery that fits on a bike.

lazzer408 Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - I'll let you know in awhile since I'm building one. =)

RichardsADHD Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - Are you building one from scratch? There is someone here that built a bike which charges in like 2 1/2hrs (not the best charging system) and he made a "Baja" car that charges in 5hrs and drives interstate speeds!

ClownFight Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - lazzer408 said "Absolutely nowhere unless the government supports it."If the US Gov't doesn't support it, some other Government will and get the jump on the US for the technology, brand awareness and early market penetration.The US's love affair with oil looks like being their economic undoing. It has already begun.

lazzer408 Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - What I was saying is there are no "revolutionary products" being manufactured that compete with products that were already manufactured. Batteries would be a good example. Any high capacity battery comes with a high price. Why? Because you can do more work with it. It doesn't have a thing to do with production costs. CPUs would be another example. ...and on and on.

pigtelevision Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - search electrocross, off road electric moto. best toy to own!

GoTimothy Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - The fastest car in the world was electric and it used over 1,000 D Ni cad Batteries. I used the 7.2 Volt Ni cad battery which is 6 D batteries on my RC Car. The Charger took 10 minuets for a quick charge. With a 100 chargers, you could charge the fastest car in the world in ten minuets. Would be expensive, but mathematically can be done.

lazzer408 Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - Other countries have EVs all over the place. Why not here? Ours were crushed because the government wanted to push hydrogen (so they claim)