MX Simulator

54 HP @ 4300 RPM (68 ft-lb), and weighs 265 lbs. That's all the data you need, right JLV?



http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/2013/



Seriously though, that bike is starting to get pretty good. Suspension and chassis is still way behind a proper bike, and cost is 12k in the US. I'd love to have a go on one though. Or test one out in a game....

And holy shit that's a big rear sprocket

I wonder how many people opened this topic and thought it was a model for the game and DJ just posted in the wrong section.

http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/2013/ wrote:Typical cost to recharge $0.30

Beats gas prices by a little...

Damn, weird you brought this up! I actually got to ride one of these at a local shop as a "show" at an expo kinda thing and got paid for the day as if I worked for the shop...was a win win for me haha. It was like 2 years ago though, looked much different.


It actually didnt feel too bad. The worse part about it I thought were the brakes. Throttle response is AWESOME, the power is right there and it feels way different than anything I've ever ridden because its so instant..but I liked it. I remember thinking give it another 5 years and these things will start catching on.

I have a photo from the day I rode it somewhere, lemme see if I can find it.

Yeah, those ones were only like 20 HP or something. 54 HP would be absolutely nuts!

DJ99X wrote:Yeah, those ones were only like 20 HP or something. 54 HP would be absolutely nuts!

Yeh I know, I forgot to mention that the 30+ HP increase is probably insane! I remember the rep telling me the only bad part about them is the battery; they only have a certain guaranteed amount of charging cycles or something like that, and also the batteries are wayyy expensive so having multiple on-hand pretty much isn't possible unless you just won the lottery haha

The website says you get 1600 hours of use out of the battery before the capacity drops below 80% of its max capacity. Which isn't bad at all.

DJ99X wrote:The website says you get 1600 hours of use out of the battery before the capacity drops below 80% of its max capacity. Which isn't bad at all.

Yea holy shit that's a damn long time! I can see a problem with re-sale though. Why would you buy a used one that you will have to buy a new battery for when you could get a new one for not to much more...

Maybe its just me but it will be a long ass time before I put 1000 hours into a motor. It doesn't see, like you will need to buy a new battery and I imagine used prices would be pretty high but the only way to know a resale is how much better the new year models are.

Yeah, resale wouldn't be all that good at first; the technology is improving too rapidly

MOTORSPORS!!!!

these bikes are a good idea IMO, but I just cant imagine missing the sounds of a motor.
its kinda funny, all people and magazines write: "It has so much torque!" I dont wonder dudes, that chainwheel is huge!
wonder if we had to put 2 chains together to get more lenght

The rear sprocket is that big because the bike doesn't have an internal gearbox like a combustion bike.

Also, they do make sound. Sounds like a quiet turbine