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Long Way Up coming to Apple TV+
The latest Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor adventure, the Long Way Up, will be shown on Apple TV+ in the next few months. In the third and probably final “Long Way” series, the Brits ride...
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Ducati e-Scrambler joins electric bicycle range
Ducati is adding an e-Scrambler urban electric bicycle to its small, but growing nascent range of e-bikes. The e-Scrambler trades off the popularity of the Scrambler range and joins their first...
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Kawasaki electric with removable battery
Kawasaki is moving closer to producing its EV Endeavor electric motorcycle with new patent drawings showing a removable battery and motor. Their electric prototype was shown at the EICMA motorcycle...
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Kiwi army tests UBCO electric motorcycles
The New Zealand Army is now testing two-wheel-drive UBCO electric motorcycles with 120km of range and a top speed of 50km/h. What could possibly go wrong! Electric motorcycles are certainly coming, not...
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Honda doubles down on electric minibikes
Honda has doubled down on electric minibikes with a patent filing for their long-promised electric Super Cub and a trademark application for an electric Motocompacto. The former has been around since...
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Screen date set for Long Way Up TV series
Long Way Up, featuring Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor riding electric Harley-Davidson LiveWire motorcycles, will screen on Apple TV+ from 18 September 2020, the same month the bike launches in...
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Will electric vehicles drain power grid?
One of the main concerns about motorists swapping to electric vehicles is that they would place an even bigger drain on the already strained power grid. However, some electric cars and now the Damon...
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Yamaha accelerates its electric program
Yamaha has been developing electric vehicles for several years, but is now stepping up its electric program with a compact portable motor and an electric motocrosser. The motor range is called an...
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Electric Savic nears half its first orders
Almost half of the first production run of Australia’s first full-size electric motorcycle, the Savic C-Series, has been allocated to paid-up customers. Savic Motorcycles founder Dennis Savic (pictured...
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Is Jawa developing long-range electric?
Former Czech motorcycle company Jawa is now developing an electric motorcycle in India that could have the longest range yet. There is hardly a motorcycle company in the world that is not developing an...
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Subscribe to an electric motorcycle
Riders can now subscribe through Blinker.com.au to hire the fun, dual-sport Grom-sized Fonzarelli NKD, the first Australian-made production electric motorcycle. The Special Edition is capable of up to...
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Electric Harley covers 1723km in one day
A Swiss rider has just ridden a Harley-Davidson LiveWire 1723km across four nations in one day using Level 3 DC fast chargers. Sounds good, but we did some calculations and reckon he would have spent...
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Cleveland CycleWerks Falcon plugs in
American fun bike manufacturer Cleveland CycleWerks has joined the electric motorcycle race with their new Falcon BLK and are seeking an Australian distributor. For years now, the Ohio-based company...
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Fonzarelli electric delivery service
Restaurateur Joe Pagliaro on a Fonz Arthur Model 2 electric delivery scooter Australia’s first electric motorcycle company, Fonzarelli, is getting creative during the pandemic and offering “zero...
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Kawasaki electric has manual transmission
Kawasaki displayed its electric project electric bike at the EICMA motorcycle show and now has released a teaser video showing it has manual four-speed transmission. While electric motorcycles can be...
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Fuller electric has transparent wheels
This electric bike from Fuller Moto features transparent wheels, a super-slim body and 3D-printed titanium parts, but it has a century-old body design. As LA bike designer Roland Sands says, electric...
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Electric LiveWire aids pandemic recovery
Harley-Davidson has donated a customised electric LiveWire motorcycle autographed by the Davidson family to be auctioned to raise funds for the United Way Worldwide COVID-19 Community Response and...
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AKO tests tilting trike prototype
Lithuanian start-up AKO is now testing its electric-powered tilting trike prototype which is somewhere between a motorcycle, trike, car and plane. Like the Piaggio and Yamaha leaning scooters, the...
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RGNT No. 1 bike tracks your location
The Swedish RGNT No. 1 electric bike has a 4G connection for real-time data logging, tracking your bike’s location and automatically downloading software updates. Given the reticence of riders to...
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Soriano electric has ‘boxer’ motors
Italian motorcycle company Soriano Motori is making its first electric motorcycle with twin motors arranged in a twin-opposed “boxer” fashion like BMW’s famous engines. The motors of the EV Giaguaro...
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Electric outfit for long-distance riding
Spanish design student Iago Valino imagines an electric future with a BMW outfit with a batteries house in the sidecar for long-distance riding. His BMW concept drawing is not sanctioned by BMW...
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Lightning develop enclosed electric bike
A fully enclosed electric motorcycle is being developed by American company Lightning Motorcycles to overcome the inherently poor aerodynamics of bikes. Recently the company applied for a patent for...
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Indian Motorcycle plans electric EFTR
Indian Motorcycle has filed a trademark application for the name EFTR which suggests it is an Electric Flat Track Racer, with the bike possibly unveiled as early as next year. The model name EFTR...
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Electric Emula will emulate any motorcycle
Imagine an electric motorcycle that could emulate the sound and feel of any past or present sportsbike, whether thumper or multi-cylinder. It’s called the Emula (short for emulate) and it promises to...
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Vienna plans motorcycle CBD ban
Vienna plans to ban motorcycles from the CBD in a disconcerting move that is spreading around the world to curb traffic congestion. This is despite Vienna being ranked the eighth best city in the world...
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Fastest electric motorcycle challenge
In 2013, French bespoke motorcycle company Voxan unveiled the Wattman which was then the world’s fastest and most powerful electric motorcycle. The Voxan Wattman had a 150kW (200hp) motor capable of a...
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Motorcycle tours become electrified
Range and recharging times may still be an issue for electric motorcycles, yet it looks like the motorcycle travel industry may become electrified. A few years ago, Eidelweiss Motorcycle Tours in...
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Tarform Luna is an electric pineapple express
The Tarform Luna electric motorcycle is claimed to be more environmentally sound as it uses non-toxic, biomaterials such as flax for body panels and pineapple material in the seat. It was unveiled last...
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Harley’s electric LiveWire available in September
Harley-Davidson’s electric LiveWire has arrived in Australia for testing ahead of its media launch in August and market release in early September. The Tesla Model 3 Australia Facebook Group has...
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Motorcycling at turning point: Erik Buell
Innovative motorcycle engineer Erik Buell has turned his back on fossil fuels and says motorcycling is at a turning point. Last year Erik launched the Fuell Flow electric motorcycle and Fluid e-bike...
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Royal Enfield builds electric prototypes
Old-school motorcycle manufacturer Royal Enfield is getting closer to releasing an electric model after building a couple of electric prototypes. Last year, company president Rudratej Singh said they...
View ArticleSwappable Batteries and Improved Battery Tech Could Mean Electric ADVs Aren’t...
One of the biggest obstacles for electric ADV bikes is the fact that battery technology just simply isn’t there yet. However, that might be changing and sooner than you think, according to ADV Pulse....
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Harley Takes EV Tech on World-Wide Adventure to Prove Effectiveness on New...
Can Electric Bikes Really Go Anywhere? The biggest concern I’ve heard repeatedly parroted from the anti-electric vehicle mob is “good luck finding somewhere to charge your Telsa on a long road trip,...
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Voxan Chases Land Speed Record October 30th, 2020
The Age of EV Domination Humans have been chasing land speed records for over 100 years now. In 1898, Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat set the world’s first official land speed record in his French-made...
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Aussie states hamper electric bike companies
A plan by three Australian states plan to introduce a road-user fee on electric vehicles (EVs) could hamper the country’s fledgling electric motorcycle industry. NSW, South Australia and Victoria have...
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Volcon Unveils an EV for Kids
American Powersports manufacturer Volcon has officially announced the Volcon Runt, a fat wheeled kids bike that looks ready for an apocalypse. Are you looking for an additional way to get your kids...
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Honda, Yamaha, KTM, Piaggo Sign Letter of Intent for Swappable Battery...
Honda, Yamaha, KTM, and Piaggio have all signed a letter of intent to stage a swappable electric battery consortium for EV motorcycles and lighter EV’s. Together, they will collaborate on batteries...
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Australia way behind in electric vehicle sales
Australia is miles behind the UK when it comes to interest in electric motorcycles and scooters. A new survey shows half of UK bikers want to own an electric motorbike or have bought one, and 43.8% say...
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Aussie states tax electric vehicles
Victorian riders who travel 20,000km a year on their new electric motorcycle will have to pay a $500 annual tax. The state is the second in Australia to introduce a user-pays tax on electric vehicles...
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Segway plans hydrogen sports bike
Personal mobility vehicle manufacturers Segway have branched out into electric sport bikes and mopeds in recent years with the help of Chinese company Ninebot and are now planning a cheap hydrogen fuel...
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Fast-charging battery ideal for motorbikes
Range is a big issue for electric motorcycles, but an even bigger hurdle is slow charging rates. Many modern motorcycles have small tanks to keep the weight down, so they have limited range. But at...
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Aussie-Italian alliance on electric bikes
Former MV Agusta boss Giovanni Castiglioni and Australian company Stealth Electric Bikes have teamed up to launch a range of dirt bikes designed by famed MV designer Adrian Morton. Giovanni exited the...
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Electric bike chases world speed record
A powerful electric motor and innovative aerodynamics are expected to help a British engineering company achieve a world speed record of more than 400km/h (250mph) for a motorcycle. The bike will have...
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Electric kids bikes ensure our future
One of the biggest threats to the future of motorcycles is the loss of motocross tracks around Australia due to the noise issue in areas of urban sprawl. Young MX riders are the next generation of...
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‘Too little too late’ on electric vehicles
Three years after lampooning the Labor Party’s policy on electric vehicles, Scomo’s about-face Future Fuels strategy has been hailed as a fizzer that is too little too late. The Australian Government’s...
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Aussie electric bikes hit milestone sales
Australia’s first electric motorcycle company, Fonzarelli, has reached the modest milestone of selling 100 of its electric multi-purpose NKD electric motorbikes. It’s nothing compared with the big...
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Energica electric motorcycles come to Australia
Italian electric motorcycle company Energica is about to open its first showroom in Australia which means the bikes will be available on five continents. Their bikes will be imported by Australian...
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Review: Fonzarelli NKDs electric bike
Happy Days fans are in for a rude shock … Arthur Fonzarelli couldn’t actually ride! Yes, that’s right, Henry Winkler, the actor who played Fonzie or “The Fonze” in the Happy Days TV series from 1974-84...
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Will petrol prices force electric rethink?
The current exorbitant fuel prices could force Australian motorcycle importers to rethink their strategy of not importing electric motorcycles and scooters. It may also spark the manufacturers and...
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Subsidies bypass electric motorcycles
Several Australian states are now offering subsidies for motorists who buy electric cars, yet none has offered the assistance to riders. NSW, South Australia and Victoria have a limited-offer $3000...
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