The stickers on the tires are so Stance Nation.
>Nobody< needs an electric bicycle with a 125mi range. Nobody. Why....after all put pedals on a bike with that kind of range? Are people going to commute from Baltimore to DC on a freaking bike? Riding around the Capital Beltway? No.
I don’t get it. For the bicycle, I just don’t see a huge market for electric bikes, especially at that price. Who needs that kind of range on a bike? And the motorcycle...well it looks like a racer but with that power seems more like a commuter. And it looks quite uncomfortable for that duty. With motorcycle…
Buell just can’t make a good-looking motorcycle to save his life. Well, at least there won’t be any excuses this time around. Buell gets another chance, without HD to allegedly hold him back this time and with all of the momentum of the electric craze.
They’re not doing it wrong, they're just using the cheapest system that provides the capabilities they require. This looks to have a different performance envelope, and a hub motor isn't the ideal solution as a result.
Google “Torque Steer”
Did Erik even try, or did he spend his time coming up with the Fuell name?
Google hates it: “did you mean fuel?”
Even ebikes are moving away from hub motors (look at this story for instance).
They named their EV company “Fuell”? Uhhhh... Okay? Not sure who approved that one.
Hub motors suck for sealing. Every tar snake and pothole tries to let in water with every bump (and inertia makes sure your ass feels that bump). When that water gets in, it attacks copper and high carbon / low nickel iron that are placed as close to each other as possible.
Put a stake in Buell, they’ve lost the point.
Torque steer. Uncontrollable torque steer. Also, aside from torque steer, FWD cars have a tendency to lose traction incredibly easily on the drag strip, because any lateral course correction you do removes possible going-forward grip.
It makes its best runs...in reverse.
It looks like a Charger, a Stinger, an S60, and a WRX made a baby in GTA.
It’s like a Porsche Panamera with Volvo headlights, mated to Charger fenders, all tacked on to a Saturn Ion body.
528hp front wheel drive... that must be terrifying. They probably aren’t releasing quarter mile times because no one has been able to avoid hitting the wall in the first 60 feet.
Grille looks like a DVD slot