After ordering in September last year my electric vehicle has arrived.
It weighs 50kg, current gearing top speed is 70-80kmh, 60volt battery pack, 5kw motor and maximum torque at zero RPM! Will climb any hill, limiting factor being traction or keeping the front wheel down. Accelerates like the clappers and has a range of approx 80-100km depending on how hard you go.
The bike is a Sur-Ron Lightbee and is made in China. My initial response to such a bike was it would be cheap and low quality. But reading further from Sur-Ron owners around the world, the feedback was that the bike was good quality, excellent value for money and heaps of fun. They are also so popular that a large range of aftermarket parts are available for modifying most parts of the bike.
So I put my deposit down last September and waited through delays in shipping and clogged container ports in Australia and finally picked it up from the importers last week. The importer has done the work of making the bike road legal so I picked the bike up fully registered ready to get out on the road and beyond.
I've only whizzed around town so far and have yet to get off road where no doubt the long travel suspension and off road tyres will be useful. But I'm suitably impressed [8D]
Light wind days, (under 8 knots), no problem having fun now!
It's sort of a cross between a mountain bike and a motocross bike