Despite many people talking about electric cars being set up to make ICE sounds, which would be easy to do. It would even be easy to fake gear-changes and engine braking if there is regenerative generation. But, it never seems to happen. The Porsche Taycan has a 'fake engine sound', but it sounds like the vacuum cleaner from hell to me. Surely Harley could add a V-twin sound to an electric motorcycle.
Harley already has an electric bike the Live Wire, I have ridden a couple, they ride good, you do feel the weight but you also feel the torque. They do make a sound, so they are not completely quiet. Down side is they only get about an hours worth of ride time, and thats if you are riding conservative. They are also $16K which is more then most young riders can afford.
I had a google and found the Topper.
I know its dangerous to over-generalize but but given personal experience over decades of street riding and attending huge Sunday morning bike meetups in the Tri-State area I can safely opine, that the great majority of Harley riders are aging right-wing throw-backs with romantic ideas of the whole lone wolf tough guy Hell’s Angels. And largely, the balance are weekend warrior insurance adjusters, aluminum siding salesmen, and cologne-wearing, cigar-smoking Wall Street .........s who trade in their silk suits on the weekend for leather costumes that emulate that whole ‘60s outlaw biker archetype. They go around bristling with all that agro, dangerous-guy energy, but for the most part they’re what a Texan friend of mine used to say, “All hat and no cattle.”. There are out there, some forward thinking, progressive guys who ride Harleys. But the ones I’ve met have been few and far between.
Absolutely. Didn't mean to imply it was only boomers riding Harleys. Getting dressed up on weekends in Hell's Angels lookalike get-ups is even more popular than suburbanite dads who wear Stetsons and expensive cowboy boots. Seriously tho, I still love to go to flat-track races when I do, the parking lot is always filled to brimming with chopper style bikes. That .... ain't going away anytime soon.
