Discussion The Death of Motorcycles?

About 40 years ago, during one of the petrol strikes/shortage scares of the 80's, I remember running my car on kero!
Petrol was in very scarce supply but kero was still available at the pump. As a student at the time, anything was worth a try so that I could go on a drive with my mates. I filled the tank with kero and carried a 4L tin of petrol that I used as a starting fluid.
I would removed the air cleaner and splash some petrol in prior to a cold start. When the car was warm, it would happily start on kero. It would of course chuff out interesting coloured smoke and smell like a kero heater, but it worked.
The cops gave us some funny looks as we sailed past down practically empty streets on the way to the beach.

The point of this, is that I am sure that we will find a way to enable us to continue to enjoy our precious ICE vehicles for quite a few more years yet. But there may come a time, long after most of us are dead I suspect, where our vehicles do become interesting museum pieces. Much like analogue, b&w TVs and analogue mobile phones.

 

Good riddance to the 4 Strokes.
I have been driving my wife's electric car for the last 9 years and we would never go back to a fossil car.
Looking forward to some great electric motorcycles.
But so far only the VINS EV-01 and Stark Varg have interested me.
https://vinsmotors.com/en/ev-01/

 

The other electric vehicle that interest us is the Aptera. We have a deposit on one.
In some places this will be registered as an Autocycle.
https://www.freethink.com/technolog...ihhIrkwYlWRiy1GNoTRN9yOKTQ7jNbbalMJA3wFntoKmo

 

I don't think I have room for any more motorcycles.
A good friend is buying a new Salt 2 Stroke soon.
The VINS 250cc 2 Stroke is even better than their electric.
Both are injected.

 

personally i would like to own a elec bike as from all the reports the speed and acceleration are amazing BUT would definitly want to keep my petrol guzzaling , exhaust belching other bikes ,all this save the planet by going elec is fobar to a large degree , as said solar panels cost way more in energy than what they produce and create a waste problem .the large amount of batteries needed for cars/trucks and bikes is another thing as well needing rare earths (they are called rare for a reason) ... even if we were all riding old smokers the amount of polution put out is tiny compared to industry who brought in carbon credits to cover their arses while putting the blame on us the people while finding another way to make money ,i think petrol motors will be around for a long time yet as no real alternative has come up yet except maybe hydrogine .. what will happen in the mean time will be a increase in taxes like the london tax .. ie costs to take a car/bike into the city to reduce the pollution ... sorry if this bordors on political but this drive to make people switch over to elec especially elec bikes is to a large degree political BUT as said still wouldnt mind one in my stable

 

My motorcycles are my hobby. I haven't used them as regular transport for many years.
My race fuel comes in 19 litre tins and costs $3 per litre. I am happy to pay that.
Currently petrol is $2.30 per litre in Canberra. Most people are not pleased about that.
By the end of the year it could be $3.
That is why if you got your Tesla or Hyundai electric car this year you can now sell it for more than you paid for it.
The higher petrol and diesel costs the quicker people will move to electric.
As more people move the fuel costs will keep going up.
Who will drive a fossil vehicle when fuel is $10 per litre. How many petrol stations will still exist.
Eventually it will all be in 19 or 20 litre tins.
I will still be keen to put fuel in my hobby motorcycles at $10 per litre or more.
But most people won't pay that.
How long until fuel is $10 per litre?

 

What was the topic again????

 

The death of fossil motorcycles.

 

My only comment is this... they can pry my internal combustion engine from my cold dead hands.