Comments on: Saint Thomas Academy’s Safer Electric Motorcycle

By: rrpostal

rrpostal — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:17:03 +0000

Ha! I picture them thinking what a great idea this is until they pull up to a light and stop. The thing tips over on it’s side and the inventor goes “Damn!”

By: plunk

plunk — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:40:22 +0000

Two things, first, for a high school project, I think it’s GREAT to teach future engineering students to take a set of requirements and make a product. We got enough lazy ass video game playing pot smoking loafers in marketing already to worry about whether or not it’s gonna sell.

Second, so many of you are worry about it as a motorcycle in the way you use your motorcycles here in America. Go to Asia sometime and check out there rides. All scooterish like bikes that most of you’ll wouldn’t think to take seriously, but from China to India for Billions of people, it’s that or walk. And it rains there, they would LOVE a roof (ever seen folks riding bikes with umbrellas? I have, and it wasn’t out of the ordinary in most of the towns around northern Thailand). If (when) gas gets to $10 a gallon and stays there for a while, a lot of people will be very interested in a vehicle like this.

And for the lithium battery fire professors, you seem to want me to believe that having one of those is SO much MORE dangerous than a 5 gallons of gasoline in a metal tank. (there’s a reason gas is THE standard for bikes today, it is because it explodes so easy and violently)

By: JohnH_in_OKC

JohnH_in_OKC — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:16:50 +0000

I might buy one if speed can be increased to 70 mph and a battery charge can be extended to 80 miles at 70 mph (hopefully with a 5 minute charge instead of overnight). Also the vehicle must be air conditioned and cost under $4,000.

Otherwise, I am opting for a Chevy Volt in 2009 or 2010, whenever it is available. –John

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:52:56 +0000

From a UK perspective where petrol today is £1.17 per litre or around $10 a gallon I would be interested in this as I am in the ventrix. For a bunch of school kids to have done this is remarkable I don’t like the style but I bet lots of the kids working on it would be able to very quickly produce a 3D model and rapid prototype of any shaped component from petrol tank to fairing you cared to describe. Remembering they are kids in school the skills gained and experience of making something they can be rightly proud of is a real education that will stand them and your country in good stead and that to me sounds like a GOOD education.

By: Erik

Erik — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:39:34 +0000

Um, no, no thank you. Is the fact the everyone would be laughing at you too hard to drive part of the safety features because this thing looks ridiculously stupid.