http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/

This week Jay rides the 2014 Mission E-Bike.

Looks nice, high end components, fast t5 e-nuf.

Deep pockets need only apply....for now.

If you fire this site up next week you might have to do a search on Jays site to find this bike.

Oh, to be Jay ... Wait, that doesn't sound quite right ...

Looks more rideable than the turbine thing.

Not sure I can bring myself to electric, no matter how good it gets (unless say, they get nuclear powered or something equally fantastic): The whine of an electric motor just ain't makin' it.

"The whine of an electric motor just ain't makin' it."

I hear ya SDnerd.

":lol: At that point, one might as well stay home and "ride" with a simulator game."

Ya, have some handle bars to hold on to with a spring attached that wants to rip your arms out of the sockets.

One thing I couldn't find anywhere is the weight of that bike, all other specs look great (well except for the price but first performance models of every newer kind of tech are expensive at first.

About the weight, Jay asked the sales rep and the rep started talking quitter and changed the topic.

What I heard was 500lbs, depending on the battery option. Bigger battery=faster = more money = more weight.

He also mentioned the battery can be swapped out when newer / better technology comes about.

Never would have thought of you as a knuckle dragger SDnerd..

They managed to include a toe guard on ther SS swingarm.....

I think this thing is bad-ass. Overweight, yes but as battery technology improves the weight will come down. Quiet...can run up and down twisty roads without pissing off the local residents with excessive noise...nice! If it were priced in the range of the new SD-R and depending on range I might even give it some consideration. Would be good on track, that's without doubt.

Would be fantastic to commute on as well. Give those goddamn oil companies the middle finger!

Good to see Jay riding something like this (ie Sportike) as he is quite the ambassador for our sport. Hopefully he can take some of the stink off of us after those dickhead's actions in New York.

I've long stated, that when the day comes that I can no longer ride a bike with rear-sets, I'll stop riding (I'm never going to own anything with forward controls).

I'm going to add another end-of-my-riding-days qualifier: When the day comes that Kalifornistan forces electric bikes down our throats - and you know that day is coming - I'll stop riding. Hopefully, I'll be unable to ride for some other reason (like too fooking old), before that day. Fuckyou Jerry Brown and your "Zero Emissions" myth cult.

Personally, I'd rather give my money to the "oil companies" and throw up the middle finger to the state and their sanctioned monopolies known as "utilities". While I don't like gratuitously loud bikes, I do like the sounds of most IC engines. For me, it's one of the gratifying elements of operating a motorcycle. Even if metal-air batteries emerge with their promise of high energy storage densities, no electric motor whine could ever substitute that for me.

Sorry - but I like pistons, cranks, rods, cams, valves, chains, and all the rest.

You need to hear one of these Rumelys SDnerd. Love going to Antique Powerland in Brooks Oregon.



I am having a blast riding my KTM Adventure with the sit up and beg sitting posture. 85 mph all day long. There really is life after rear sets.
Getting old is not for pussys. 61 and counting here. Rack 'em up, bud.

Another merican...my neck of the woods. http://motoczysz.com/

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Pretty good video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1CSdYsJIWQ

I have not ridden the Mission, I have driven a Tesla and was VERY impressed. Yes the buy in cost for either is quite high, keep in mind though that the Tesla S is competition to S class Benz, 7 series BMW and Audi A8, but with more and more units on the road and Tesla promising a smaller version soon the cost will be in line with other premium sedans.

Yes the motor wine is a little different but overall the drive was quiet and ohhh so smooth with never ending push from behind. I for one was impressed.

I have seen the Mission up close and the build quality is terrific.

Here is an excellent review of this bike... I think the future is here. Hard to deny that this is just plain "better" in almost every way (in terms of maintenance, running costs and performance. It will never sound better), or it at least it will be when battery technology catches up. (Check out the available horsepower- its something like 220...)
http://rideapart.com/2013/08/rideapart- ... ission-rs/

I just hope if the electrics take over it's because they offer a competitive alternative.
Not because the ICE is legislated out of existence.
Carbed 2-strokes are still popular in countries with less stringent emissions laws, and not because they don't have the technology.
Weight, range, charge times, infrastructure and price... pretty serious disadvantages to overcome.
Of course as you say, battery technology is the major factor there, and there's all sorts of nano-tube, microbubble and nanowire battery/capacitor hybrids etc in development.
Otherwise I guess I can head to the hills, convert my bikes to ethanol and produce my own fuel in my still. Convenient to have both bike and rider running on the same juice...

No worries, thanks for the discussion.
Considering how conservative the motorcycle industry is with adopting new technology (especially compared to the auto industry), I'm surprised at how fast e-bikes are developing into legitimate consumer options as performance vehicles.
Given the "green" market, I thought they would spend a long time in the moped/scooter/city commuter roles before that happened.

Just checking out the Tokyo Motor Show and Yamaha's electric concept bike, the PES1. It's a lot more modest than the Mission bikes, but (judging by the specs) should attack that price point and weight disadvantage (100kg apparently).

http://blog.motorcycle.com/2013/11/20/m ... c-concept/