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El Jebel man aims to break his speed record on motorized skateboard | AspenTimes.com
El Jebel blacksmith Vaughn Shafer doesn’t plan a sedentary visit to Sturgis for the legendary annual motorcycle rally in South Dakota next month.
Instead, the 53-year-old former stuntman aims to top his previous speed record on a motorized skateboard. In 2010, Shafer hit 62 mph in a one-eighth mile on the Sturgis drag strip.
“Now my skateboard is completely redone,” Shafer said. “Our goal is to run 70 in the one-eighth of a mile.”
The 75th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally will be held Aug. 3 through 9. Shafer, his wife Lori and some of their friends are regular vendors with their custom-built motorcycles, leatherworks and Vaughn’s custom ironwork. One crowd-pleaser is the sabertooth tiger bike that Shafer regularly takes and tries to sell.
Drag-racing contests between souped-up motorcycles are always part of the rally. Shafer will be the halftime entertainment on his skateboard in front of a crowd of 40,000 to 50,000 during a pre-rally event Aug. 2.
After putting his skateboard in mothballs the past five years, Shafer got excited about trying to top his previous record.
“I’m an adrenaline junkie,” Shafer said. “I have the need for speed.”
A key to resurrecting the board was finding the right mechanic. He enlisted friend Kit Axelson of Hell Roaring Cycles in New Castle to beef up his board.
“He’s the only mechanic who touches my motorcycles and skateboard,” Shafer said.
Axelson installed a new motor and carburetor system and added new tires on the skateboard.
The 45-horsepower engine has been boosted above 50 horsepower. It runs off jet fuel. Shafer controls the speed with a handheld throttle.
“I call it my drag board,” Shafer said.
The specialized skateboard weighs about 68 pounds. It’s about 4 feet long and 8 inches wide in the rear, where the engine sits. There are no bindings to keep Shafer strapped in, but there’s what he calls a “sky hook” where he can wedge his front foot. The beefy back tires came off a go-cart. The front tires are standard skateboard issue.
After messing around with skateboards for 30 years, Shafer wants to accomplish a speed goal before hanging up the board for good.
“I just want to fulfill my dream,” he said. “I just want to run 100.”
He figures if the board hits 70-plus mph in the one-eighth mile, it can hit 100 in a quarter-mile.
Shafer started skateboarding in California in high school in the 1970s and went pro in 1982. He got into stunts and eventually experimented with a motorized skateboard. He once jumped five cars, setting a record by clearing 37 feet, 10 inches, in the early 1990s.
A crash convinced him the aerobatics would lead to his demise, so he decided to keep his feet on the ground — albeit at speeds in the 60s while in a crouching position on a board in the open air.
Shafer wears a suit that looks like a stock car driver’s outfit with the addition of a motocross rider’s padding. He wears a motorcycle helmet with a full shield.
He has taken three high-speed spills. The key to surviving is to avoid rolling, he said. That’s when he could bust limbs. Instead, he has to slide along the ground and trust his suit.
“It’s like a Pete Rose slide,” he said.
Even in this age of extreme sports, with GoPro cameras capturing every move, Shafer appears to be the only person pursuing speed records on a motorized skateboard.
“There’s nobody else in the world doing this,” he said. “I’ve tried to get other guys to do this, but they say, ‘Hell no.’”
Lori Shafer has seen her husband crash a couple of times when he was testing his board at the Bonneville Salt Flats. The salt clumped on his tires, fell off and made travel treacherous. She supports his speed pursuit because she knows skateboarding has been his passion since high school.
“I say a lot of prayers — leave it in God’s hands,” she said. Besides, Vaughn has proved resilient. “He recovers.”
To help fund their speed attempt in Sturgis, the Shafers are selling T-shirts and stickers from Vaughn’s blacksmith shop at 275B El Jebel Road. Vaughn will be in his shop every day through Tuesday before leaving Wednesday for Sturgis.
El Jebel man aims to break his speed record on motorized skateboard | AspenTimes.com
Freitag, 24. Juli 2015
Detroit Automakers: The Truth About American-Made Vehicles -- The Motley Fool
Over the past few year, it’s been a growing marketing tactic to tout products made in America, and it’s resonated well with consumers. Would it surprise you to find out 3 of the top 4 most “American-made” vehicles sold in the U.S. aren’t built by Detroit automakers? Just how big of a deal is that for Detroit automaker investors?
Let’s look into some of the surprising trends revealed by Cars.com’s recently released American-Made Index and see what it means for U.S. automakers Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)
How does it work?
The Cars.com American-Made Index ranks vehicles by the percentage of domestic content and parts used in the vehicle. The list only includes vehicles comprised of at least 75% domestic content. It was Toyota Motor‘s (NYSE:TM) Camry that took the top spot in 2015. Here’s how the rest of the list filled out:
- Toyota Camry
- Toyota Sienna
- Chevrolet Traverse
- Honda Odyssey
- GMC Acadia
- Buick Enclave
- Chevrolet Corvette
Yes, that’s it. Only seven vehicles produced and sold in the U.S. are made with at least 75% domestic content, and the champion for the previous two years, Ford’s F-150, dropped off the list entirely with the introduction of its redesigned 2015 F-150.
America’s best-selling truck isn’t the only vehicle to fall off the list; it’s just another statistic in a growing trend. Consider that in 2010, Cars.com’s American-Made Index listed 29 vehicles with more than 75% domestic content. That number dropped to less than 20 vehicles by 2012 and all the way down to a meager seven vehicles for this year’s list.
“Automakers are becoming more global and that’s better for the bottom line, but it also means a drop in the domestic content in cars and trucks,” Patrick Olsen, editor-in-chief of Cars.com, told CNBC.
So, what exactly does this mean for Detroit automakers, and how much do Americans care?
“I think there is a fair chunk of Americans who do care about this,” said Olsen, according to CNBC. “But the majority of car buyers still care more about things like price, reliability and brand loyalty.”
American only
Interestingly enough, a chunk of consumers do care that their vehicles are American-made. In fact, 28% said they would only buy American vehicles, according to Cars.com. But there’s also much consumer confusion when it comes to automakers and brands, which could limit the impact that the “American only” mind-set has on purchase decisions.
For instance, Cars.com polled consumers about the recent auto industry bailouts, and while 70% knew General Motors was a bailout recipient, only 53% correctly named Chrysler as another. Unfortunately, 29% of consumers also lumped Ford into the recipient list, even though the lone Detroit automaker survived on its own dime.
Furthermore, which brands are owned by which major automakers isn’t common knowledge. Lexus, for instance, is Toyota’s luxury line, and not a single Lexus vehicle was assembled in America, yet 21% of consumers thought Lexus was a U.S.-based brand. (In case it needs to be noted, Toyota is a Japanese automaker.)
So, while consumers do care about vehicles being American-made to some degree, understanding which vehicles meet that standard isn’t as easy as it seems. And while a few Japanese vehicles are high on the 2015 American-Made Index, the majority of vehicles with higher domestic content are indeed produced by U.S. automakers. Looking beyond the index, which only considers vehicles with more than 75% domestic content, Ford, General Motors, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles produce 37 of the 57 U.S.-assembled cars with 60% or higher domestic content. Meanwhile, some foreign-based automakers bring in dozens of import vehicles without a single domestic part.
The fact that Ford’s F-150 dropped off the American-Made Index list, and that Japanese vehicles own the top portion of the list, doesn’t mean investors should be worried about U.S. automaker’s brand images suffering. Detroit still produces the majority of American-made vehicles and is said to employ two-thirds of the industry’s autoworkers.
In addition, for those consumers who factor “American-made” into a vehicle purchase decision, as Detroit automakers continue to improve their vehicles’ fuel efficiency and reliability as they have recently, their sales will continue to thrive in the U.S. market.
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Listen: HEALTH Share 'MEN TODAY'
Right now – literally, almost as we speak – HEALTH are playing three shows in Los Angeles.
Titled ‘You Are Not Alone’, the shows are a preview of the group’s forthcoming album ‘DEATH MAGIC’.
Out on August 7th, HEALTH have now provided a further preview. New cut ‘MEN TODAY’ is online now, and it’s a direct, bracing offering from a collective who continue to inspire.
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5. COURTSHIP II
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7. LIFE
8. SALVIA
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Police find 1200 guns at dead man's Los Angeles house
LOS ANGELES – Police uncovered a cache of 1,200 guns and more than 2 tons of ammunition in the Los Angeles home of a man found dead nearby, and investigators are checking if he legally owned the weapons and whether any were used in a crime, officials said.
Officers made the discovery after the man’s body was found in a car in West Los Angeles on Friday, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement.
Los Angeles County assistant chief coroner Ed Winter said the man, whose name has not been released, was already decomposing when found. An autopsy was planned for Tuesday or Wednesday.
The 1,200 firearms found at the man’s home included handguns, rifles and shotguns, police said. The weapons and 2 tons of ammunition were taken to the police department’s property division.
While there is no absolute limit to the number of guns a person can legally own in California, LAPD spokeswoman Officer Liliana Preciado said investigators will check who was the registered owner of the weapons and if any of the firearms have been linked to any crimes.
Detectives with a warrant entered the man’s home after the discovery of his body because they were looking for evidence that would explain his death, police said.
LAPD Commander Andrew Smith told the Los Angeles Times there were no immediate signs of foul play and that detectives were not investigating the death as a homicide.
The number of firearms at the house far exceeded the haul from a recent Los Angeles gun-buyback collection. On May 9, authorities rounded up 746 guns in exchange for supermarket gift cards they gave individuals who turned in the weapons, part a program intended to make the city’s streets safer.
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Fashion designer Shardz Hourani arrested for allegedly indecently assaulting models
Shardz Hourani has been arrested for indecent assault. Photo: Facebook
Sydney fashion designer Shardz Hourani has been arrested and charged with five counts of assault following allegations he groped, harassed and exploited young female models.
Fairfax Media reported in June that dozens of aspiring models had rallied together to expose the degrading treatment they experienced at the hands of the 31-year-old club promoter and would-be fashion designer.
A photo posted to the Facebook Page ‘Say NO to Sanija Fashion’. Photo: Facebook
Photos of female models being man-handled by Hourani during a swimwear photo shoot were posted to the Facebook page with the advice to “Say NO to Sanija Fashion”, run by Sydney model Tayla Novelli.
The photographs allegedly show Hourani groping the models’ breasts, buttocks and thighs.
“A man posing as a fashion designer has been charged over allegedly assaulting models and committing acts of indecency in Sydney,” NSW police said in a statement on Tuesday night.
A photo posted to the ‘Say NO to Sanija Fashion’ page. Photo: Facebook
During an investigation by detectives from the Eastern Beaches Local Area Command, two women aged 20 and 22, whose identities have been withheld, reported acts of indecency that took place in April and May this year.
Hourani was arrested at about 9.50am on Tuesday at a shopping centre in Bankstown, where he worked by day as a salesman in a men’s fashion store.
He was taken to Bankstown Police Station and charged with five counts of assault with act of indecency.
Hourani was granted strict conditional bail and is due to appear at Waverley Local Court on Thursday, 30 July 2015.
In June, Novelli and fellow model Tia Wright told Fairfax Media they had experienced appalling and degrading treatment when they posed for Hourani’s swimwear photo shoots.
Wright, 19, said she was very happy to hear Hourani had finally been arrested.
“I’m just so glad we were able to get this result,” Wright said. “All the girls are. It has been such a positive experience to see so many girls come together to share their experiences and stand up for themselves.”
Hourani was under intense public scrutiny after Wright spoke to Fairfax Media about her experiences working for Hourani.
“He’d yell at me and the other models, and get up very close, right up against your body, and grab your hips, and arse, and your chest and twist your body into poses,” she said.
Wright decided to speak out after she was contacted by a younger model who said she had experienced similar treatment.
“It’s not fair,” Wright said. “Young girls new to the industry don’t know they shouldn’t have to put up with this.”
Aspiring model Maddy, 18, told Fairfax Media that Hourani had also groped and harassed her during the four to five months she worked for him in 2014.
“He called me a ‘stupid fat slut’. He kept swearing at me, calling me awful things constantly,” said Maddy who requested her surname be withheld.
“It was scary. He acted like he owned you,” she said.
Maddy said Wright’s Facebook post prompted her to tell her father about Hourani’s behaviour. Her father immediately notified the police and officers from Mascot police station spoke to her on Wednesday night.
More than 3000 people have joined the ‘Say No to Sanjia Fashion’ Facebook page since it launched last month. Dozens of models have posted on the page, describing their own negative experiences working for Hourani.
One woman said Hourani “touched me inappropriately, tried kissing me and told me if I didn’t kiss him back then he would be angry … grabbed my hand and made me touch his erected penis!
“I legit went home and cried. We need to stop this,” she wrote.
Several women have also posted screen shots of messages they say they received from Hourani. The messages became increasingly hostile after the women rejected his sexual advances.
Fairfax Media also spoke to a photographer who worked with Hourani on the condition of anonymity who said that Hourani would insist on groping the models to arrange them into poses.
“He would touch them inappropriately. I kept thinking, ‘Why do they let him touch them like that?’ ” he said.
“It made me very uncomfortable. I stopped working with him after two days and I’ve told other photographers and models not to work with him.”
Sanija Fashion does not have a website, and its Facebook page has been removed. Hourani’s personal Facebook page has been removed from public view.
According to his pagelous.com page, which has now been taken down, “Shardz Hourani looks at modelling in a progressive, exciting and unique way. With over 60 models and new models being hired everyday”.
“You can be assured to be given a professional and beauty focus answer to all your modelling, fashion, event, PR, and runway needs,” it read.
Hourani refused to comment. When Fairfax Media called his mobile phone a man, who said he spoke on Hourani’s behalf, told Fairfax Media to “contact our lawyers” and hung up.
Police inquiries are continuing.
Fashion designer Shardz Hourani arrested for allegedly indecently assaulting models
Big, bold and American | theSundaily
NO one quite makes SUVs like the Americans do. The Germans do a grand job but charge you a very pretty penny; the Koreans almost offer it all but lack the all important finesse you want in a big car.
Now the Americans know how to very nearly get it right, but you expect them to, being the purveyors of big accomplished cars that they are.
Take this Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland for example, it is a classic big, grand SUV with a plush suspension, acres of space and some quality fittings.
It does not quite feel like an accomplished RM480,000 SUV, but it has its draws, the kind that keep you looking back at it after parking.
With such a hefty price tag, this Jeep falls into the domain of some very credible competition like the BMW X5, Mercedes ML, Volkswagen Touareg, and the mighty Land Rover Discovery. But it has tricks to hold its own even in such accomplished company.
Take the design of the car for example, those iconic vertical lines have been part of the Jeep Cherokee design for eons now, and still looks good.
The squared headlights and that massive front end give the car a very commanding presence, the kind that makes people want to scramble to get out of the way.
This big car makes you feel big inside as well, and is a brilliant ego stroker.
The interior though is simple and will not blow you away, but it has everything you will want of a car with this price tag. Spaciousness is a given, but it is a strict five-seater with plenty of room in the boot but no extra seats.
No fancy automatic flattening seats or anything of that sort here either. The big, comfortable seats are leather clad with the Overland crest stitched into the back rests.
The overall theme is minimalistic with most buttons and controls centred around the centre stack. Quality is just so too, Chrysler still has a ways to go to catch up with the competition when it comes to making half a million Ringgit cars.
Creature comforts are pretty standard for this day and age; a 8.4-inch multi-view display dominates the central dash area, it is connected to a nine speaker Alpine premium audio system that offers USB, AUX and bluetooth connectivity.
And not like you would need it for this country but there are heated seats all around and a heated steering wheel.
More relevant for Malaysians are the ventilated front seats, and the powered tailgate and other grand features, but this Cherokee Overland is so much more than just the features it offers, the real magic of this Jeep is in the drive.
Under the bonnet is a mighty Pentastar 3.6-litre V6 VVT engine that puts out an impressive 284hp and 347Nm of torque. Though it weighs over two tons, you really don’t feel the heft.
Power is available whenever you want it, comfortable highway cruising speed is close to the twin century mark and thanks to the eight-speed automatic transmission, you get silky smooth shifts which you can also control via steering mounted pedal shifters.
There really is nothing quite like a good balance of power and smoothness, but throw in a brilliant suspension and you have perfection. And that is exactly what the Grand Cherokee Overland offers with its ‘QuadraLift Air Suspension System’ – perfection in motion.
The intelligent suspension system does a fantastic job of soaking up nearly everthing the road has to offer, and when it can’t absorb it, it does well at ensuring you feel very little of it in the cabin.
The Quadra-Lift system also automatically raises and lowers the car for maximum ground clearance, and to make it easier to get in and out of the car.
It is also intelligent enough to know when to raise itself from back to front to keep the headlights focused down on the road.
The interior is serene at almost any speed, the suspension keeps the ride plush and the engine ensures you are never left wanting of power. The full time fourwheel-drive system ensures you always have maximum control.
The overall interior quality is not really up there with the best, but the best does not have this Jeep’s superb ride quality and its grand design, and that is why this American SUV is still up there with the greatest.
And with most people flocking to BMW, Mercedes and Land Rover, it is about time to stand out from the crowd, especially in a car that arguably looks better than the competition.
Big, bold and American | theSundaily
Get a tip from a barmaid: pub staff could be used to spread public health message
A barmaid pulls a pint in a pub. Bar staff could also be helping drinkers take more care of their health better, according to the RSPH report.
Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty
Bar staff and barbers could soon be crucial players in helping people see the dangers of excessive drinking, lack of exercise and unhealthy diets, according to a government-commissioned report.
The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), a charity dedicated to improving health and wellbeing in society, has outlined plans for a range of different occupations – including cleaners, hairdressers, postal workers, and pub and restaurant staff – that could be enlisted to support efforts to tackle the public health crisis in England.
The RSPH report, Rethinking the Public Health Workforce, states that as many as 15 million workers – more than a quarter of England’s population of 54 million – could help form a “wider public health workforce” with sufficient training.
With bookmakers already having dipped their toes in the water by spreading public health messages to men who would normally avoid their local GPs’ surgery, the NHS and local authority services are now being urged to consider going further in nudging reluctant souls of both genders into seeking medical help and advice.
Cleaners and postal workers are among sections of the workforce that could help spread the message, the report says .
Similarly, bars and other businesses could provide less forbidding venues for checking blood pressure and carrying out other medical tests, engaging people in “conversations” about healthy lifestyles and offering “signposts” to steer them on to more specialist services.
Shirley Cramer, RSPH’s chief executive, said: “A wide variety of professions enjoy a trusted relationship and regular contact with the public. Such professionals may be able to offer the public advice or, indeed, be asked for such advice.
“If you consider bars or restaurants as an example, there may be potential for people working in these establishments to help promote healthier choices or to signpost to a range of other lifestyle health services, including smoking cessation or physical activity.”
Cramer added that by engaging with workers far beyond those normally used to spread public health messages, “not only might we help support these individuals to improve their own health and wellbeing, but reaching out to the people they interact with could be significant”.
The society’s research suggested one in four people would be prepared to take public health advice from hairdressers and shop workers.
Mike Taylor, director of the British Barbers’ Association, said: “We have over 200,000 barbers and hairdressers nationally and many enjoy a trusted and long-standing relationship with customers.
“Ensuring the health and wellbeing of our customers isn’t just the right thing to do, it also makes good business sense, and we believe that our sector can and should be part of the wider public health movement.”
Taylor added: “Obviously this needs to be handled in a sensitive manner, but there is a possibility to develop this further and signpost customers to health advice and support, if customers indicate this is something they’d be interested in.”
Ladbrokes, the betting chain with 2,200 outlets across the UK, has already done some work in this area, working with the Men’s Health Forum on Men’s Health Week, while prostate cancer charities have also pioneered different ways of spreading health messages to men.
Gráinne Hurst, director of corporate affairs at Ladbrokes, said posters in shops and leaflets for customers had challenged men to look after their relationships and wellbeing more, drink sensibly, watch their weight, not smoke, be active and turn up for regular NHS health checks.
“We have large footfall in our shops of men aged to 60,70-odd and some of these wouldn’t necessarily go to the doctor or engage with public health messages generally.” Anecdotal feedback had been positive, she said.
Moves to engage far more workers beyond the 40,000-strong “core public health workforce” had up to now tended to look at a pool of about 800,000 other workers, including other health professionals such as podiatrists and physiotherapists, police, fire and ambulance services, welfare and housing professionals and community pharmacy teams.
The suggestion that businesses could do more to promote public health messages comes amid mounting criticism of food and drink industries for including far too much salt and sugar in their products.
Deborah McKenzie, director of organisational and workforce development at Public Health England, one of the health bodies that commissioned the report, welcomed the suggestions for collaborative action.
“This is everyone’s responsibility and the wider workforce can play an important role in making every contact count, encouraging people to make healthier lifestyle choices,” she said.
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Heat exhaustion may have caused motorcycle accident near Girard Sunday - News - AM 1590 ...
Monday, July 20, 2015 5:48 a.m. EDT
GIRARD, MI (WTVB) – Heat exhaustion apparently was the cause of a motorcycle accident in Branch County that injured a Marshall man Sunday afternoon. Branch County Sheriff Deputies were dispatched shortly after 1 p.m. to East Girard Road near School Drive and upon arrival discovered two motorcycles with one having heavy damage. One of the bikers was lying on the ground being attended to by neighbors from the area. The man appeared disoriented and said he couldn’t remember what had happened.
LifeCare transported 26-year old Dustin Orns to the Community Health Center of Branch County for treatment. Later at the hospital, Orns told deputies he may have passed out due to heat exhaustion, forcing him to lose control of his motorcycle and flip over.
Both riders were wearing helmets with Orn’s helmet showing damage.
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Sonntag, 19. Juli 2015
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Austrian bike maker KTM launches electric Freeride E SM | Drive | Malay Mail Online
“The entire motorcycle industry is in a positive, forward-looking position,” explains Arno Ebner, KTM’s head of electronics. He puts KTM’s success down to having: “The right product, at the right time in the right places — on a high quality level and on a global scale.”
The company has built its reputation on bikes that are the most powerful, fastest or most intimidating in their segments, and although Ebner says that in general, KTM owners are “performance oriented,” the company is also at the forefront of the e-bike revolution.
Yet even here, in a segment associated with short-distance commutes in traffic and machines styled to look like scooters, KTM used the same approach — extreme performance — to launch its initial battery-powered bikes: the Freeride E range of competition-level dirt bikes whose batteries offer benefits, rather than limitations.
“Our electric motorcycles have really good performance in terms of the engine power and vehicle acceleration,” says Ebner. “On proper off-road tracks it is possible to ride even faster with the KTM Freeride E SX than with comparable motorcycles with internal combustion engines.”
They also offer greater control as there are no gear changes needed, there is less vibration and no distracting, tiring engine noise.
So much so that the company feels that the time is right for a road-going e-bike and is this year launching the Freeride E-SM, a motorcycle the company’s head of R&D, Phillipp Habsburg calls: “a true Sportmotorcycle which makes a lot sense to be used as Sprintbike in urban areas — and it should be the coolest bike in the parking spot.”
The bike takes 90 minutes to charge (50 minutes for an 80 per cent charge), offers 22hp and 42Nm of torque, yet weighs just 108kg and in terms of range, KTM measures distance in time. The Freeride E-SM should offer even the keenest of riders an hour of power.
Does that mean that 2015 is going to be a seminal year for battery-powered motorbikes? Ebner concedes that it’s still too early, despite the clear benefits the bikes can offer. “The KTM Freeride E SM is faster than scooters or other conventional motorcycles. But there is still a big challenge for e-mobility; the price for a safe and reliable battery technology is still high.”
But as well as bringing down or stabilizing costs, usable range also needs to improve, but that is already happening. “We think that is it possible to increase the battery capacity for 50 per cent in the next 2-3 years, at the same size and weight,” says Ebner.
Each improvement will bring down prices but will also mean that a battery-powered bike becomes a suitable alternative for other types of motorcycle such as adventure bikes, tourers and cruisers, where range is as important as acceleration, as well as dirt bikes and scramblers, sportsbikes and scooters. — AFP Relaxnews
Austrian bike maker KTM launches electric Freeride E SM | Drive | Malay Mail Online
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