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Sun Jun 09, 2024 3:09 pm
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Got some loose cash? Buy (or in the U.S. reserve, because they are not on sale here yet) a Verge electric motorcycle. However, they were on display yesterday at the huge Northridge Mall in San Jose. (It took us 20 minutes in a parking garage to find an open parking stall and another 20 minutes to find the Verge shop.) Photos attached. Check out that very unusual electric motor incorporated into the rear wheel - and the price!
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2020 KTM 390 Duke; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #2 I noticed the same thing, but I didn't ask the rep about it. Since the bikes were just being displayed, perhaps making them completely DOT street legal was not all that important. BTW, I asked how the rear tire was changed and was told that the rear splash guard would first be removed by loosening four bolts and then the tire could be removed by unscrewing about 50 small bolts holding the rim together and the tire could be removed like a truck tire. However, I didn't get a clear explanation how the entire wheel was disconnected from the electric motor. I also asked how and where the bike could be serviced. I was told that if there was a warranty issue, a technician would fly to your home and fix the bike. If it needed normal chassis maintenance, you could just take the Verge to any motorcycle shop and they would service it. Right! Good luck with that! 
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2020 KTM 390 Duke; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #3Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #2 An old-school split rim? Surely, it's just a wheel with a really large hub bore. But, on a more serious note, you went a mall that actually had stores and customers? That is shocking.
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I love to know how a shop is expected to replace the rear tire.
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Zitat von L2RKE im Beitrag #5 That's where you veiw Tesla's in the UK[/quote] A neighbor has a 10-year-old Model S with 80,000 miles of wear. A couple weeks ago the warning lights came on and the car wouldn't start. The battery died. A refurbed replacement was installed for $14,000. Considering US gasoline prices, whatever they saved on gas was consumed by the new battery.
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Zitat von L2RKE im Beitrag #5 That's where you veiw Tesla's in the UK[/quote] That mall was just crazy busy on a Saturday afternoon. Every parking garage was almost completely filled and cars were lined up outside just waiting to get into their several multi-story parking garages. It took us 20 minutes to find a parking spot on the top floor and it was so busy that the garage staff were just waiving cars in and out without collecting any money. Then we had to walk the length of the garage, down some stairs, across an elevated ramp and though a large department store to reach the actual mall. After that it took another 20 minutes of walking around mobs of shoppers, the majority of whom were standing in line waiting to order at the many food court restaurants of all kinds. Eventually, we found a Polestar dealership and asked them where we could find the Verge outlet. We were directed past a store with full size donkeys on display and a line of people waiting to get in, then around a corner to the right into another portion of the mall, then around another corner and section of the mall, down 100 yards, where we finally found the Verge display. By that time I was cooked (after spending several hours earlier in a nearby Egyptian museum with my family). What a crazy place to shop. I can really appreciate shopping on-line at Amazon now. LOL Attached is a photo of a "Polestar" Cake EV motorcycle. (I understand that Cake has ceased production due to financial reasons.) And a photo of shoppers lined up to see the donkeys.  Cake Polestar.JPG - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)IMG_3417.JPG - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2020 KTM 390 Duke; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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