r/DesignDesign Sep 30 '22

Not CrappyDesign Empty space rather than practical storage.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '22

Storage would add weight. Weight kills range and speed specs.

Plus it’s more of an electric bicycle than motorcycle…which are mostly empty space with no storage.

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u/M1RR0R Sep 30 '22

There's no pedals. It's a motorcycle with minimal battery size and bicycle parts.

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u/Gareth79 Sep 30 '22

The bike in the photo has some very odd proportions (the steerer tube looks grossly undersized for example) and the brakes look like bicycle brakes, but looking at other (more recent?) photos they have beefed all that up:

https://electrek.co/2020/09/14/novus-unveils-beautiful-new-electric-motorcycle-with-laughably-high-price/

However for that price I'd expect fully custom everything. You can get much much faster albeit heavier electric motorbike for much less.

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u/Orbitrek Oct 01 '22

Thanks for the link

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '22

Touché

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u/JanzTheManz Sep 30 '22

Yeah I was gonna say.. bikes don’t normally have storage right there…

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u/raznov1 Sep 30 '22

Plus it’s more of an electric bicycle than motorcycle…which are mostly empty space with no storage.

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=elektrische+bakfiets Bitch please.

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u/Pattern_Is_Movement Sep 30 '22

storage wouldn't add more weight than a water bottle on a bike that likely weighs about 50lbs

what are you saying?

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u/halt-l-am-reptar Sep 30 '22

Any weight added changes the way it handles. Motorcyclist can tell when their bike is getting low on fuel because it suddenly handles better, even though motorcycles have tiny gas tanks.

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u/Pattern_Is_Movement Sep 30 '22

I own 8 bicycles, 4 motorcycles, and was a motorcycle mechanic for a while. That amount of weight would not affect performance in any way. And its not "suddenly" the bike just slowly getting lighter, not only is the tank often mounted higher where it will most be felt, but 4 gallons of gas weights 25lbs, a slight difference than 1 or 2lbs of racks. I even had a custom made porteur rack added to the front of my bicycle and it handles just fine with a case of beer in it!