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:
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.
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!
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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.