I absolutely love the idea of the electric motorcycle and truly see it as the way of the future given the ever growing amount of vehicles on the road as well as the continuous increase in fossil fuels. As much as I love my little Harley Sportster, I would trade it for an electric version in a second.

It bothers me greatly that so many people are completely unaware of the technology that was available in regards to electric cars in the late 90's. It's as if the media has short term memory loss concerning this matter as well.

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