While I understand and accept that a growing percentage of automobiles are electric powered, and varying degrees of self-driving, and that there will be a point, in the not too distant future, that the number of EV's (electric vehicles) will out-number ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) vehicles....
It is difficult to picture a world where folks interested in Harley-Davidson Motorcycles will be interested in Eelectric Harley-Davidson's.
BUT, this is what Harley is saying:
Quotes from Harley's website- "Electric is the Future" and "our commitment to a full lineup of electric two-wheelers designed to establish the company as the leader in electrification of mobility over the next several years".
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An electric bicycle might be fun to fool around on...but why pay for a Harley electric bicycle?
Don't most folks own Harley Motorcycle's for their "soul"? Pay extra for that? Otherwise, a Japanese or German motorcycle gets the job done of taking you down the road.
Does the future really hold an Electric Road King, or an Electric Softail Deluxe?
Harley-Davidson seems to think so. What do You think?
LINK to Electric Vehicle Section on Harley's website.
Notice the License Plate on the Electric Harley in the video below-
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Do you think the quiet aspect of these electric bikes will result in more cagers not being aware of the motorcycle?
Would you buy one?
Tell us!
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Steve
posted on 8/6/2020 7:29 PMTim
posted on 8/6/2020 3:19 PMEd
posted on 6/7/2020 10:49 AMI think electric vehicles are an inevitability, just look at the difference in the pollution levels since the covid lock down. yes lots off electricity is generated by fossil fuels but at least it puts the pollution outside of cities where people have to live and breath.
I personally love my Harleys, none of them are completely stock, I love that rumbling sound. I think that HD is a big , well experienced company and as long as we keep demanding and buying ICE bikes, they will keep making them. I think they have to start making electric bikes and see what sells. Lets face it we need the new generation to do the work and the jobs we are to old or don't want to do anymore. If it keeps them working so they can afford a new electric bike I think its a good idea.
For the people concerned about the low range and recharging these EV's. Remember the first cordless tools, as good as useless, look at them now, I don't know of any construction company that still uses plug in tools. we are just starting this charge stations ,solar panels, all that will come. look on the internet, they already have developed a digital battery that will be smaller and hold between 2/12 to 3 times as much power as current lithium batteries. Just a mater of getting them into production and we will see EV range close to the same as gas vehicles.
The world has to change, as it always has. I for one am interested to see what that will bring.
albert harwood
posted on 8/24/2019 11:39 PMSteve Davis
posted on 5/19/2019 10:05 AMDIM CHWARTER
Lightnin
posted on 4/14/2019 10:04 AMRobert
posted on 4/14/2019 9:20 AMDavid
posted on 4/12/2019 9:48 AMMichael
posted on 4/11/2019 5:07 AMYou ALL will be riding electric if the demonrat stooges have their way. Hell demoncraps want M/C's gone. They're too dangerous.
As for declining sales-- most millennials are not able to handle any motorsports
Too loud - too dirty and it squashes their "man bun" maggot hair style with a helmet.
Let them stay off the road- we see they can't even operate a car responsibility
G'nite freedom.
ETOWN
posted on 4/11/2019 4:28 AMBrian
posted on 4/10/2019 3:07 PMThe mystique of riding a Harley is that you’re riding a machine!!! The sound, the feel the fit and finish...
Electric bikes?
Skinny Jeans?
Slim fit hipster flannels?
What Harley is doing is same thing they did in the mid 90’s... they totally ignore their base in hopes of capturing the jap bike crowd... they lost then and they will lose here too...
Once Harley’s no longer “potato-potato” and vibrate the front wheel at an idle
They’ll be done...
Quiet motorcycles only means more dead motorcyclists...
Loud pipes DO save lives
paul
posted on 4/10/2019 2:17 PMChances are I won't live long enough to be subjected to the humiliation of riding an electric motorcycle wannabe?
I have a 30-year-old tour glide ultra trike I built myself and a 2008 handbuilt retro chopper and after I die I don't particularly care if the company falls on its collective butt.
You will have deserved it for reaching escape velocity in abandoning those who have been Harley purists and the ones keeping the company alive.
I don't suppose there's a Willie G. in the damn company anymore?
The electric motowannabecycle is a stunt I would have expected from AMF or Hasbro toy company.
Please just give back to them, walk away and stop embarrassing us?
bp
posted on 4/10/2019 11:34 AMKen
posted on 4/10/2019 11:29 AMCharlie
posted on 4/10/2019 10:15 AMLemoyne
posted on 4/10/2019 10:08 AMTom H
posted on 4/8/2019 7:54 PMThen Haul it home. Really? Not a good start.
Kerry McCaskill
posted on 4/8/2019 3:43 PMBill
posted on 4/8/2019 2:45 PMRonen
posted on 4/8/2019 5:12 AMThis is a new world and either Harley goes electric or they go bust - but they need to do so wisely, thinking about the range and price and bring on something special so that the bike is a "Harley".
Mitch
posted on 4/7/2019 10:49 PMRobert E. Redinger
posted on 4/7/2019 9:24 AMBrett
posted on 4/7/2019 8:17 AMPaul
posted on 4/6/2019 6:35 PMBob
posted on 4/6/2019 11:01 AMLet's get real here. I have seen no indication from H-D that they are going to quit making ICE motorcycles anytime in the foreseeable future. They certainly know who their core customers are. And don't forget that they have already announced an entire series of new models that are ICE powered. I know that there is a lot of controversy over the design and style of these new bikes, but that's not the point. The fact that they will be ICE powered shows that Harley is still committed to building conventional bikes. And I highly doubt that they will be phasing out the traditional air/oil cooled 45 degree V-Twin anytime soon.
So I think it's actually a pretty smart move for Harley to get into the electric market at this time. Is the Livewire expensive: Damn right it is! But they also have several other models in development and I'm sure the main purpose of the Livewire is to showcase the amount of expertise they have developed in designing an electric bike.
Harley is not going to abandon us "Old School" riders. Their target consumer base are the millennials and even beyond them. Harley will continue to build ICE powered bikes as long as there are people who want to buy them. Or until the government bans them entirely!
Rob Haas
posted on 4/6/2019 10:50 AMSparks
posted on 4/6/2019 10:36 AMRoger
posted on 4/6/2019 10:08 AMG Patnode
posted on 4/6/2019 9:39 AMDel
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