The E BIKE Thread

[Wayne49]

The Grizzly at 105 lbs and two wheel drive sounds interesting.

I had to go to the FAQ page to find the weight. Usually that is part of the Specs.
Underneath specs is "FAQ", that opens to reveal a link to another page with that has the FAQs, lower down that page is the weight question.

Is weight not an issue with e-bike buyers?

I paid the same amount for my previous year's model Suzuki DR-200S in 2016. Not an exorbitant amount if it is durable and performs as they say.

[rvpopeye]

I think weight is a big issue for us in their rigs .
Folding can fit someplace inside for protection from weather and theft or mounted outside somewhere and just secured for travel.???? Then next the question , can I lift it into the rig or need a ramp ??

One winter staying in a campground Knoxville (Heiskell) my neighbor had a u shaped rear bumper (with the open end up) and a equally long (but still narrow for weight) ramp that he easily loaded his ?350cc? dirt bike.

Probably my only choice for a non folding heavier one unless I went with a electric lift or something,,, then I still would need the room to put it on the floor without hanging or standing up .... Maybe I should cut in a big drop down door/ramp in the back wall ??? Uhhhhhh that I just rebuilt last summer nnn no Homey don't play dat.

Things I (we) have to consider living in a small space every day , before adding anything .
If I'm already at weight capacity I still have to figure out what to get rid of to cover the weight gain and hopefully it will be the same size to make the space too !! skuh kuh kuh kuh kuh

But I haven't mowed a lawn in a LOOOOOOOONG time ! OR raked leaves either. Though I DO like to dig holes in lawns and rake through the sand at a beach on occasion..........

[tx2sturgis]

At some point these things are gonna get regulated heavily....I mean...120 pound bicycles that put out 2000 watts of power and and can go 35 mph? Common sense says that is a scooter or moped or...dare I say it....a motorcycle!

I'm not saying I want that, but guvmint is guvmint, they want to save us from ourselves....look what happened to hover boards, 3 wheel ATV's, yard darts, and drones.

I will express this opinion...that's all it is: You can reach a point with these ebikes where they kinda cease to be 'bicycles' and are closer to being a 'vehicle'....

Ex: lifting, storing, transporting, unloading, unfolding, charging, riding for a few minutes here and there, then repairing, adjusting, maintaining, fixing flats, then do all that all over again, with a fairly large heavy ebike...this kinda became a chore for me...it was easier to just leave it at home...

YMMV....literally....

[Gr8ful]

That's why I sold my 150 gas scooter. it went 55 flat out, but these go 31mph fold flat weigh 44# so if you have to you can pick up one end put it in the ambo or van the load the other. Li-ion make all the difference IMHO.

[Wayne49]

I know the weight is important for those who haul them around, but we're a small subset of the millions of consumer droids in the USA.

That's why I bothered to find the weight in spite of their weird site map. I would probably use the motorcycle carrier that I use for my 289# dual sport. At about a third of the weight the Grizzly would be much easier to load and unload.

Just wondering why an important specification that is usually found up front was buried. It's just one line of text: "Curb weight: xxx lbs." They did not think to add it to the up front specification listing.

Maybe it's just that one company.

[rvpopeye]

If the weight is there somewhere is better than waiting for an owner to post a review ...
The weight does include the battery (ies) which can typically be removed before trying to lift an e-bike.
Light weight is best for us but the guy in the review of the Grizzly G2 said the weight made the ride feel better ?

I have a 20# road bike I could probably add a hub drive to but there's still the battery weight to add in so don't know where that trail leads but might be worth researching......

Whatever happened to those jet packs that they told us we'd be using when we grew up ? LOL

[Gr8ful]

[rvpopeye]

Doesn't count ! Everybody was supposed to have them , with payments at Montgomery Ward ! LOL

[Wayne49]

I was waiting for the Sears & Roebuck catalog.

At Montgomery Ward they would have had three jet pack versions available, good, better, and best.

And a husky version for boys with a certain physique. Nowadays "husky" is just a cool dog.

[sternwake]

Regulations on these are definitely coming.

I was walking my dog late last night, and since the pandemic started, the 35MPH speed limit is often ignored, and doubled. Last night a car doing about 50 got passed by an E bike with no lights and a black clad pilot, going significantly faster.
Must have been doing 65 or 70 mph.

In daytime I regularly see a group of highly privileged snotbag teens, with high end E bikes, who are able to keep up with traffic, weaving in and out of the bike lane and totally ignoring the rules of the road that Autos and bikes have to follow.

The Non e Bikers here are totally out of control here too, and have been well before E bikes.
Gangs of 50 brightly attired extraordinarily entitled bicyclists will completely block HIghway one, legally, yet just blow through redlights and go the opposite direction on one way side streets.

Contempt of Humanity rising.