Police Specials

[Steven]

Came across this on Ebay and followed the Link

RapidResponseBike

Rather hot ride,

 

[flecc]

Interesting Steven, obviously pedelec only and it looks like an old tech brush motor. That type are usually very noisy, but maybe it's got a siren to drown that out!

With the central motor protected from bumps by dual suspension, it has the makings of a good off road fun bike and at the right price could find a market if they sold a version without the police gubbins.
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[Ian]

It looks interesting but the crank drive has the external appearance of a worm drive or spiral bevel which is a horribly inefficient form of gearbox. Also the video shows the cranks rotating from motor drive (No freewheel) which I don't really fancy.

 

[flecc]

Yes, I saw the worm drive, fits with the bike though since that sort are inefficient anyway. I wouldn't use a bike like this on the road, but with the high ground clearance, strongly cased motor and battery protected by suspension it would be good for rough ground off road fun.

I didn't look at the video so didn't realise there was no freewheel in the gearwheel, but there's a way out of that by using a Cyclone freewheeling chainwheel.
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[Ian]

At $2000 I'll not be rushing to get one, even though it's Li-ion battery is apparently good for thousands of recharges

 

[nigel]

Nigel

yikes does that mean they can catch us on our torqs

 

[Ian]

The Keystone Cops ride again

 

[coops]

...and again, and again... thousands of times over, apparently, as you say Ian .

 

[flecc]

I didn't bother to investigate that deeply Ian, so had no idea of the cost or the supercooled battery.

But it's obviously designed for a certain class of customer. As the saying goes, "A fool and his money are soon parted".

Or that other saying, "The law is an ass",
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