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It will be a complete Disaster! It is part of the one World Order that Countries are going to, including America with the current administration going to a Socialistic Agenda. The problem are Many. Are Lenders going to let all these millions of Combustable vehicles loans get repossessed? Who can afford electric autos with $75,000 average price? Let alone, at $1,500 per home plug in, times 2 or 3 vehicles, who can afford it? What about these new electric trucks pulling a 6000lb trailer only going 75 miles before charging, are campers buying this? Are Employers going to allow you to be 2-3 hours late for work to charge your vehicle? Is the cost of electricity charging vehicles going to be 3 times higher than gas, Yes! Just a few Common Sence Questions, Later-

That's right. They know exactly who they are feeding the wealth to and who is going to add to those existing below the poverty line and they just do not care. On top of that though the vehicles themselves are so called pollution free. How pollution free are the scenes behind the electric car that we are unaware. Example mining of the metals and materials need to produce the cars such as the highly environmental destructive mining of lithium, increased mining of copper for wire and cabling etc. most of which I am sure will be destructive open pit mining and the production of electricity which would have to be ramped up and would all the means for doing this be environmentally friendly? I do not profess to know all the answers if any but I sure am full of scary questions.

You think that's bad, Commiefornia is outlawing ICE CARS by 2035 and now Massachusetts is following suit. sigh, I want America back, I miss her dearly

Yeah I did, please don’t make me leave…

View from the UK. We have a cut off date for sale of ICE cars of 2030. And now this consultation on ending ICE bikes by 2035. The truth is we will not be ready. There is no real infrastructure plan. The likelihood is an extension till 2035 on cars. Personal opinion is I can see small bikes (what we call A1) being electric with some A2 specific (up to 33bhp - built to be for the A2 licence) being included in a 2035 electric change. Unfortunately, we have a government* that talks an awful lot about what it's going to do but never actually puts any plans into action. (*not that we actually have a government at the moment as we wait for a new Prime Minister to be elected)

People making the decisions abandoning ICE are fools and fallen for the fallacy of green energy. Doesn't exist. Wind and solar are only electricity, we will still oil and gas for chemicals needed for all products it takes to produce over 6000 other items like tires, plastic for interiors and seats, paint, adhesives, grease and almost every chemical compound used in automotive for the green electric vehicles. Looks to me like ignorant government decisions makers are forcing fraud on the people. It's mass psychosis.

Nice machine @Freebird. Congratulations. As far accessories go the main things you need is to fit a rump or two in the saddle and a set off boots on the floor boards then ride to your hearts content.

People in Germany have been leading the charge to go green for a while. Then Russia cut off their oil. REALITY TIME... Most have tried to switch over to burning wood or coal. Now the wood is very hard to find and the coal is non-existant. So... people are going into protected forested areas and cutting wood illegally. It's going to be a very rough winter for them. Do you really believe the ones in charge are going to go cold this winter? Perhaps people will change their voting habits? They are talking about bringing their nuke plants back on line. Our (US) electric power grid cannot handle the load currently and they are going to make people switch to EV'S. Does anyone else remember this summer our officials saying to expect some brownouts? This war on fossil fuels needs to stop!

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The government isn’t ignorant, they know exactly what they are doing and pushing for. The Sheepole are the ignorant ones.

Then there is the environmental impact as well as human rights failures behind the electric car that seems to be little mentioned. Here is an interesting article on that note. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/climate/electric-vehicles-environment.html I am not saying I am against electric vehicles. I am just saying we need to see all the facts, not just the ones that are appealing. Its like free range chicken, you need to see what criteria defines the difference between free range and non-free range you might be disappointingly surprised or not.

Sold the Harley and it pulled out of here about 2:30. Decided I was really going to have to think about if I wanted to continue riding at all. Eileen had insisted that we at least go look at the trike so we did. I got back home about 5:00 and the dang thing followed me home. 2005 RSV. Hannigan conversion. EZ Steer, Reverse, Aux gas tank, Floorboards. About the only main thing missing is the emergency brake and I can do without that. It did come with what looks like the Utopia backrest. He had it in the trunk. Will put it on here shortly. Ride home was nice. Handles well but will take a bit of getting used to. Bike itself is great. Hardly any clutch whine. Rear tires are great, front is a Commander and appears to be about 50%. About all it needs is some drink holders and a bluetooth dongle to stream my music. Also came with a color matched Bushtec Roadstar trailer. It looks pretty much new.

Michelin or Dunlop are great choices. Since you already have a Dunlop in front, go for a Dunlop tire to match.

lithium pits are deadly. Electricity looses approximately 8-15% just by transmission... "The transmission over long distances creates power losses. The major part of the energy losses comes from Joule effect in transformers and power lines. The energy is lost as heat in the conductors. The overall losses between the power plant and consumers is then in the range between 8 and 15%." What's that they say about supply and demand? The price will increase When the demand goes up and the supply remains constant. Perhaps we should be investing in power company stock. Wonder what Paul Pelosi's stock portfolio looks like?

Welcome @IMSA GTP FanPost over in the 1st gen tech forum or watering hole to get more info. You’re going to find linked brakes on all 1st gens, talk to @skydoc_17about his de-link kit. 83’s and the early 84’s have a second gear issue that’ll have to be checked on. As far as the engine These things are bulletproof as is, maybe check the valve clearance and run it like you stole it. Only way I’ve ever heard of one going down is from carbs leaking and hydro locking the engine, keep carbs clean and you’re good. They love to rev and are a blast to ride.

Only the HD shops? What about all the doughnut shops and bars on route? Just to be clear Ice-cream stops are still allowed.

Oh yea, but ours isn’t temporary.

I'm surprised no one mentioned blinker fluid ! LOL

All part of "Building Back Better".... Going to take some sacrifice, but in the end we'll own nothing and we'll be happy.....

Absolutely big oil and big electric together have added up the costs to both maximize profit while screwing the little guy. It’s not about climate change it’s about profit margins.

I wonder if some organization has actually totaled up all the costs, dollars as well as climate, of going electric. Costs of getting the proper materials and the costs of disposal, vs the costs of gas powered. I've seen some stats but nothing all put together. I got a sneeky feeling that electric ain't so cheap.