re: Harley Davidson Unveils It's First Electric Motorcycle

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In the process of finding a 70-76 Z for a LS1 swap...

Buddy of mine had similar setup that was mind-numbingly fast

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I used the recommended headersm which were too tight a fit on the passenger side. I think the LS 1 swap may be a better fit than a carbed small block. I used a low rise air cleaner, and the hood closed just barely.

Getting the Chevy parts to work with the Datsun parts can be tricky.

I had a mechanic drop it in, and I did most of the hook ups. Used the motor mounts from the Z swap book (can't remember the name). It was scary fast.

I also pulled the heavy front/rear bumpers, relocated the battery to the trunk, and added sport shocks/springs.

Then I got tired of working on it and got busy in life and sold it for $2600.

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Pretty surprising to see such a forward-thinking motorcycle being brought about by the world's most living-in-the-past motorcycle producer.

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This is actually the second big move for them recently that is out of character for them. I few months ago they announced a low cost line of smaller bikes. They've got two models, one of which is not even American made...

The Harley Street 750...

$7500.00 new

The Harley Street 500 (this is the non-American one I think)

$6700 new

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The two radiators sticking out the front are a bigger departure than the engine size or price. Both are simular in dispacement and price to a sportster. Its the difference in engines that suprised me. Harley cut its teeth on small dispacement engines years ago, glad to see they are getting back into that game.

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I'm curious to see if this is something that Harley will look to expand on in the future.

The Wee-Rods....I had forgotten about them. I hope they do dealer demos of the Livewire, I'd go check it out.

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Part of the reason you ride a bike is because of the cool sounds it makes. Electric vehicles are quieter than mice pissing on cotton balls.

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They need to add the feature:

Vrroom bicycle motor

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I'm curious to see if this is something that Harley will look to expand on in the future.

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Unfortunatly EPA regs are going to force this down their throat. The days of an air cooled v-twin are coming to an end. See project rushmore. The whole twin cooling thing is a joke, Harley is just scared to jump feet first into liquid cooled engines for marketing reasons.

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had also considered a Buick V6 (like they ran in the Grand National Series) because it was lighter and had a ton of aftermarket parts, including some serious stage 3 heads

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Could have been pretty sick..

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But the motor mounts were readily availabel for the 350.

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Yeah you can really and truly put a 350 in just about anything..