Comments on: Honda Takes on the Hybrid Motorcycle

By: ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS PICKS « The Conservation Report

ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS PICKS « The Conservation Report — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:41:32 +0000

[...] HYBRID TECHNOLOGY: 2010 Toyota Prius Adds Muscle at Expense of Fuel Efficiency: Toyota’s yet-to-be-unveiled 2010 Prius will have a bigger engine and a higher top speed, but improvements to CO2 emissions and fuel efficiency will take a backseat, Honda Takes on the Hybrid Motorcycle [...]

By: timmy

timmy — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:09:53 +0000

Wow,,I have heard only about hybird car this is the first time I am hearing about hybird motorbike…Good job Honda

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Chat Marchet News Digest » Honda Takes on the Hybrid Motorcycle — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:09:18 +0000

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By: Hondo

Hondo — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:08:58 +0000

What manuafacturers need to do is make a “hybrid” that gets better milage on the highway, like the European steam engine system that takes heat from the exhaust and recycles the otherwise wasted energy into forward motion. Forget this battery crap.

By: BoloMKXXVIII

BoloMKXXVIII — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:06:08 +0000

My 2006 Harley gets better than 50 MPG. You can bet your last dollar I will not be trading it in on a Honda hybrid.

By: Blograzy

Blograzy — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:44:31 +0000

Hybrid motorcycles will be 1. more costly 2. less effective. But what Honda needs to do is develop high performance electric bikes, which is the real solution to our safe tomorrow.

By: spoonyfork

spoonyfork — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:48:37 +0000

The place of true benefit for a hybrid engine design, at least with cars, is city driving. Personally, city roads are my least favorite place to ride a motorcycle. I do know of people who bought motorcycles in the last two years just to commute to work and little else. That would be a potential market for a hybrid motorcycle. Personally I like longer rides on back country roads as well as occasional commutes to work. If Honda can find a way to either get better gas mileage or produce less emissions in a touring motorcycle then I would consider it.

By: Cluster Tim

Cluster Tim — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:44:58 +0000

Wow, I wonder if Harley Davidson plans to do that with their overpriced bikes.

JIff

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:42:27 +0000

Hybrids don’t work when you are at maximum revs, you would still be using the fuel engine. Hybrids are heavier so this would not be a suitable application for racing. Touring, perfect.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:23:47 +0000

I would ride one, but I dont know how you could go for long motorcycle rides and having to worry about plugging in all the time.

By: James Lee

James Lee — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:30:37 +0000

I don’t think Touring will become a purpose as hybrids are really only utilised when stopping and starting.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:25:54 +0000

I thought of a couple of purposes:

Touring.
It would be pretty neat to be able to drive to the grand canyon and back without filling up.

Endurance racing.

By: Benjamin Jones

Benjamin Jones — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:25:52 +0000

Ryan -

Yeah, there is currently a bit of debate on whether or not the hybrid systems will be intend to make the bike go fast without using as much gasoline or whether they’re really trying to save money. I except if the task is fuel savings they will appeal mostly to Japanese delivery businesses and police stations that put a lot of miles on their bikes.

Benjamin

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:20:41 +0000

Like the recent CRV post, I think there comes a point where not enough miles are driven to necessitate a better mpg.
My Honda Elite got 90mpg, great mileage.
My Harley gets about 30-40.
My Honda Shadow about 50.
and my fake Honda pitbike gets over 100.

I don’t see a hybrid (if the push is better mpg) would appeal, unless it fits into a specific new market. Four bikes is excessive, but they each serve a purpose. If the hybrid meets another purpose, them I’m all for it.