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Old 07-08-2009, 01:37 PM   #12 (permalink)
bennelson
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Electric Cycle - '81 Kawasaki KZ440
90 day: 334.6 mpg (US)

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90 day: 30.48 mpg (US)

Electro-Metro - '96 Ben Nelson's "Electro-Metro"
90 day: 129.81 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
...could jave just pulled a couple of reel mowers behind your Citicar..
I HAVE thought of that.

Tried mowing my lawn today with my old gas riding lawn mower. Couldn't get it to run worth a darn.
Dang internal combustion technology!

Time to upgrade to electro-motive force!

EDIT:
Ha! I got the drive motor to work. Completely took it apart, cleaned everything as best I could, got as much rust off as I could, removed the corrosion so the one brush could slide it its holder again, then put it all back together.
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