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Yes, gas motorcycles tend to get 50+ mpg, I think the one I'm basing this bike off got 60 if I'm not mistaken, so better then the average car.
I buy wind sourced electricity and plan to put solar on my house, I charge my EV's with solar and wind at my parents house when I stop there, it's pretty easy to make electricity, it's hard to make gas, even alcohol is hard, expensive and takes alot of space and energy to make.
But that is getting off topic.
My plan is to use as many used parts as possible, that is why I nixed the idea of forklift motors, there are so many kinds of electric fork lifts out there that finding a standard would be hard, so a motorcycle would end up being one of a kind, my plan is pick a common older motorcycle that has common engine issues that I can buy cheap ($100), buy a common golf cart motor that is used that came off a golf cart that got an upgraded motor so it could go off road (hunting cart) start out with a used controller and charger, then I'm left with making the motor adapter, the battery rack and wiring it all together, batteries will be new as well, but those are made out of materials that are 99% recyclable.
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