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Originally Posted by Stubby79
I'll point out what became readily apparent when I (belatedly) did my homework on motorcycle power requirements...it takes just as much power to move a motorcycle - with is small frontal area but bad aerodynamics - as it does a car at highway speeds. The motorcycle only shines on hills and acceleration, due to the lack of weight. You'll need basically as big of a battery pack as you would for a car...if you are doing highway speeds.
That's for your typical cruiser-style motorcycle, sitting upright, mind you. YMMV.
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Being born and raised in a country where most of the new motorcycles sold each year are below 250cc, it did surprise me to figure out how the bigger-displacement ones could be actually quite unefficient compared to cars with similar displacement.