Arcimoto, the real thing? ($12k tandem EV trike, 70/130 mi. range)

[freebeard]

Try 'Great Balls of Fire', the movie about Jerry Lee Lewis[RIP] & Myra Gale Brown. In the scene under the bridge, they're freaked out about the Hydrogen Bomb. Wynona Rider's character says "I don't even know what [h]ydrgeon is!"



Before I got my car (1960) I drove my father's RV through Salem drive-ins with the doors slid back and the Buick radio bolted to the roof on.

I have no idea why I didn't put a third headlight on that.???

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Cruising to the burger joint in a car that will become a classic

In one part of rural Ore., the local high school cars were the bullet-nosed Studebaker, a 1940 Ford 2-door sedan with flames, '55 Chevy 2-door post and the two brothers with matching '39 Chevys. My friend's father had a black 1957 Buick hardtop (the one with the three-piece back window). It went from Monmouth to Rickreall at 120MPH. I know because I was there.

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Before I got my car (1960) I drove my father's RV through Salem drive-iins with the doors slid back and the Buick radio bolted to the roof on.

I'm still old enough to remember the Salem drive-in where the Santiam 11-plex is currently located. Last time I went, the double-feature was "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead" and "Last Action Hero".

Too bad streaming killed those businesses. Guess it's up to me to construct a neighborhood movie in the park situation. Of course, I'd be tempted to run the old classics, like the original Little Mermaid, and not the new one .

Come to think of it, there's a maple tree that might facilitate hanging a screen, and a hill steep enough that everyone would be able to see. I'll have to scout this tonight.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by Joggernot

I commuted by motorcycle year-round for 15 years with no problem. Only stopped because of a leg that can no longer hold up a bigger motorcycle.

Once in a while I see folks commuting on Harleys or other big motorcycles, yet in my country it's way more common to see small ones being used strictly as a commuter or as a working tool.


BTW notice the improvised fuel gauge in a Sportster that I spotted recently

[Joggernot]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

Sounds about right to me. Often wonder what being a teen during that time frame would have been like. Cruising to the burger joint in a car that will become a classic sounds like the bees' knees.

Ok, I'm old enough...scene is Pueblo, CO...Had a white over red '59 Chevy that we used to "drag Main" and go to the "Dairy Delight" to meet our friends. Best was going to a secluded place by the Arkansas River for bonfires and beer. Yes, this was fun. No seatbelts and bench seats. '59 Chevy could hold a lot of friends. Later had a white over yellow '55 Chevy to start at a small college. Totaled it when the bridge turned and I didn't. Oh well. As for bees' knees...I think that was back in the 20s and 30s.

[Piotrsko]

Those cars weren't classics yet back then. They were popular, old parents cars that were considered to be kinda past their prime and suitable to be ruined by wasteful, rude, not respectful children. 57 chevy were sort of common in the Belair configuration and IIRC, recieved the eye roll when the keys were passed along. 49 mercs were only fit to be driven by immigrants. Bugs were popular but only for cheapskates or die hard DIY, later on, hippie freaks that wouldn't mow the lawn (but for the same reason).

How many packards do you see today, or hudsons? How about old rolls royce? 37 dodge or '50 buicks with the chrome toothy front end and crap brakes?

freebeard: don't help with lots of pictures.

[freebeard]

As for bees' knees...I think that was back in the 20s and 30s.

freebeard: don't help with lots of pictures.

Every decade has it's good and bad points (Hydrogen bombs), I like Sallie Ford's overview;

Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside - I Swear (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by Piotrsko

How many packards do you see today, or hudsons? How about old rolls royce? 37 dodge or '50 buicks with the chrome toothy front end and crap brakes?

Last time I saw a Packard it was a '42 Clipper. Saying I was impressed would be an understatement... I remember seeing a Hudson around 4 years ago near the place where I saw the Packard. When you say old Rolls-Royce, I guess older than those from the '70s that I see once in a while. When it comes to Dodges, once in a while I still see a few from the '30s to the '50s more often fitted with the flathead-six engine, and a few weeks ago I saw a '50 Buick. None of those so usual to see as they were when my grandparents came to my hometown when my father was a kid, and after '76 many were either scrapped due to a lack of replacement parts or adapted with parts from Brazilian-made cars just to keep running until they were in so much disrepair it was not deemed easy enough to restore...

[freebeard]

As regards #1322, I haven't learned anything about the steering wheel, but this reviewer's #1 Like is the motorcycle controls.

Arcimoto FUV: My Top 5 Likes & Dislikes

Where do the controls go with a wheel?

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by freebeard

As regards
Where do the controls go with a wheel?

I maintain controls should be on the steering wheel because hands and fingers are more precise than legs and feet.

Throttle and brake controls could be on a steering wheel just as easily as motorcycle handlebars.

Throttle on my high school electric car was a shaped wooden dowel held between the index and middle fingers on the side to side steering mechanism. That dowel was attached to a string that connected to a spring-loaded potentiometer. Finger control of throttle was precise, meanwhile feet bounced around as the car encountered the "features" of the track.

[Piotrsko]

I recall that you sometimes have to let go of the steering wheel when making turns. On a 1:1 ratio set up yes you can put controls there.