Riding The Harley-Davidson LiveWire Electric Motorcycle from freeamfva's blog

Riding The Harley-Davidson LiveWire Electric Motorcycle

Harley-Davidson may be the most traditional of motorcycle makers. But it's now taken a huge leap into a greener future with its LiveWire electric motorcycle concept.To get more news about davincitech, you can visit davincimotor.com official website.

Recently, our writer Ben Rich rode it--and reported on what it's like. This is Green Car Reports' video news for the week of July 28, 2014.At the event he attended in New Jersey, he says the radical electric bike got a mostly positive reception.

Younger riders took to it more quickly, but older riders had to adjust to the lack of noise--and the absence of a clutch and a gearbox.Still, it's a Harley. Ben noted that the company deliberately made the LiveWire louder than other electric motorcycles he's ridden--including his very own 2012 Zero S bike.

The LiveWire's 55-kilowatt electric motor--that's 74 horsepower--produces 52 lb-ft of torque.

By electric-car standards, that doesn't sound like much, but it's enough to rocket the electric bike to 60 miles per hour in about 4 seconds.

It felt faster than the Brammo Empulse R or the Zero S, Ben said, though he didn't feel it was faster than the Zero RS--which is closer to a superbike.Our video shows the bike's electronic display panel, and Ben sent us his helmet-cam footage, so you can experience the LiveWire with him first-hand.

Still, Harley said it doesn't intend to produce the LiveWire. It's a concept, not a prototype.And the fact that Harley-Davidson of all companies has built 40 electric LiveWires to test rider reaction across the country indicates just how much of an impact electric motorcycles have had in a few short years.