Electric Motorcycles

Electric motorcycles gain traction But will anyone ride a motorcycle that doesn’t make noise?

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The police department where I worked held motor officers in very high regard. It was extremely rare for anyone to rise in the department without having spent a couple of years on motors, writing tickets and checking yourself out in the plate glass windows of businesses along the street. The noise the bikes made was no small part of the panache. One year, the city bought bikes from a well-known American manufacturer instead of the Kawasakis they had used for years with great success. The cops dearly loved the American iron for their distinctive sound, forgiving the bikes’ frequent tendency to refuse to start after finishing a traffic stop. Now that electric motorcycles have matured enough to take a place in police fleets, will their lack of noise cause the cops to eschew them? Read On: http://www.policeone.com/police-products/apparel/eyewear/articles/4689307-Electric-motorcycles-gain-traction/

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