No "fake gearshifts" for Porsche electric cars.
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I bought the like new land yachts cheap and cruised in style ! While the people with money abandoned them for econoboxes !"Range Anxiety" huh?
Had that as a teenager/new driver, making minimum wage, when I couldn't afford gas for the 10 MPG land yachts that were so popular at the time......
Bought a motorcycle & solved that problem right quick
I had a 1969 Kawasaki 500 triple. It was pretty much the same thing.And yes, in case your wondering, those tiny drum brakes really weren't up to the task, the engine could write checks that the brakes couldn't cash
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"Kid killers", the power plant wrote speed checks the chassis couldn't cash, but a ton of power for the price.
I had the optional gearing installed before I took possession of it, which could produce 0-60 in 3.9 seconds, and 12.9 seconds in a 1/4 mile. It was fast! And a whopping $995 OTD! It did 125mph according to the speedo. My buddy's 750 Triumph Trident said 127mph side-by-side. One could not pull away from the other, although I could pull him at any speed under that.
Yeah, the frame, suspension and brakes weren't all that. But in a straight line it was the fastest production bike in 1969.
I was sitting at a light one evening when tw0 sporsters pulled up in the other lane. The guy closest looked over at me and said "ring ding ding ding", being a smart-ass. He had no idea what he just started, I reved the motor a couple of times and it said ring-ding-ding! I just smiled. The guy was good, took off burning rubber, but I went past him on the rear wheel within 50-75 feet of the start. At the next light the guy was silent, but took a long look at the Kawasaki that had soundly smoked his ass. I could see the gears turning in his head as he slowly shook his head in wonder. That would not be the first time someone took a long look at something they had disregarded as not worthy of attention just moments ago. I never lost a drag race on that bike, NEVER. The 'fabled' CB750 Honda wasn't even close. I know, I raced a couple of those too. The 750 Norton Commando was close, but only close.
My 500 was the 498th production bike off the assembly line.
At times it would get a slow wobble at speeds over 90mph, especially with 2 up. By 90mph any race was already over, and that took only a city block to get to. The 70 and later models were detuned although I don't know what Kawasaki did to induce that. A buddy had me try out a 71 500 he wanted to buy, the thing was a dog compared to my 69, but still pretty fast. One thing they changed was the capacitive discharge ignition system, they went to a points setup, dumping the 3 pole distributor. Probably saving money.