| Govecs: The Right Way Of Doing Electric Scooter Batteries Posted: 29 Aug 2012 09:00 AM PDT #electric #e-bikes - There are many reasons why people decided not to buy an electric scooter or motorcycle. Although many of the traditional reasons, like performance, range and even price, are becoming less of a factor, one reason not to buy an e-Bike is the battery charging method. Simply put, you need to have a power outlet where you park your motorcycle. If you live in a house, it will not be a great problem, even if you don't have a power outlet outside. You can make do.... but houses are usually found outside the big cities, in the suburbs. If you live in the city, and have an apartment, you could be out of luck. Even if you're lucky enough to have an underground parking space, chances are that there's no power outlet. If you don't have a parking space, you're not going to hang a power cord down your window 15 floors down to charge your scooter or motorcycle, are you? So the only sensible thing is to take the battery with you. But 99% of the electric motorcycles and scooters don't allow you to do this. Their batteries are embedded deeply inside the vehicle, and are often very heavy. The e-Solex was one of the first to allow their customer to remove the battery and take it home to charge. But the battery is relatively small and light. Now there's Govecs........... Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ... 
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| Do Not Trust Your Motorcycle Fuel Level? Try This! Posted: 29 Aug 2012 05:00 AM PDT Ahem... if you don't trust your motorcycle's fuel level, then this could be your solution... a transparent fuel tank. Very cool. I wonder why motorcycle manufacturers aren't doing this? Not all bikes would look good, but most custom motorcycle would. ... 
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| France: Mandatory Breathalyzer Contested By Luxembourg Posted: 28 Aug 2012 11:00 PM PDT The mandatory breathalyzer that every motorist, including motorcycle riders, must have with them at all times when on the road has been a hot iron in a part of the French government that doesn't shine. The previous government had made it a law that all vehicles on French soil must have an "in-working-condition" unit in the vehicle (meaning if you used one, you had to have another one unused). To make matters worse, the unit had to be approved for French soil, visible by the "NF" logo. So even as a foreigner riding your motorcycle in France, you need to buy a French approved unit. Luxembourg has gone on the attack. They have written to the current president of France, telling him that this is nonsense. This is Europe after all, and politicians over the last few decades have been trying to normalize laws and products over its borders. If France wants to continue a law that most experts deem inappropriate, then France should allow European breathalyzers, not just French ones. ... 
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