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I'm a very easy driving person so I have thought every vehicle I've ever driven could use a little taller top gear... If I'm just cruising, I don't need many RPM. I'll downshift(or it'll do it for me) to pass if I really need to.

I rode a buddy's Aprilia Tuono 1000(1000cc Vtwin naked sport bike, if you didn't know the bike) and it felt that same exact way. It was awesome. You could almost live with it being a 3spd transmission as the torque EASILY pulls through at any gear and any speed(reasonable - I didn't get crazy on a buddy's bike). After having my inline 3 in my Daytona, I would NEVER want an inline 4. They have nothing under like 10,000rpm.

Strong disagree with your comparison to plywood prices.

Then it makes zero sense to compare. We' get a post from you almost once a week where some EV company or technology come out saying prices will go down.

Did anybody promise lower plywood prices though?

Do it. Pull the plug.

So wouldn't doing something about fixing #3 in cause of deaths in the US be a step in the right direction? Or should we just sit and let medical errors stay #3, because we're used to it? I also just realized this is in the wrong thread. It should be in the dealership network suing Rivian thread.

Dealerships are some of the worst groups of people. I don't know why they should be defended.

Good lord, I hate my state.

Jesus Christ, No, it does not. That's why I asked because I don't ever recall saying something like that. I saw the conversation the other day but I was not part of saying one cannot talk about wanting something without actually buying it, hence the Vette and Porsche talk. Sorry, but when you tag somebody in a comment, it makes the whole thing look like you're talking to the tagged person. What did I say that was hypocritical? Ignore him, nah. He's waaaaay too soft and easy to get under his skin. He joined our facebook group with a bunch of old Motor Trend guys and quit in a day because he couldn't take jokes. 3 Ply. I never said you were leaving. I said "You're welcome to leave."

Yup, when you can't actually talk to somebody because they think you're trolling... you troll them. Are you referencing myself in the bolded section? You're welcome to leave. I don't believe it will happen. It feels like the IHOP "scenario" a couple years ago.

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I'd buy one for 4-6k.

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Welp, @oldshurst442has fallen off the wagon again. Go take another sabbatical. Nobody reads your 5000 word rants anyway.

What is actually wrong with you? If I don't agree with somebody that means I'm trolling? Would you prefer this site to be a big circle jerk and everybody just agrees with everything? @oldshurst442, but nothing to say back to this?

How exactly do I not have an open mind? You took what I said and immediately assumed I crossed the whole idea of battery swapping bikes off my radar. If you read exactly what I said, "Swapping batteries, sounds oh so slightly more of a pain in the @ss than filling up at a gas station on a road trip." It was JUST about road tripping a motorcycle and you will not convince me that bouncing from dealership to dealership on a road trip would be enjoyable. But, as it stands, you can't hardly road trip an electric motorcycle anyway so the point is moot. Nobody in their right mind would ride ~90 miles to park and charge for an hour or three depending the rate in which the charger is charging. Oh, such a convincing argument. You two certainly know how to talk the talk but neither one of you have walked the walk.

So then Mr. @oldshurst442, does David's quote below sound like a realistic venture on a road trip? So what EXACTLY are YOU doing to not let the "world pass us by"? What would you, personally, suggest me to do more to "understand". I certainly have never drawn a hard line in the sand against EVs. Exactly like @ykXsaid last week, I have previously stated nearly the same thing. I thoroughly believe EVs are the future but there are some hurdles to cross yet before they will really take off, the biggest of which is price that's been hashed and rehashed dozens of times already.

I'm not talking about the scooter article and I thought that was obvious because people don't road trip scooters. I'm talking about the Autoblog article which is very much about motorcycles AND my comment was immediately after David's which was quoting the Autoblog link.

At those prices and range, I could definitely use one of these to just stay around town going to the bus stop for work, grocery store, gym, Rural King.