It costs a lot of money to host all that data on the server for smaller sites. I use imgur to host pics for forums. Free, and you can link a pic on as many sites as you want, and if you decide to delete it later, it's gone entirely.
It’s either they’re just bigoted, poor, or just plain old poor bigots
In Europe, the Veloretti e-bikes come to mind. The motor is from Bafang, and European regulations limit it to a lower speed, but otherwise it's the closest bike I've seen to Serial 1, and at nearly half the price. You can quibble with details, but then consider the price.
I don't have anything to complain about on EBR. As I've posted many times, I've gotten a lot out of the forum and reviews. EBR YouTube channel was one of the first channels I hit the subscribe, and is still one of only about a dozen I subscribe to. It does seem odd there isn't a brand forum for H-D Serial 1. You've called for it for some time.
As with everything there’s probably some commercial junk in the way….
Both are right, as people usually say that Harleys are handicapped by their use of outdated technology, and they aren't wrong when it comes to their brand focus. Sad thing is that HD has proven they can make very advanced designs, but the consumers are always right, and consumers seemed to just keep buying the antiquated technology products insisting on pushrods and air cooling that severely limit their performance because of the traditionalist image. They focused marketing on that core audience, but problem with one-dimensional brand marketing is that by Harley focusing on this niche for so long and not investing much in diversifying, they alienate younger consumers and their old niche is aging out of buying more products. Its normal for the son to rebel against the father at a certain age, and anything their parents like they won't like if nothing more than for that reason (insert "ok boomer" meme) as a way to establish their independence... heck think about any big counter culture fad from the 60s to today that was born from that. So its important now more than ever for Harley to split its branding image with different lines. This is likely a step in the right direction for that, although I'm surprised they aren't producing a line that targets younger hipsters with some retro cruiser e-bikes as well.
The more I shopped recently, the more I think all electric motorcycles designed to function just like big old ICE bikes of yore are doomed to fail until we have a new revolutionary battery technology. The current solution to the battery density issue is to either make vehicles extremely aerodynamic or have massive batteries or both!
Something like this: ?
