Many years ago I put a Scabbard on my old Vertical Twin 650 Scooter and always had my shotgun when I needed it. Great for getting way back into the swamps and salt mashes to go duck hunting and a luggage rack with small cooler on it for haukling out the ducks.

This electric bike Its nice however it could uses some Custom Modifications to be a Hunting Scooter.

1) Make it in Camo flavours.

2) Add a Luggage Rack on the back with Storage Coolers and PVC Saddlebags and a PVC Rottomolded Gun Scabbard with changeable inner sleave to protect the shotgun/Rifle etc. Add a Rifle Rack, Map & Compass shelf and to the handlebars with a toolbag.

3) Put a trailer hitch Tow Hitch to be able to grag out a deer on a deer cart. Dont know if it would pull a Moose so how about a Metal Rig to be able to hook two bikes together like a team of horses and use them in tandem. That should do it. Maybe even a cargo net between them like a Catamaran trampolene.

Also add a 12VDC winch to be able to haul the bike out of those places that you should not have gone in the first place.

4) Since we just added storage lets also add optinal extra Batteries.

5) Maybe a Hauling Bike Rack that fits into the 2 inch reciever on a pickup truck to haul 2 Bikes?

6) How do these electrics work under water? A lot of Trails; especially in Mud Season are flooded out. I would want to field test a bike for durabillity and if it could Suvive Capt Walt for a season in Maine then it would have to be good.

Capt Walt

Newenglandcharters@maine.rr.com

i agree jlfreeborn. i don't see how this really at all benefits you in hunting. a two wheeled vehicle that's capable or safely transporting one person at a time. how am i supposed to haul my buck on it? my turkey even. they make all electric side by sides that are actually capable of hauling heavy weight. of course it's a great thing to have because it's good for the environment, but not for hunting. it'd sure be fun for ridin tho!

I saw this bike on tv racing a comparable gas fueled bike and the electric has advantages but the big bugaboo for any EV is range. I have 3 EV's(electric vehicles) an old 3 wheeled golf cart I use as a UTV, an Elec-trak 36volt garden tractor, and an EVT 48 volt scooter. The scooter was advertized to have 40+ miles in range, but we are lucky to get 20. Still I gets me to work on nice days. The old EzGo 3 wheeler and the Elec-Trak never leave my property so range isn't so much of an issue. EV batteries are heavy and the more range you want the more amp/hours you need and the heavier it gets. I wouldn't want to be 20 miles out in the back country expecting to count on 40 miles of range to get home only to find my 7000 Ebike outa juice. The good thing is you could charge it from pv panels or even a wind turbine at a hunting camp, after all one actually hunts afoot (mostly) so the bike gets parked anyway. They make some nice portable pv panels that roll up like a bedroll you could likely even rig to take along.

Yeah, a quad can actually haul out your kill or catch! Bad boy buggies makes a side by side electric atv, it is expensive! But $7400 for a motorcycle isn't exactly pocket change either.

I love this idea and agree that it would be more useful with four wheels. Does anyone think this machine would be contrary to fair chase ideas?

Or we could all just buy Quads. There better (in my opinion), stronger, speed doesn't matter when your riding where I ride, & if you want electric you might not be able to ride as far because the battery can ware out faster. Plus certain quads have 4x4.

jbird's right, Bad Boy Buggys has basicly the same thing in a side by, with plenty of "bed" space for weapons/animals. For a little more. I'll pass.

interesting first effort. But it would be really nice if the eggheads would spend some time simply designing a better muffler for existing gasoline-powered bikes and quads. Engines are powerful enough to haul hunters and gear and game...with a much better range than the electric bike...with engine and drivetrain technology so refined that they're stone-hammer reliable with fairly low engine noise....but with mufflers that are basically the same as the one on my 1972 Yamaha 250.

These bikes are so retarted. It's a good concept but just like anything battery powered, the batter life after a while sucks lucky to get an hour out of a full charge, won't charge, charger end breaks, you take the bike some where and forget the charger, so you can't charge the bike, you ride through the woods quietly and another one comes through and you collide. instead of being able to hear one comming.. i mean come on, its bad enough the honda prius is quiet and will allow teens to sneak away at night.