New military Hybrid bike

Post by **Stuart** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 2:08 pm

Looks like the US military are moving on from the diesel KLR with this news? But it's billed as a Hybrid multi fuel electric bike..
http://blog.al.com/wire/2014/04/get_you ... ietly.html

Post by **Stuart** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 12:19 pm

More on this: http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/20 ... 40654.html

Post by **Stuart** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 12:19 pm

And more. At least the diesel KLR gets a mention: http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/u-s-co ... thardigree

BertTrack · Post by **BertTrack** » Sat May 03, 2014 12:04 am

A video of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MpzsRS6dUs

sbrumby · Post by **sbrumby** » Sat May 03, 2014 8:04 pm

I am confused is this bike diesel electric if so how big is the engine if it carries a big battery and a diesel engine and only weighs 250 lbs must be a small engine and the 40hp must refer to electric power for a short time. Can anybody shed more light?

coachgeo · Post by **coachgeo** » Sat May 03, 2014 8:13 pm

sbrumby wrote:I am confused is this bike diesel electric if so how big is the engine if it carries a big battery and a diesel engine and only weighs 250 lbs must be a small engine and the 40hp must refer to electric power for a short time. Can anybody shed more light?

All the info appears to be to have been very missleading. No one has gotten a "contract" to produce the bike. Articles have said though that two companies have gotten a "Grant" to work together and build a diesel hybrid. The actual product has not yet been produced and no company has recieved a gov. "contract" to produce the end product.

Most All the pictures and video's so far seem to be the full electric only bike sold by BRD or Stealth Electric which has nothing to do with this. Occasionaly the correct picture or video of the base bike already available thru BRD is shown. (see below)

: BRD's Redshift Mx is the base bike that Logos will try to squeez a diesel generator/Drive into.

The so called diesel hybrid does not yet exist. It appears the two company's never married are suppose to get together and redesign the Redshift for a diesel powerplant or create a whole new bike that fullfill the military expectations. BRD will supply the bike and Logos Technologies the diesel powerplat for a complete TEST MULE. This mule paid for thru a DARPA grant.

sbrumby · Post by **sbrumby** » Sat May 03, 2014 8:28 pm

Thanks for that not as confused now.

Post by **Stuart** » Tue May 20, 2014 8:25 am

A podcast on this bike:
http://www.carstuffshow.com/podcasts/st ... torcycles/

Post by **Stuart** » Tue May 20, 2014 9:54 am

A couple of links mentioned in the above podcast:
The engine will be a multi fuel type using kerosene & diesel by the sounds of it but maybe just to charge the bikes battery?
Engine makers:
http://www.logos-technologies.com/news/04-10-2014.html
Bike makers: http://www.faster-faster.com

peterpodd · Post by **peterpodd** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 3:40 pm

Hi Stuart

I've written a brief story about this for MCN - should be out this week.

all best

Peter

Post by **Stuart** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 2:17 pm

I will give that a read Pete

peterpodd · Post by **peterpodd** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:10 am

Sorry, make that next week, (25th).

Pete

Post by **Stuart** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 12:18 pm

coachgeo · Post by **coachgeo** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 2:48 am

Looks like Harley Davidson might want to get into this hybrid bike thing too. Like the companies mentioned above whom are interested to... the bike version SO FAR are electric only so Harley D is in same Areana. While Harley has not announced any plans yet..... if you look at their new video about their mule electric bike..... it screams to me they want in. they make big deal of their history of rugged innovation, they mention strongly their past military association etc. True they dont come right out and say it.... butttttt...

Check it out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6F8O5A__Ds

gearhead1951 · Post by **gearhead1951** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 8:58 am

Google "bloom box" to see where the future lies !!

BrotherAnon · Post by **BrotherAnon** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 9:37 pm

The electric part reminds me of Zero bikes

coachgeo · Post by **coachgeo** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 2:15 am

BrotherAnon wrote:The electric part reminds me of Zero bikes

BRD and Zero's bikes do look similar. Course hard not too. Physics is physics, steering geometry is steering geomtry, shapes of batteries are rather standard, shapes of electric motors are rather standard so if the design is more function over form .... they're going to look similar.

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