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On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:24:03 -0400, Bluto Blutarsky
<comprehensivecenter.com> wrote:

>Gilchrist wrote:
>> On Sep 14, 11:21 am, Alan Truism <alan.tru...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> On Sep 14, 10:18 am, BryanUT <nestl...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/33853/113/
>>> 0-60 in .97 seconds?!!
>>>
>>> He did call it a "KillaCycle" after all.
>>>
>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>> Los Angeles (CA) - The inventor of the "KillaCycle" electric
>>> motorcycle almost killed himself during a demonstration at the Wired
>>> NextFest conference.  Bill Dube, a government scientist during the day
>>> and electric bike builder at night, did a "burn out" in front of the
>>> Los Angeles Convention Center, but accidentally accelerated too much
>>> and crashed into a Minivan.
>>>
>>> Luckily we were able to interview Dube before the crash.  He was quite
>>> proud of his bike and told us that it was the quickest electric bike
>>> in existence.  Using A123 Systems lithium-ion batteries, the
>>> KillaCycle can go zero to 60 miles-per-hour in a mind numbing .97
>>> seconds.  It also has a top speed of 158 MPH.
>>>
>>> Dube fatefully told us that the batteries are "more powerful than
>>> anything else" on the market.  Well they were indeed the most powerful
>>> because they hurtled Dube and his bike into another vehicle.  You can
>>> watch the demonstration and initial interview in the above video.
>>>
>>> The crash threw Dube into the air and he landed on his back onto the
>>> hot Los Angeles asphalt.  Luckily he was conscious, breathing and had
>>> feeling in all his fingers and toes.  Paramedics from the Los Angeles
>>> Fire Department arrived and took Dube to the hospital for x-rays.
>> 
>> What do we learn from this?
>
>... always wear a cup???

	And clean underwear ?



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