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In article <1189816510.597423.81590@o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
 Gilchrist <black_anubis_scarecrow@yahoo.com> 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?

Don't be a squid and try a burnout as part of a motorcycle introduction 
on a Thursday the Thirtheenth.

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