I've ridden a fewer electrical motorcycles. While I appreciate their capabilities, peculiarly their effortless acceleration, my near manus and ft are ever reaching for a clutch and gearshift that aren't there. Call maine a curmudgeon, but to maine there's thing uniquely satisfying astir a perfectly executed rev-matched downshift that nary electrical motorcycle tin supply — astatine least, not until now.
From India, nan Matter Aera 5000 is an electrical motorcycle featuring thing astir EVs don't: a genuine four-speed manual transmission. It's wholly unnecessary connected an EV, yet it has 1 anyway. On nan surface, nan capacity numbers aren't that impressive. It has a 5-kWh battery, a azygous electrical centrifugal making astir 15 horsepower, a 0-25 mph clip of 2.8 seconds, and a apical velocity of 65 mph. In a world wherever Max Biaggi tin deed 283 mph connected his electrical motorcycle, what's nan constituent of 1 pinch specified comparatively debased capabilities? Well, fun.
It's astir nan experience, not nan speed
It's for illustration nan aged saying, "I'd alternatively thrust a slow car accelerated than person to thrust a accelerated car slow." I precocious picked up a Kawasaki Z125, which is fundamentally nan brand's type of nan Honda Grom. It makes astir 8 horsepower, but weighs hardly much than maine and has fantabulous handling, peculiarly pinch its short wheelbase. The Aera 5000 is simply a small spot bigger, heavier, and much powerful, but is fundamentally nan aforesaid formula: a motorcycle made for nosy alternatively than apical performance.
The Grom, Z125, and Aera 5000 each person a four-speed manual transmission. Faster bikes person 5 aliases six gears, but 4 is each you really request successful a pouch rocket for illustration these. What I bask astir about my Z125 is that I tin thrust for illustration a hooligan, spell afloat throttle beautiful overmuch everywhere, and still stay astatine aliases beneath nan velocity limit. While EVs proceed to break grounds aft record, there's thing to beryllium said for 1 that will ne'er break a record, but exists conscionable for fun, particularly pinch a starting value astir $2,300 successful India. We don't cognize if this motorcycle will beryllium coming to nan U.S., but I do dream we'll get thing for illustration this present successful nan future.