You don't fit the model - you don't ride enough and your fuel is too cheap.
Double your ride, double your fuel cost as the rest of the world deals with ( and many regions ride year round including Australia and most of Europe even into parts of Scandavia. )
You also are not counting your maintenance costs other than tires for an ICE engine.
4 litres of Castrol motorcycle oil in Australia costs $35 for instance.
Last year fuel in Australia was $7 a gallon....$1.75 per litre and that's cheap compared to other places ( Iceland $2.40 US per litre - $10 a gallon and about the same in Britain. )
a 100 km round trip commute ...that's $50 a trip in fuel costs...$250 a week!!!
It's not for everyone but as with all early techs....it is approaching and is at a useful point for some.....then there are the pluses.....performance, weight and quiet and carbon neutral for fuel if you have that option in your area ( in all cases its way more efficient than an ICE engine in terms of energy from fossil. ) For us in Ontario we are pretty much carbon neutral ( no coal ) and Sweden and France are entirely....and both with very high petrol costs.
Those are all important to some.
In Copenhagen - the tax on say a $8000 ICE scooter is....are you sitting down...180% of the purchase price...so some $22,000 dollars out the door.
And fuel costs about $9 per gal.
There is no tax on EVs.
If Zero offered this at $99 a month 5 year lease to own with $1000 down with a modest buy out you can bet there would be a lot of takers.
New tech is often leased initially.
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Electric tourer.??..I think that does not make sense - and really can you get any quieter than a GoldWing??
The problem with pollution is the suburban commuter doing 2-300 miles per week often idling in traffic. There are millions of cars doing this.
A tourer needs range and quick refuel both of which are 5-10 years out for a heavy bike.
The current crop of tourers are pretty efficient and ICE is certainly not going away.
But jammed places like Japan and big cities....EVs are brilliant solutions.
Add in PHEVs ( hybrids ) and even now there are 1/2 million sold out of 16.5 million total vehicle sales....and that's not counting Ebikes.
Worldwide PHEV And EV Sales Top 500,000 - Gas 2
gas2.org/2014/07/14/worldwide-phev-and-ev-sales-top-500000/
Jul 14, 2014 - ... and EV's worldwide passed the 500,000 mark at the end of June, 2014. ... is second, China third and the Netherlands fourth in total EV sales.
