Motor Vehicle Tips

Most motorcyclists are happy enough to go green, except when it comes to the bikes they ride.

Pollution-free electric bicycles and scooters have been available for a while but nothing on the market so far has come close to providing what bikers would regard as a ride with the style and performance they crave.

The Zero, an electric motorcycle from California with enough speed to embarrass other vehicles at the traffic lights, may be about to change that.

Neal Saiki, the founder and inventor of Zero motorcycles, has produced the Zero S, an electric bike with sharp styling and even sharper acceleration.

A quick spin round the streets of east London’s Isle of Dogs confirmed what Saiki meant.

The bike is easy to ride,nimble and quick. It’s also an attractive-looking machine with its frame constructed of aircraft-grade aluminum and other high quality components.

“We’ve had people put their motorcycles in their living rooms,” Saiki said.

This bike is more like a martini if most electric vehicles are the motoring equivalent of muesli.

It runs almost silently, which can be a little alarming. I came up behind a small group of people on bicycles or folding electric bikes, who had no idea I was there until I sped past them.

One of the Zero’s limitations is its range. On a single electric charge,it will do between 40 and 60 miles.

Although most owners will probably stay in town,where it excels, this of course cuts out long trips,and keep topping the battery up regularly so they are not embarrassed by having to push the bike to the nearest electrical outlet.

When the bike is plugged into the mains, charging it up equates to about one penny a mile in running costs, which is certainly cheaper than fuelling up a petrol-driven bike.

Sadly, what is not cheaper is the price. The Zero S costs 9,000 pounds (,500), or about twice what its petrol-powered equivalent might cost.

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We are in the middle of a full blown recession, yet people are still keen to own the latest new cars. No matter how much people are struggling they still love to go out and splash out on the latest top of the range car.

Lets consider just a few of the reasong why people love to own new cars and why they are often willing to put themselves in considerable debt to drive the latest models.

Peer Pressure
This is most probably the reason many people are buying new, prestigious vehicles. What is worse than going out in an old banger and then watching your closest friends driving fancy, flash top of the range cars. People do not want other people to see that they are struggling, so they go out and buy a new automobile even though they cannot afford it, just to show people they have made it in there lives.

Showing Off
A lot of people want to buy a new vehicle to show off, they love all the attention they get from having people look at them when they stop next to traffic lights or pull up in a crowded area.

Speed
Some people love cars that go fast and they know that by buying a new car it will ultimately fulfill there thirst for driving at high speeds. New vehicles have a lot more pull and can go from 0mph to 60mph in much quicker times. Even diesels are quite quick off the mark.

Relaxation
A lot of people just buy a new vehicle simply for the relaxation factor. This is especially true if people are travelling long distances on a daily basis. They want to unwind and have all of the latest technologies that are available.

Collectors
There are still people around who are lucky enough to be very well off. Some of these lucky people are in the habit of buying new cars just to collect them. Their newly purchased cars can end up unused, sitting on the drive and ultimately sold off after a few short months. But to the buyer it does not really matter as they have the money to effectively feed their collection habit.

There is nothing wrong with buying a new car; I myself tend always look at new vehicles. But make sure that you have the correct finances in place to actually pay for the vehicle as if not you will probably end up getting yourself into a lot of debt and the debt company may well take back the car from you, leaving you with nothing.

I recommend car leasing as a sensible way to finance the acquisition of all new vehicles. I have my 5 series BMW on a very affordable BMW lease deal and all of my companies commercial vehicles are on very cheap van lease contracts.

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LONDON (Reuters Life!) – except when it comes to the bikes they ride,most motorcyclists are happy enough to go green.

Pollution-free electric bicycles and scooters have been available for a while but nothing on the market so far has come close to providing what bikers would regard as a ride with the style and performance they crave.

The zero electric bikes in California, bringing with sufficient speed to other vehicles at traffic lights at a loss can change that.

Neal Saiki, the founder and inventor of Zero motorcycles, has produced the Zero S, an electric bicycle or folding electric bike with sharp styling and even sharper acceleration.

People have been waiting for decades for these things to be practical, he told Reuters that the new bike in Europe, where he hopes to make half their sales, was launched.

“We make every part of the bike. It’s very light, half the weight of a normal motorcycle.”

A quick spin round the streets of east London’s Isle of Dogs confirmed what Saiki meant.

The bike is fast, maneuverable and easy to assemble. It’s also an attractive-looking machine with its frame constructed of aircraft-grade aluminum and other high quality components.

“We’ve had people put their motorcycles in their living rooms,” Saiki said.

This bike is more like a martini if most electric vehicles are the motoring equivalent of muesli.

It runs almost silently, which can be a bit scary. I came up behind a small group of people on bicycles, who had no idea I was there until I sped past them.

One of the Zero’s limitations is its range. There will be 40 to 60 miles on one electric charge.

That, of course, cuts in long journeys, even though most owners will probably be in the city, where he distinguished himself and it continues to remain a regular on the battery is not the fact that the bike close to push-to-painful electrical wall.

If the unit is connected to the network, the load of a cent per mile, equivalent to recurrent expenditure, which is certainly cheaper than gasoline-powered cycle.

Unfortunately, it is cheaper is the price. The Zero S costs 9,000 pounds (,500), or about twice what its petrol-powered equivalent might cost.

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Everyone agrees that we need to improve our average gas mileage, but not everyone completely understands what is needed to make that happen in the real world we all live in. So they focus their efforts on one or two things, without ever ‘getting it’ that any good gas mileage improvement plan has five different facets to it, or spokes of a wheel. Sure, working on just one part of the ‘get better gas mileage’ equation will get you a few results, it’s not until you work on all five parts of the equation that your gas mileage really goes up. Let’s take a deeper look at each of these items in more detail.  

1. How the Driver Influnences Things. Believe it or not, the driving style a car is driven with can have a definite impact on the vehicle’s gas mileage. Driving around town always gets lower mileage than driving on the highway does. Jack rabbit starts, and stopping on a dime too, both cut into your mileage in bad ways. But simply sticking to the posted speed, driving a route with fewer traffic lights on it, coasting to a stop each time you have to stop, and not launching your vehicle each time the light changes, all these will help you improve your gas mileage as much as possible.  

2. The Vehicle Itself. Is it tuned up? Are the tires inflated to factory spec? Is the engine oil still lubricating correctly? Are you giving your car good maintenance? Are you keeping your vehicle’s paint job up? Proper vehicle maintenance is one of the simplest ways to keep your gas mileage near factory spec.

  3. The Fuel Going Into The Engine. High quality gasoline can get you farther down the road than cheap gasoline can. And Contaminated fuel can drive up your repair costs as well as lowering your mileage. Tweaking the fuel to be something, or with something, that burns better than standard gasoline or diesel fuel does, or insisting upon always using high quality fuel, these are both good ways to increase your gas mileage.  

4. The Air Going In. Believe it or not, there are also ways you can tweak the air going into your engine that will improve its efficiency, and thus, its mileage. Cool air carries more Oxygen in it than hot air, and can expand more when heated inside of each cylinder. Humid air also expands more than dry air does inside the cylinder (also better efficiency). Clean air burns the gasoline in each cylinder more efficiently than dusty, dirty, or smoggy air does. Pressurized air contains more Oxygen in it for the engine to burn, than regular air does. Etc and so forth.

  5. The Exhaust Sytem.There are even ways that you can tweak your exhaust system to improve your gas mileage. You can do things like oversize the exhaust system, have a larger catalytic converter put in, buy a tailpipe turbocharger, or even capture the heat coming off the exhaust system to produce extra power, all focused on improving your gas mileage, emissions, and overall power.

By focusing our research in a “whole-car approach” way, and addressing all five parts of the equation simultaneously in our quest to get better gas mileage, we can substantially improve the mileage in almost any sized combustion-based engine that we work on, based on almost any fuel.  

    If you really want to understand all five facets of improving gas mileage, and the ways to tweak each, get the detailed ebook “Over 50 Ways to Get Better Gas Mileage” available at http://www.HowToGetBetterGasMileage.com, as presented by http://www.EvergreenGasLabs.com.

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One of the more astute purchases I have made in recent years has to be my acquisition of a lovely Used Audi which I purchased from my local Sytner Used Audi dealership. But let’s cut to the chase; Audi have seem to have lost some of the reputation that they once held in the car industry. This is not because of the style of the body, the performance of the engine or the undeniable quality of the drive. No, it is primarily because of the people who choose to drive them.

Not so long ago, it was the BMW models that were vilified by the automotive media and car fanatics, simply because of the kind of people who could normally be witnessed behind the wheel. The BMW became intrinsically linked with Estate Agents, smarmy business men and generally the kind of people you would rather throttle yourself with piano wire than get stuck talking to at a dinner party.

One by one, all of these ne’er-do-wells defected from the BMW camp for fear of further ridicule. The problem was what to drive next; they needed a wicked looking car. They needed a fine machine, with precision engines. Finally they needed something quick with the power to leave pretty much all other commercially available cars sitting at the traffic lights. The fact that all of these drivers became Audi owners was inevitability that was written  in the stars since the beginning of time it seemed.

So why have I just gone out and bought a Used Audi TT?

The answer is simple really. Whenever a car is bought in great volume, the dealers always whack the prices up as high as they can to capitalise on the sudden popularity. In a different manner of speaking, if you went to buy a Used Audi in a year’s time, the price would be so high you would probably fall over laughing. What I have done is bought myself a fantastic car, but have neatly dodged paying through the nose for it.

Once the price of Used Audi vehicles has reached a maximum, the growing throngs of new Audi disciples will probably move on to something else; Mercedes Benz if my predictions are correct. This will leave me to enjoy my Used Audi in the happiness of knowing that I am driving a fantastic vehicle that will shortly be only driven by enthusiasts of Audi’s great name.

In short, by biding my time and being aware of the nature of the car market and trends, I was able to capitalise on the cheap price of a wonderful Used Audi. This is easily achievable by keeping your eyes open as to who is driving what. Next time you see someone horribly stuck up or smarmy, make a note of what car they drive and avoid it. Now all I have to do is play the waiting game and let the undesirables amongst us to move on to another prestige German car; beware all Mercedes-Benz owners, your time is nearly up!

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