Judging from this drawing filed for a patent and discovered by Visordown, the project of an electric bike by Kawasaki It would be closer than we think.
The Japanese firm is not usual to large claims, in fireworks (or straw) and always it has a concrete and careful approach. Even when he decided to embark on an interpretation of the coming future scenarios, It does making real stimulus, calibrating with skill also a provocation as in the case of Concept – J, one of the few truly innovative concept in recent years.
A fortiori, this design of an electric Kawasaki is interesting. At present the information could be a bluff, or, conversely, a motorcycle not so far from seeing the light also because it is not the first time that Kawasaki recorded a similar pattern, as he did in 2012.
A cooled electric Kawasaki?
As VisorDown also points out in this small scoop, Perhaps most curious is the presence of air ducts that go from the front to the battery pack. From another drawing – one below – it seems that the motor is also equipped with a pump for the oil that, your back, It could serve for cooling.
Gears and clutch!
From the same pattern it is also evident the presence of clutch and gearbox. Whether you controlled manually or electronically is not given to know, but… There are. The thing is rather unusual because electric bikes currently on the market prefer the absence of change. The only ones who have it are the Tacita. Thanks to the torque of the electric motor and its reactivity in fact the exchange is not essential and adds a complication. That's why Zero Motorcycles and Energetic, eg, They have decided not to have it.
We will see soon the electric Kawasaki?
The small electric motorcycle market is in turmoil. Zero Motorcycles It is launching a model in days could raise the bar, Energica prepares for first season END Enel MotoE, Harley-Davidson will arrive in late summer with her LiveWire and Ducati She has confirmed to be working on its first superbike to electrons.
As I said above, Kawasaki is generally rather cautious and it is probable, in my humble opinion, It will wait the best time to come out when the bike will be ready for production and, maybe, the market already a little bit more mature. In short, well as you take the insults, I come ready. But these, obviously, I am just my assumptions.
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