Electric Motorcycles

[vfx]

Awesome photo on that story:

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[Lloyd]

Looks like the photo was done with a green screen!! Lighting is wrong, and transition at the rear of the photo is off.

 

[VolkerP]

Looks like the photo was done with a green screen!! Lighting is wrong, and transition at the rear of the photo is off.

Yes, sure. TEG will shortly post the original sunset picture, along with GPS coordinates where it was taken. Plus the facebook accounts of the 4 riders.

 

[TEG]

Check out this YouTube

And this one

 

[TEG]

Looks like the photo was done with a green screen!!

Still think green screen? :

 

[Lloyd]

Maybe not. this one looks real! OK where's the deposition from the riders???

 

[vfx]

OK. Real plus fake. Based on the video and other shot it looks like they are there on the beach hill (shot with flash) but the sky has been reworked significantly.

 

[TEG]

OK. Real plus fake. Based on the video and other shot it looks like they are there on the beach hill (shot with flash) but the sky has been reworked significantly.

Yeah, that would be my take too. Still call it a great photo even if they had to rework it.
I gather they did a photo event with multiple video and still cameras and made multiple productions out of all the material they collected.

By the way, Zero HQ is in the Santa Cruz mountains in a really beautiful area not very far from the beach. That photo shoot could just be a ride down the hill from their office.

 

[domenick]

The recent International Milan Motorcycle show had a ton of electrics, including the upcoming Energica from CRP Racing. (Pictured below) Here's a pretty thorough wrap up of the show, though it doesn't include any of the (many) scooters – including Vectrix – who had product there.

 

[Tech26]

I'm really liking the CRP sport bike! Maybe after I get a Model S or X I can think about picking one of these up.

 

[stopcrazypp]

Yeah, that would be my take too. Still call it a great photo even if they had to rework it.
I gather they did a photo event with multiple video and still cameras and made multiple productions out of all the material they collected.

Isn't that what they do for HDR photos (combine multiple photos at different exposures)? Some consumer cameras do this in-camera. I wouldn't consider that fake though, maybe something in between.

 

[vfx]

hyper real

 

[rabar10]

Is this an EV forum or a photography forum? :wink::tongue:

 

[SByer]

Isn't that what they do for HDR photos (combine multiple photos at different exposures)?

Yes, but then you have to take the image out of the very wide floating point space back into a displayable/printable space, so there are compromises and curves involved, and a lot of HDR out there pushes those parameters more than a little bit too far, partly because that's just trendy.

If it is just a straight HDR made from stacking photos (which I think it could be), it doesn't qualify as fake in my book. But that line between 'real' and 'fake' is really kind of blurry.

 

[domenick]

Back in September I did a post on the Brutus electric cruiser. He's just finished his 2nd prototype (Brutus 2.0, if you will) and this thing is badass. And it's only going to get badassier (or words to that effect) from here. You can read about the new build here. Pictured below...original in green paint, 2.0 in black.

 

[JRP3]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I guess because it looks to me like a conglomeration of parts stuck together with not much design. I'm also disappointed in the use of a chain instead of a quieter, lube free, belt. The clear cover for the Hairball in such a vulnerable area doesn't seem like a great idea either, a mild lay down might do major damage. Other than that.....at least it's electric :wink:

 

[domenick]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I guess because it looks to me like a conglomeration of parts stuck together with not much design. I'm also disappointed in the use of a chain instead of a quieter, lube free, belt. The clear cover for the Hairball in such a vulnerable area doesn't seem like a great idea either, a mild lay down might do major damage. Other than that.....at least it's electric :wink:

Good points. There is definitely some tidying up to do and there are some more changes to come before the production version.

 

[JRP3]

Might help if they just blacked out the frame and some of the other bits, it might not look so "chopped up". The hose fitting above the rear fender looks odd as well.

 

[domenick]

Someone else mentioned the contrast frame color in the comments. Perhaps a different choice of color might help. We did discuss that hose fitting and it will definitely be going away though.

 

[vfx]

... disappointed in the use of a chain instead of a quieter, lube free, belt....

Are any of the EV bikes using a belt? A pack of EV motorcycles were at the EV run and their chains were the 2nd nosiest vehicles in the parade.