As of just a couple weeks ago, it looks like electric motorcycles are going big time... or, specifically, like Harley-Davidson is making a move into the future of transportation with the recently unveiled LiveWire prototype. Indeed, its styling is closer to a streetbike than Harley's iconic Super Glide or Softail, but beyond the fact that its jet-engine screech sounds more like a sounds like a podracer than a V-Twin, we'll leave it to the hardcore bike guys to provide feedback, as some of them have in the forum thread.
Although Harley has sent the prototype on national tour for test rides and feedback from the H-D community, the Milwaukee stalwarts are careful to note (in the unembeddable introduction video, linked above) that there is no production timetable at this early stage. Nevertheless, it's worth mentioning that cult favs Mission reportedly consulted on this moonshot (as they say) for the 111-year-old brand, and we'll certainly be looking forward to new developments for the LiveWire.
Head over to the discussion boards for an informal competitive review of the electric motorcycle space and design-related commentary (including plenty of eye candy); specs, tour dates and more, via another forum.
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urban, and looking for a thrill.
The Darth Vader voice underscores the threat…. a wrong decision will imperil the future of our planet and the human race.
Let's give HD some help here! Please REPLY with your own version
… Just re-write the version below.
Charles O. Slavens
SCENE 1:
VIDEO - FADE IN - A dark mountain ridge silhouetted against the upper limb of a rising moon – CUT
SFX – high pitched whine of a jet engine winding up
NARR – Darth Vader voice: “The future is in your hands.â€
SCENE 2:
VIDEO – CU a single headlight flares…a pump zoom back to a long shot of a rider outlined against
the full moon. The moonlight is reflected in the centerline of the highway. --- CUT
SFX -- whine approaches and shrieks past, changing tone dramatically via the doppler effect.
NARR – Darth Vader voice: “The key to survival on your planet lies with you.â€
SCENE 3:
VIDEO – low angle medium shot of the bike at speed from the front as the headlight flares. The
camera moves to the side and the bike drift by, revealing details. --- CUT
VIDEO -- Close up of the Harley Davidson logo. --- CUT
SFX – jet engine whine continues
NARR – New voice (Alan Sklar)…. “Rising to lead is a quintessential icon of American ingenuity –
Harley Davidson… long a symbol of ability and American resourcefulness.â€
SCENE 4:
VIDEO – The biker is now in the Holland Tunnel whizzing past large trucks.
--- CUT
SFX – The ever-present whine of the jet engine is loud, echoing off the tiled
walls.
NARR – “It’s coming… the beginning of something newâ€
SCENE 5:
VIDEO – Dawn is breaking in Downtown NYC. We’re in the financial district. Our rider dismounts,
takes off her helmet and shakes out her hair. In the background we see the façade of the NYSE. ---
CUT
NARR – We see the path… it’s going to happen.
SCENE 6:
VIDEO – Our rider walks past a low angle look at Wall Street's charging bull in the foreground. ---
DISSOLVE
NARR – Harley Davidson is moving forward with what is great about America.
SCENE 7:
VIDEO – HD/Livewire logo --- FADE OUT
SFX – music up and out.