Surfing I found a review of the Zero S electric motorcycle over on engadget.com.  Here’s a pic:

(photo via engadget.com)

Hmm…. looks fun huh?  Does it wheelie?  Probably since from the description it’s a torquey little bastard.  But what struck me from the review was this:

Like most great bikes the motor is fully exposed for you to gaze at appreciatively, but unlike most great bikes this one is so small it sits down between the pivot points for the rear swingarm, with a sprocket directly attached that turns the drive chain.

I can relate.  I’m a bit partial to naked bikes.  But if electric motorcycles - or some variation - someday become more common than what we have today, I gotta wonder what the tire kicking conversations will be like then.  ‘That’s some motor their Jim… how many volts?’.  And will we look back at our gas powered bikes whimsically remembering the joy and hours of maintenance?

I dunno, but if these ever become practical enough (to afford) I might be in.