Harley-Davidson announced about a week ago it would begin a Route 66 tour with its Project LiveWire electric motorcycle — a prototype that’s not yet for sale.
Apparently the tour has begun. Although Harley’s website doesn’t have a schedule posted online, a photo was posted Tuesday of the motorcycles at the eastern beginning of Route 66 in Chicago:
And a tweet indicates the tour was in Kirkwood, Missouri, today:
#ProjectLiveWire (@ Doc’s Harley-Davidson – @docshd) https://t.co/K6NwjSkoa3 pic.twitter.com/saQPg8uovY
— Michael Daniels (@Mike_Flys) July 2, 2014
And WGN-TV in Chicago also did this segment about the new motorcycle:
The video is helpful in that you learn a few things during the interview with the Harley rep:
- The motorcycle’s top speed is 92 mph, but goes from 0 to 60 mph in 4 seconds.
- The motorcycle gets about 60 miles on a charge, but Harley cautions it’s just a prototype — implying an actual production motorcycle would get more.
- The motorcycle indeed sounds different, like a turbine, instead of the ultra-noisy “Hog” mufflers.
You can follow some of the tour’s progress on Twitter through the #ProjectLiveWire hashtag.