EPISODE · Dec 12, 2018 · 8 MIN
Cake's Electric Motorcycle Makes Dirt Biking a Silent Joy
from What's New · host WIRED
I’d ridden the motorcycle part of the way up a small dirt hill, and was trying to simply reverse my way back down when I fell off the machine. As I went down, I tightened my grip, inadvertently pinning the throttle. I soon found myself underneath a pirouetting motorcycle. It was my first experience with the so-called whiskey throttle—and indeed my first experience of any kind on a motorcycle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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I’d ridden the motorcycle part of the way up a small dirt hill, and was trying to simply reverse my way back down when I fell off the machine. As I went down, I tightened my grip, inadvertently pinning the throttle. I soon found myself underneath a pirouetting motorcycle. It was my first experience with the so-called whiskey throttle—and indeed my first experience of any kind on a motorcycle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Cake's Electric Motorcycle Makes Dirt Biking a Silent Joy
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