Kurt Blankemeyer Kurt Blankemeyer

How to grow the motorcycle sport - memo 1 to manufacturers

Honda modular Do-It-Yourself youth motorcycle/go-cart/etc.

There are motorcycles that don’t yet exist that could be very pivotal in growing the sport.

Example:  During the 1997 Tokyo Motor, Honda showed the “Honda Dream Kids Dokitto”.  This was a modular do-it-yourself kit where you could build a go-cart or dirtbike or some other transportation device.  Think erector set. The concept used an Internal combustion engine.  What if this was re-imagined with an electric motor as the propulsion system and used a type of commonly used Li-Ion battery. The idea is straightforward. Must be sold with the safety gear to reduce liability.

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