Dirt Freak… with a name like that, you ought to either produce some solid, purpose-built off-road motorcycles… or an inexpensive vacuum cleaner. I’m glad to say it’s the former, in the shape of an electric moto from Japan dubbed the GE-N3.

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    It’s priced at JPY 396,000, which converts to just over US$2,700. Now that’s a rad price if it were to come to the West as it is. But it won’t.

    :(

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    34 MPH top speed isn’t enough for the U.S. unless you’re in a city center.

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      3 days ago

      It’s a moped, it’s not supposed to be faster

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        I did miss that when reading the article, but I still stick to my argument that the top speed is too low. Even in the downtown area of my city people drive 45+.

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        There’s “city” and then there’s “super dense city like NY/SF/wherever”.

        I live downtown and I couldn’t use this thing to get groceries or get to work.