Depending on your particular motorbike interests, you may already be well aware that there are companies and conversion kits around to help you turn your vintage two-wheeled friend into an EV. It's a novel way to keep classic designs relevant and operational on the road, particularly since older parts (and seals and gaskets, if you aren't willing to make your own and no one's making decent reproductions because you're a weirdo and you like weird things) can be difficult and/or expensive to source.
It can also have environmental benefits, not to mention the added gratification of instant torque that you tend to get with EVs, even if their top speed is significantly limited. It's not cheap, though; but then again, neither is buying a new bike, most of the time. But converting a bike you already have, and maybe even one that's been in your family for some time and has great sentimental value to you, can be an intriguing option. Or it would be, if there weren't also certain drawbacks to give you pause (beyond the up-front conversion cost, I mean).
Battery technologies have come a long way in recent times, and you have companies out here like Donut Labs that are working on solid-state batteries. But changes like that, even once they're able to be produced reliably, take time to roll out and adopt. What do you do in the meantime that can address some of the many pain points of battery vehicle ownership?
