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Posted by: mikelsr Jun 17 2005, 01:41 PM

A guy up the road converted his 914 to electric.

http://www.newsgazette.com/localnews/story.cfm?Number=18435

Posted by: ArtechnikA Jun 17 2005, 01:48 PM

cool (and pretty well-written) article; thanks for posting!
i grew up in Champaign, still have a few friends back there - some who never left, some who went away and came back.

there are other 914-E's, of course, but any positive press on the model is A Good Thing.

Posted by: mikelsr Jun 17 2005, 01:53 PM

If you ever get back this way look me up and I can buy you a beer!

Mike

Posted by: Otmar Jun 17 2005, 01:59 PM

That is a good article. Thanks for the heads up.

Posted by: Dave_Darling Jun 17 2005, 03:58 PM

QUOTE (ArtechnikA @ Jun 17 2005, 11:48 AM)
i grew up in Champaign...

I had completely forgotten that.... Urbana, here. I go back every decade or two.

--DD

Posted by: double-a Jun 17 2005, 05:08 PM

several years ago, i became interested in doing an electric conversion, and ran across a few stories of electric 914s on the web. that must've reignited my love for the 914 because i found myself wanting one again after years of college and marriage and stuff.

i still want to build (or buy) a converted 914, i think it would be lots of fun. it's probably the cost to build one that's keeping me down, and the fact that those batteries are a significant investment and have to be replaced periodically.

~a

Posted by: jimtab Jun 17 2005, 05:28 PM

Aaron, do you have access to the decals for making your amp "go to 11" as it shows in your avatar....could you hip me to the site???? Boy oh boy it would be cool if my amps would go to 11....after all, it would be one louder....

Posted by: double-a Jun 17 2005, 06:05 PM

yes, it's one louder, isn't it?

i got that off the web somewhere. i think i did a google image search.

tap lives!

~a

Posted by: jimtab Jun 17 2005, 08:22 PM

QUOTE (double-a @ Jun 17 2005, 04:05 PM)
yes, it's one louder, isn't it?

i got that off the web somewhere. i think i did a google image search.

tap lives!

~a

Tap....not just yes but HELL yes...

Posted by: Tom73 Jun 17 2005, 09:44 PM

There is an electric on EBay right now....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6430&item=4556666115&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

user posted image

Sure looks like a lot of batterys.....

Posted by: sgomes Jun 17 2005, 10:53 PM

Top speed of 60mph????? Hell! MY lead-sled is faster than that!!! Well, um, I mean it WOULD go faster than that if I could get it off the jack stands.