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ELI5: Why isn't electric motorcycles that big of a thing?

I've read somewhere that the only significant difference between conventional motorcycles and electric ones are that one uses gas and the other uses batteries. What are the drawbacks as to why people don't entertain the idea of electric motorcycles much? I think it's got something to do with the mileage and business but I feel there's more that I'm missing.
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The biggest problem is with mileage. Electric cars have *massive* batteries in order to have reasonable mileage. A motorcycle, even with the much lighter body, would only have a range of about 50 miles at best with a battery the size of the existing fuel tank. Anything bigger would greatly change the aesthetics of the bike.