Alta -- Try one if you get the chance!

MXVet261 wrote:

I had the opportunity this past weekend to try the Alta MXR and totally loved it. Local Ohio dealer AES brought out two of them to...

I had the opportunity this past weekend to try the Alta MXR and totally loved it. Local Ohio dealer AES brought out two of them to a private riding event and a whole bunch of us Vet riders tried them --- every one of us loved them. Some of the guys were fast vets that always qualify for LL, some of us were decent practice riders, and a few novices. We all loved it.

You get on the bike expecting all this weird stuff but then you start riding and realize it's just like riding any other bike, except no clutch, no shifting, no screwing up in the ruts and stalling the bike, and no engine sound.

One cool moment was one of the faster Vet guys caught me while we were both on the Altas and we were just talking back and forth while dicing on the track. It was really fun!

I could see me having one in the next couple years.

ACBraap wrote:

I see only two reasons to not buy one right now: 1) battery life 2) they are still at the point where tech advancements will happen...

I see only two reasons to not buy one right now:

1) battery life
2) they are still at the point where tech advancements will happen very quickly

A couple years and 1 will increase, and 2 will slow, and that's when the masses will be moving to them.

DYE wrote:

This is exactly what I'm waiting on. If they could last a 2hr hare scramble I would buy one today.

dimetime wrote:

Enough with this stipid shit. There's an e-bike forum on Vital for all you Alta salesmen and marketers to push your kids toys on for a...

Enough with this stipid shit. There's an e-bike forum on Vital for all you Alta salesmen and marketers to push your kids toys on for a reason. Stop post ebike shit on the regular moto forum.

God damn l feel like l'm being houded at a fucking dealership. How much is Alta paying you guys to fucking spam this shit?

jeffro503 wrote:

Moto is moto man.....doesn't matter what type of power plant moves that bike. And since you seem to be new to the internet , next time...

Moto is moto man.....doesn't matter what type of power plant moves that bike. And since you seem to be new to the internet , next time you see a thread you don't want to read......how about don't click on it? Pretty basic concept really.

Doddy wrote:

They have their own section, yet people continue to post in the wrong section. People can't seem to follow the basic forum guidelines/rules and he is...

They have their own section, yet people continue to post in the wrong section. People can't seem to follow the basic forum guidelines/rules and he is the one new to the internet?

Since others can't follow simple forum etiquette, he get's talked down to for pointing it out? Fck logic right?

dimetime wrote:

Enough with this stipid shit. There's an e-bike forum on Vital for all you Alta salesmen and marketers to push your kids toys on for a...

Enough with this stipid shit. There's an e-bike forum on Vital for all you Alta salesmen and marketers to push your kids toys on for a reason. Stop post ebike shit on the regular moto forum.

God damn l feel like l'm being houded at a fucking dealership. How much is Alta paying you guys to fucking spam this shit?

Doddy wrote:

I made a comment about it (more so in a joking manner) being in the wrong section because I actually thought a few times I was...

I made a comment about it (more so in a joking manner) being in the wrong section because I actually thought a few times I was in the electric section.

Seems like we are not allowed to comment anything negative either about these things around here. I was curious, now I wish they would go away.

jeffro503 wrote:

Moto is moto man.....doesn't matter what type of power plant moves that bike. And since you seem to be new to the internet , next time...

Moto is moto man.....doesn't matter what type of power plant moves that bike. And since you seem to be new to the internet , next time you see a thread you don't want to read......how about don't click on it? Pretty basic concept really.

Doddy wrote:

They have their own section, yet people continue to post in the wrong section. People can't seem to follow the basic forum guidelines/rules and he is...

They have their own section, yet people continue to post in the wrong section. People can't seem to follow the basic forum guidelines/rules and he is the one new to the internet?

Since others can't follow simple forum etiquette, he get's talked down to for pointing it out? Fck logic right?

jeffro503 wrote:

I think you may want to try and understand the forum " Rules ". The main moto forum is for anything and everything , mostly pertaining...

I think you may want to try and understand the forum " Rules ". The main moto forum is for anything and everything , mostly pertaining to dirtbikes and things to do with dirtbikes. There is no rule that states that if you own an electric bike , you're not allowed to talk about it in the main forum. Just because the motor / engine doesn't run on fuel......the other 90% of the Alta is no different from the bikes that do.

Were you a freakin' hall monitor at school? Sheeesh!!

dimetime wrote:

Enough with this stipid shit. There's an e-bike forum on Vital for all you Alta salesmen and marketers to push your kids toys on for a...

Enough with this stipid shit. There's an e-bike forum on Vital for all you Alta salesmen and marketers to push your kids toys on for a reason. Stop post ebike shit on the regular moto forum.

God damn l feel like l'm being houded at a fucking dealership. How much is Alta paying you guys to fucking spam this shit?

jeffro503 wrote:

Moto is moto man.....doesn't matter what type of power plant moves that bike. And since you seem to be new to the internet , next time...

Moto is moto man.....doesn't matter what type of power plant moves that bike. And since you seem to be new to the internet , next time you see a thread you don't want to read......how about don't click on it? Pretty basic concept really.

Doddy wrote:

They have their own section, yet people continue to post in the wrong section. People can't seem to follow the basic forum guidelines/rules and he is...

They have their own section, yet people continue to post in the wrong section. People can't seem to follow the basic forum guidelines/rules and he is the one new to the internet?

Since others can't follow simple forum etiquette, he get's talked down to for pointing it out? Fck logic right?

jeffro503 wrote:

I think you may want to try and understand the forum " Rules ". The main moto forum is for anything and everything , mostly pertaining...

I think you may want to try and understand the forum " Rules ". The main moto forum is for anything and everything , mostly pertaining to dirtbikes and things to do with dirtbikes. There is no rule that states that if you own an electric bike , you're not allowed to talk about it in the main forum. Just because the motor / engine doesn't run on fuel......the other 90% of the Alta is no different from the bikes that do.

Were you a freakin' hall monitor at school? Sheeesh!!

Doddy wrote:

They have their own section, yet people continue to post in the wrong section. People can't seem to follow the basic forum guidelines/rules and he is...

They have their own section, yet people continue to post in the wrong section. People can't seem to follow the basic forum guidelines/rules and he is the one new to the internet?

Since others can't follow simple forum etiquette, he get's talked down to for pointing it out? Fck logic right?

jeffro503 wrote:

I think you may want to try and understand the forum " Rules ". The main moto forum is for anything and everything , mostly pertaining...

I think you may want to try and understand the forum " Rules ". The main moto forum is for anything and everything , mostly pertaining to dirtbikes and things to do with dirtbikes. There is no rule that states that if you own an electric bike , you're not allowed to talk about it in the main forum. Just because the motor / engine doesn't run on fuel......the other 90% of the Alta is no different from the bikes that do.

Were you a freakin' hall monitor at school? Sheeesh!!

Doddy wrote:

I agree with most of what you said and I really don't care that much, however some seem to be pushy with it so it's understandable...

I agree with most of what you said and I really don't care that much, however some seem to be pushy with it so it's understandable from where I sit. That's all.

jeffro503 wrote:

The thing is.....there really isn't much info / thread's on the Alta's on here. For someone looking for info on what one is like , it's...

The thing is.....there really isn't much info / thread's on the Alta's on here. For someone looking for info on what one is like , it's mostly coming from guy's on here that had a chance to ride / test one , and what their thought's were. Only a couple guys on here actually own them. So for someone like me , if I was looking for info on them....it's kind of hard to come by. These bike's are still relatively new to this sport , so for myself....I like being able to read about other people's experiences on them. I know pretty close to absolutely nothing about these bikes , so when a thread pop's up about them.....I enjoy reading them.

BR8ES wrote:

I am afraid of trying one because I may actually like it and buy one, thus making me eat crow.

wfopete wrote:

Such fun to watch Alta chip away at the non-believers. But they are just chipping away, not mass converting. As been said for years: "E-bikes (or...

Such fun to watch Alta chip away at the non-believers. But they are just chipping away, not mass converting.

As been said for years: "E-bikes (or E-Anything) are just a couple of technical advances to be totally mainstream".

BR8ES wrote:

I am afraid of trying one because I may actually like it and buy one, thus making me eat crow.

ctbale wrote:

That was my fear about sleeping with fat chicks and listening to Britney Spears, but hey, if everybody else is, why not!

tempura wrote:

Haven’t seen one, but hope they make it here. I’m very interested in trying one. One potential issue I foresee is no clutch, but that’s from...

Haven’t seen one, but hope they make it here. I’m very interested in trying one.
One potential issue I foresee is no clutch, but that’s from a safety point of view.
A question for the guys that know: if I were to grab a handful of whiskey throttle, does hitting the brakes shut the power off, or does it keep powering through, fighting the brakes? Is the bike tuneable in that sense?
The clutch has saved me once or twice from potentially big crashes over the years.

mikec265 wrote:

It wouldn't take much to perfect one to your liking. There's a few things I don't like, but I am glad that I bought an MXR...

It wouldn't take much to perfect one to your liking. There's a few things I don't like, but I am glad that I bought an MXR. Instead of driving to get race gas all I gotta do is plug it in. I wish I had bought one of these sooner.

JM485 wrote:

Let me just express my disappointment that an American manufacturer is providing a solid product to riders that is a unique alternative to anything else on...

Let me just express my disappointment that an American manufacturer is providing a solid product to riders that is a unique alternative to anything else on the market. I'm especially pissed that they're making a solid effort to support races that allow them to compete and continually taking in feedback from riders and their experiences at the races to further improve their product. What's worse, they're even putting out entertaining content and taking a unique approach to marketing. Those ass holes, how do they even sleep at night knowing how much they support moto and off-road and how awesome of a bike they produce, it's just sickening.

mikec265 wrote:

It wouldn't take much to perfect one to your liking. There's a few things I don't like, but I am glad that I bought an MXR...

It wouldn't take much to perfect one to your liking. There's a few things I don't like, but I am glad that I bought an MXR. Instead of driving to get race gas all I gotta do is plug it in. I wish I had bought one of these sooner.

Panic_Rev wrote:

Does having an Alta in the back of a F250 qualify you to park in Whole Foods electric parking spots? If so I'm in.

xr70 wrote:

I am probably going to get lynched for this, but f it. This Alta reminds me of KTM experience. You buy that POS overpriced for a...

I am probably going to get lynched for this, but f it. This Alta reminds me of KTM experience. You buy that POS overpriced for a whole bunch of money, then you realize that the suspension sucks, so you put another $8k in the suspension and then you buy a whole bunch of other shit for it that you think it needs and by the time you realize it, you are into it for $25k. 6 months after that, you come to the conclusion that the thing is a POS anyway and you sell it and now your butt hurts because you lost a whole bunch of money. I think I will just stick with my Yamaha, which is a great bike to ride out of the box.

EastFlorida wrote:

I bought a new 2019 KTM 350 XC-F. In a way, I hope it is my last ICE bike. When the Alta can finish a 2...

I bought a new 2019 KTM 350 XC-F. In a way, I hope it is my last ICE bike. When the Alta can finish a 2 hour Hare Scrambles/GNCC race, I'm buying one. I would've bought one now, but Alta admits it won't quite make it in map 2.

I am looking for about 10 acres semi-close to town, so being able to ride on my property without offending neighbors is HUGE for me. The Alta will make this possible I hope in the next few years...

I might agree that a clutch could be helpful when negotiating some trail obstacles. I run a Rekluse now and there are times when having a fully functioning clutch makes a big difference...