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If I had a quiet motocross bike back then I would have rode the f-ing wheels off it...Today is no different..I could build a motox track on my land ..
I love “engines” but I love riding even more..
So this argument that electric bikes would kill the sport is puzzling to me..Electric bikes could very well increase access to riding areas and increase the number of riders.
Been available for many, many years. It's basically a trail bike, not aimed at competition.
Electrification technology didn't start with dirt bikes and will progress despite dirt bikes. MX will see the trickle-down benefits of this, that is guaranteed. It's not there yet, but it is the future, however I don't see it for at least 20 years. Despite government mandates I think it will be closer to 2050 (which is only 30 years away) before there is widespread adoption of battery electric for transportation, and gas powered dirt bikes will have a major presence until then.
Having said all this I hope I can buy my son a high quality electric bike to start on in about 3 years.
If you account for maintenance over a 2-3 year life cycle electric is likely less expensive and will only get lower when the Chinese clone Alta.
In reading all these electric threads lately. including A couple I started, I've come to a few thoughts, one it seems battery technology still has a ways to go , but it also seems that some peoples thoughts are arent a fair comparison when saying the Batteries need to last 12 hours , can we ride for 12 hours now on a tank of gas ?
My hope is just that they make electric classes separate
That way it can develop how ever fast or slow
And not disrupt or take over, those want to transfer to electric can. But wont have to feel like they have to to be competitive when if and when electric starts to be faster ,
Its Nice to have choices. And imo that's what they should have done with the 2 stroke 4 stroke imo in hindsight.
But what would you choose, riding with an electric bike or not riding at all? The actual riding is what i love about this sport, not the sound even though it is awesome, not what happens at A1, not what happens at round 3 of the GPs or nationals.
As long as i can ride and race a MX bike i'm happy. And electric bikes will make sure that we all can keep doing it in the future too!
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Electric bikes for kids, who will grow up familiar with them and not raised solely on gas engines will be more willing to invest and ride them when they are paying for the bikes themselves. the KTM that is coming out will be NORMAL for current 5-8 year old kids so they will grow up for the majority of their lives living with electric cars and motorcycles.
Second, states like CA are only getting more restrictive on emissions every few years and having a dirt bike that causes no air or more importantly NOISE pollution than a mountain bike has huge benefits. You could effectively hold a motocross race in downtown San Francisco at 1AM and other than lights, no one would be the wiser.
the real catch is whether or not companies can produce mid-size and full size bikes on a large scale to match what they are currently making without pricing people out of the sport.
There is no way to make a formula to make them even close to equal. It just will not happen. They don’t do it in formula one. Not gonna in supercross or MX either.
Another thing. If you think it’s expensive now, just wait until they start running full electric motors in pro mx! They will blow through money. All of the data acquisition, telemetry, high paid engineers that will go along with it. It will all trickle down to us and it’s not going to be cheap.
No one ever said racing has to be equal, there is only 1 winner. Nobody claimed life was fair. The so called class system has not provided parity and is a failure when 250's run lap times of the 450's. It's just so there are more winners.
As far as costs, The Alta over a few years would likely be less expensive than a 450, and much more user friendly to own and operate.
If you think the prices are going to stay high, have you priced a 4k TV lately? This Black Friday you'll be able to buy huge 4k's for under $500. Electronics are a very competitive commodity.
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