Honda's Electric MX bike

smashingpumpkins167 wrote:

Well shit. Think the price tag will hit 15 grand?

Langston_fan wrote:

Oh man!!

How much???!

When will you release??

The dream of riding in the garden without neighbours hearing is BACK!!

Jrewing wrote:

Take my fucking money!!!!!!!!!!

tek14 wrote:

Looks little handmade (machine made) so it will take long time to hit shops. I hope im wrong but it took 10 years from Honda to...

Looks little handmade (machine made) so it will take long time to hit shops. I hope im wrong but it took 10 years from Honda to make E-start to CRF450..

Dust601 wrote:

Very cool. I can’t wait until we get to see it in motion, and start getting some stats/info about it. If something like this would do...

Very cool. I can’t wait until we get to see it in motion, and start getting some stats/info about it. If something like this would do well it may light a fire under some of the other brands. Which would in turn be a win for us.

mikec265 wrote:

I haven't seen anything yet from Suzuki or Kawasaki. All the other big guys have electric bikes in the works. Especially kids bikes.

barnett468 wrote:

Now I know where a lot of the Alta parts are going, lol.
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Squirrelings wrote:

I don't see any Alta parts. Thankfully this one is much easier on the eyes.

clem wrote:

What happens to the batteries when the go bad?Will Honda have a disposal service and plan? How long will they last? From being involved in RC...

What happens to the batteries when the go bad?Will Honda have a disposal service and plan? How long will they last? From being involved in RC cars, I can say that those batteries don't last for ever. My new trick Shorai battery in my RD350 doesn't take well to sub 40degF temps at all. I like the tech but just not 100% on the batteries at this point.

sumdood wrote:

I was initially against electric bikes but have been thinking about the positives more and more and my attitude is changing. Besides super torguey easy to...

I was initially against electric bikes but have been thinking about the positives more and more and my attitude is changing. Besides super torguey easy to ride power... No oil to change, no air filters to clean, no clogged carb jets, no flaming out in slow technical stuff, no stupid expensive pipes and radiators to destroy in a crash, no over heating, no gas to spill, no exhaust pipe burns, no noise complaints (which could result in not only more tracks staying open, but new tracks close to home), which very well could equal more new blood into the sport. How many more families would get there young kids into racing motocross if the track was 10 minutes from the house instead of 2 hours in traffic each way ? How many tracks have we lost because some dumb dumb doofus buys a house near a track and then goes on a mission to shut it down because they can hear it ? They'd have nothing to complain about. Plus the Alta's are ugly fuckers, that Honda is bitchin looking LOL.

sumdood wrote:

I was initially against electric bikes but have been thinking about the positives more and more and my attitude is changing. Besides super torguey easy to...

I was initially against electric bikes but have been thinking about the positives more and more and my attitude is changing. Besides super torguey easy to ride power... No oil to change, no air filters to clean, no clogged carb jets, no flaming out in slow technical stuff, no stupid expensive pipes and radiators to destroy in a crash, no over heating, no gas to spill, no exhaust pipe burns, no noise complaints (which could result in not only more tracks staying open, but new tracks close to home), which very well could equal more new blood into the sport. How many more families would get there young kids into racing motocross if the track was 10 minutes from the house instead of 2 hours in traffic each way ? How many tracks have we lost because some dumb dumb doofus buys a house near a track and then goes on a mission to shut it down because they can hear it ? They'd have nothing to complain about. Plus the Alta's are ugly fuckers, that Honda is bitchin looking LOL.

Squirrelings wrote:

They will complain, no doubt. Dust is more of a legitimate complaint than sound. Electric bikes will not allow for riding areas in urban locations.

Dust601 wrote:

Very cool. I can’t wait until we get to see it in motion, and start getting some stats/info about it. If something like this would do...

Very cool. I can’t wait until we get to see it in motion, and start getting some stats/info about it. If something like this would do well it may light a fire under some of the other brands. Which would in turn be a win for us.

mikec265 wrote:

I haven't seen anything yet from Suzuki or Kawasaki. All the other big guys have electric bikes in the works. Especially kids bikes.

face biter wrote:

I heard that Suzuki is close to revealing theirs, too, they just have to figure out how to mount the kick starter and it’ll be ready!

Mr. Ted wrote:

I think in the spirit of marketing they ought to call it 'Tric moto...

Bearuno wrote:

For those that won't check other pictures for views of (what I assume are) of the battery enclosure, here's semi close ups of either side...

For those that won't check other pictures for views of (what I assume are) of the battery enclosure, here's semi close ups of either side :




Now, Alta had some very, very clever people, and they produced quite a bike, but one would think that a company(ies) like Honda / Mugen (please note: I'm no great 'fanboi' of Honda) might just be able to do some very clever 'E' trickery.

Mr. Ted wrote:

I think in the spirit of marketing they ought to call it 'Tric moto...

mauidex wrote:

nah should be an Esinore!!!