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Woke ethos with substandard battery technology for racing vehicle .
Also:
https://motorbikewriter.com/fire-electric-race-bikes/
All the electrical components will be off the shelf. The supension parts and design wlll be cannibalized from an existing bike.
A competent back-yarder could build that bike easily in a few months.
Not so easy will be getting it to mass production.
The 17K AUD delivered is great - I think the Altas from the (supposed) OZ distributor were to be just on 20K.
Thanks PJRAUS for getting in the line for the bike, and the info. I still have that 'magic drawer' that I put money into for an Alta, and have managed to only reduce it to 11K, so, I've 6K to skerrick away. I've big demands on my money for the next year, so, for me, it looks to be 2023 for a Varga at the rate I can sneak funds into said 'magic drawer'.
Or, by then, maybe mainstream manufacturers will have an answer to it, if they finally pull their fingers out - I really hope the Stark Varga forces their hand - I reckon they are sitting on what they have, especially Honda.
I'll have to investigate Rego on an E bike - I have to have a plate for my local riding.
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This bike means one thing to me at this stage and that is the opportunity to ride at home on 2 really great tracks I have already mapped out, without causing any fuss with neighbors in 4 separate farm houses ranging from 200 to 600 meters away. This will mean the absolute world to me...
I'm anticipating a fairly low cost and easy care maintenance routine with this bike and a long service life without any great desire on my part to update to something newer and greater over time, but only time will tell.
I doubt this bike would suit the majority of people ,especially new or inexperienced riders based on price alone, so im not sure the claimed 80hp and the danger that might represent to the inexperienced will be that great of an issue...who knows though?
In short I am refraining from having any hard preconceptions about what this bike is really like until Ive owned it a fair while and logged many hours.
October 2022 is a long way off yet and in this crazy unstable world ,I see a significant risk for this company to fail to deliver due to matters completely out of their hands like new lockdowns or a global economic crash...maybe unavailability of components or materials due to supply chain shut downs...Ive only paid my $100 deposit, but I already have most of the $17k tucked away...no way Im paying in full until I see these bikes being produced and shipped.
So far Im impressed with the company's professionalism. I sent an inquiry as to availability in Australia and shipping cost, they replied overnight, they have their system in place already to land one on your doorstep for an all inclusive price, you also get to option the bike with the suspension set for your weight range.
We will see if this all comes together...Im so hopeful that it will...this winter Ill be down the back shaping upramps on natural terrain jumps and clearing fallen limbs and undergrowth from where my tracks are going, in anticipation of finally being able to ride where I live,any time I get the time to do so
If its not the noise the goverment will find something else.
the real fun part is gonna be when they get 20 of those bikes at the same track..... gonna have to put a brass bar in place of that circuit breaker... LOL
But....in my particular case..my tracks will be nothing more than natural terrain with some shovel shaping of upramps etc ,so nothing to see on satellite spy imaging used by shire council rats to spy on what you are doing.
The property I live on isnt mine..Im a tennant and live here alone . My landlord is a top bloke and loves bikes..he said I cant ride my gas bikes here due to the noise complaints he will get..fair enough,its his property. However, I showed him a video of the Yamaha based EMX powertrain bike and he was blown away...he said I could ride a bike like that here all I want!
You should see the place where my main track will be...its a kind of a lose your load deal! 😛😛
Was riding the supermini last sunday at our local track and got into it with a couple of fast 85 big wheel riders, we all got bumped out of the juniors group and rode with the adults...we had so much fun.
At the end of the day,those 2 lads and their dads were hanging back in the carpark after everyone had left , so I went over to say gday and have a beer with the dads, cause the boys are underage and not allowed to drink, but underage drinking doesn't bother me ...I do it all the time!
Lets hope the Stark Varga really comes to fruition and that day comes when that wooden crate gets delivered!
Yamaha developed a eletric Trial bike with clutch few years ago.
The lever on the photos should be rear brake mounted on handlebars.
https://youtu.be/WfZMZHI--6A
Pit Row
Just use artificial sound made by mentioned speaker paired to the phone on your handlebars. It is safer for the race when you can hear people coming closer to you... okay maybe i also wanna ride dirtbike track accompanied by the sound of Aston Martin V12... go ahead sue me.
Introducing a ground breaking, disruptive product to the free market is now known as "communism"? Shit, I guess I need to brush up on my macroeconomics.
EDIT: Have now read back a few pages and realize this guy is just a full on clown trolling for responses.
In a discipline where we see world class athletes like Villopoto, Paulin and Febvre looping out 60hp bikes, there's no way I will try to fully ride a 80hp bike with monster torque without this safety resource.
Plus i'm more confortable controlling the traction with one left finger than blipping the throttle.
Yeah, we heard that ~5 years ago when Alta announced their electric bikes. Back then, people were reacting like everyone was going to be forced to ride electric bikes. But here we are, 5 years later, you still have your gate full of gas bikes, and a plethora of gas bike options to choose from. Motocross is alive and well, perhaps the best it has been in recent history.
How can anyone complain about a new challenger entering a ring that has been dominated by the same 4 or 5 companies for many years? Competition in the marketplace is a good thing for all of us.
Would like one of our Vital member financial geniuses to do a deep dive into this company. Alta ran out of juice… would hate to see a repeat.
Zero emissions....more bullshit. That power to charge it has to come from some generation plant.
The excitement of being a spectator just died for me.
A stadium filled with "Vvvvvvvvrrrr......vrrrrrrrr.....vrrrrrrrrr".
Bring on the thumbsdowns and roast....I don't give a crap.
Long live the BRAAAP.
But I if maintenance is minimized and that will offset the purchase cost a bit i would imagine.
Be interesting how this effects Honda's timeline on releasing their 450e (or whatever they are calling it?)
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