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With so many ppl saying how much it would suck to not have any sound in racing, has anyone actually seen a full race of all e-dirtbikes and how was it? Is there any videos? I’m talking an entire gate full of e bikes and then they drop the gate and do a full race. I’m curious to see how the racing looks, what it sounds like, and if it really takes away from it that much. Id rather be able to judge watching a real race than in my imagination, know what I mean?
It's a great question and thought and one that I've had as well. We won't have an answer until a group or promoter is brave enough to try. There are Sur Ron MX races now, and e-minis too, but that's not the same thing at all. There's no doubt that engine sounds are part of the soundscape of MX/SX racing, but mountain biking and BMX do just fine with virtually silent machinery by adding in great announcing, music, bells, horns and the like. For pro racing, I would think this will also be the solution to keep the crowd hyped up during eMoto pro racing.
I would love to see Stark either sponsor or host their own eMX race simply as a proof of concept.
The only "full gate" eMX race I can think of that had some real talent was when KTM first introduced the Freeride E, they had a race with about 20 riders including Stefan Everts, Jordi Tixier and Valetin Guillod.
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Just came across this on ig, first time Ive ever seen a legit full size race bike e-bike race.
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