The Russians are coming! New e-motorcycle

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Edited Date/Time 8/11/2020 1:22pm
CM 250







Would you ride one?

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Making an electric dirtbike look good is tough, but this one looks like they put wheels on a breaker box.

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Dirty Points 8/10/2020 8:09am
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It's crazy how much this looks exactly like what I pictured in my mind when I read the thread title.
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Motodave15 8/10/2020 8:21am
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If you're american and ride this, you go straight to the gulag.
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Boomslang 8/10/2020 8:31am
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Good to have another manufacturer coming in BUT.....

Look closely at the frame, the build quality is so far off....then they will at some point need linkage and in my opinion, the achilles heel is the electric motor. Note how the swingarm pivot bolt runs through the motor. A complex design and most likely prone to catastrophic failure.

Hats off to them for the effort. If they have the budget to race and develop then all the better.


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Dirty Points 8/10/2020 8:32am
8/10/2020 8:32am Edited Date/Time 8/10/2020 8:39am
Boomslang wrote:
Good to have another manufacturer coming in BUT..... Look closely at the frame, the build quality is so far off....then they will at some point need...
Good to have another manufacturer coming in BUT.....

Look closely at the frame, the build quality is so far off....then they will at some point need linkage and in my opinion, the achilles heel is the electric motor. Note how the swingarm pivot bolt runs through the motor. A complex design and most likely prone to catastrophic failure.

Hats off to them for the effort. If they have the budget to race and develop then all the better.


I won't mention the 3" thick glob of half-ground slag under the footpeg... Or the overspray on all the parts from the everything-assembled rattle can job...

So how 'bout that wiring harness?
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Tuna 8/10/2020 8:57am
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Boomslang wrote:
Just add wheels... [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/08/10/443026/s1200_desktop_computers_hp_6300_elite_pro_intel_i5_tower_pc_1_large.jpeg.jpg[/img]

Just add wheels...


Beat me to it. Nothing like riding a Dirtbike with a desk top tower connected to it. That looks like shit.
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Tuna 8/10/2020 8:58am
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Johnny Depp wrote:
Impressive.
Are you fucking kidding?😂🤦‍♂️
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outerlimits 8/10/2020 9:24am
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I don't know, it looks like it could make ice cubes on the fly. I may be in.
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stillwelding 8/10/2020 9:35am
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Must be heavy, just look at the bikestand they have to use Tongue . Just kidding, as a fabricator, I give them a lot of credit for trying.


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Boomslang 8/10/2020 9:36am
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The Russian's must stick to what they do best....making Vodka.

За здоровье

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CivBars 8/10/2020 9:44am
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As long as they don't partner with HD they should be well on their way!
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Boomslang 8/10/2020 10:30am
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Sierra Ranger wrote:
The engine is the unsexiest thing every produced.
It needs hair under the armp...i mean engine...
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Always easy to talk shit from the sidelines. . .
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cablecable 8/10/2020 12:59pm
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JM485 wrote:
Always easy to talk shit from the sidelines. . .
ill look forward to your review when you have purchased one...
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Tuna 8/10/2020 1:05pm
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JM485 wrote:
Always easy to talk shit from the sidelines. . .
Well when the product looks like shit from the sidelines, it’s really, really easy. My friends University class made an electric trials bike that looked way tidier and “production” than this.
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fullysicmate 8/10/2020 1:12pm
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Wi9th a battery that size I would hope for 4 hrs ride time........I'm keen to see electric dirt bikes so goo on them, i'll call this a rough draft.
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Mr. Afterbar 8/10/2020 1:28pm
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fullysicmate wrote:
Wi9th a battery that size I would hope for 4 hrs ride time........I'm keen to see electric dirt bikes so goo on them, i'll call this...
Wi9th a battery that size I would hope for 4 hrs ride time........I'm keen to see electric dirt bikes so goo on them, i'll call this a rough draft.
Looks like they pulled the front end and shock straight off a Kawi so rough draft is a good assumption.
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Deja New 8/10/2020 1:31pm
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It’s ugly as phuque but it does leave a lot of room for sponsors stickers Wink
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Falcon 8/10/2020 1:40pm
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Footpegs at a 15-degree angle for that extra dose of "slip off the pegs" -iness.
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rongi#401 8/10/2020 1:50pm
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The general Russian public is more moto than 99% of vitalmx
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mofomotojoe 8/10/2020 1:55pm
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B*tch b*tch B*tch , darn, some of you guys are relentless. Life is that miserable hey?
This seems to be the Russian equivalent of Alta. Interesting. They go pretty gnarly in testing. Not afraid to go in water and even show in the video what looks like a bike failure...
The swingarm pivot is concentric with the drive, like BMW did with their 450?
It would be nice to get some specs. Also, this was from last year. I wonder about the progress so far.
It has some sort of cooling, either the motor or the battery. Spotted some sort of radiator behind the front number plate.
Thanks for the post.

Check out their youtube channel, they did also make a glider which took off from its own power...

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVS9scIEtxg-YIT0f_WuTGQ/videoshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVS9scIEtxg-YIT0f_WuTGQ/videos
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bayodome 8/10/2020 1:55pm
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This bike has been around for a while. I guess they're calling it the CM250 now but originally it was the Milandr SM250 Obviously it's still being developed but it definitely packs some power. Would love to see this (or really ANY of the multitudes of e-bikes we see prototypes of) actually come to market some day.







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