I know some of you on here are supermoto riders and motorcycle riders in general so you should appreciate this. Went and rode this today, holy hell was it scary.
What you are missing is how steep they actually are, as well as narrow. Not to mention a 300lb Motorcycle trying to flip you over the bars. Someone posted up this challenge a little over 2 years ago on one of the supermoto forums and quite a few have showed up to do it but backed out. They are so steep that the frame on my DRZ bottomed out hard on each of the landings.
The sticker shock is a bit much. But seriously, do the math. Not sure what incentives you have in your area, but in Oregon and with Fed help, it's about $3500 off. So the price is about $10k.
$10k is a lot, right? But no oil changes, no gas (the electric worked out to be about $70 a year @ 10k miles a year), and the only other replacement parts are the same as a gasser (tires, chain, sprocket) it works out to be about dead even after a year.
<edit>Not to mention the BRD parts spec is top notch. So if you upgraded your DRZ to WP or Ohlins suspension and OZ wheels, your DRZ would be about $10k and you would still have to pay for gas.
The sticker shock is a bit much. But seriously, do the math. Not sure what incentives you have in your area, but in Oregon and with Fed help, it's about $3500 off. So the price is about $10k.
$10k is a lot, right? But no oil changes, no gas (the electric worked out to be about $70 a year @ 10k miles a year), and the only other replacement parts are the same as a gasser (tires, chain, sprocket) it works out to be about dead even after a year.
<edit>Not to mention the BRD parts spec is top notch. So if you upgraded your DRZ to WP or Ohlins suspension and OZ wheels, your DRZ would be about $10k and you would still have to pay for gas.
The thing people don't seem to realize is that the bike as is gets about 2 hours of riding per charge (my commute is 20 minutes). You will get about 3 years out of the battery pack and the replacement will be a large chunk of change. But the best part is that when the battery needs to be replaced, the replacement will likely be much higher in capacity = more range.
Battery technology is improving still. The same can be said for the motor. I can't rebuild a motor, but I can replace a battery.
The thing people don't seem to realize is that the bike as is gets about 2 hours of riding per charge (my commute is 20 minutes). You will get about 3 years out of the battery pack and the replacement will be a large chunk of change. But the best part is that when the battery needs to be replaced, the replacement will likely be much higher in capacity = more range.
Battery technology is improving still. The same can be said for the motor. I can't rebuild a motor, but I can replace a battery.
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