[kidwoo]

This fucking thing, damn. It did so well on track, too.

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scanned hard

did not see @ohio in pic


definitely spotted 'bay area hipster trash' however

 

[jimmydean]

scanned hard

did not see @ohio in pic


definitely spotted 'bay area hipster trash' however

That was up here at "The One" show. It was cool to see it up close, the carbon wheels were pimp.

 

[kidwoo]

definitely spotted 'bay area portland hipster trash' however

 

[jimmydean]

Stark Future Bags Its First Win At The British Arenacross Championship

Stark Future Racing has bagged its first victory at the British Arenacross Championship, demonstrating the impressive performance of the Stark Varg electric motorcycle.

www.rideapart.com

 

[stevew]

i lulzed

 

[ohio]

Haven't logged on to RM in years, but must have felt a disturbance in the force.

Surprised to see that blue bike (the "ST Concept") back in one piece. @jimmydean is that a recent pic, or all the way back from 2017?
I thought Derek (our CTO) had half the parts and Dale (our lead race tech) had the other half. Glad someone ended up with the whole thing...

 

[jimmydean]

Haven't logged on to RM in years, but must have felt a disturbance in the force.

Surprised to see that blue bike (the "ST Concept") back in one piece. @jimmydean is that a recent pic, or all the way back from 2017?
I thought Derek (our CTO) had half the parts and Dale (our lead race tech) had the other half. Glad someone ended up with the whole thing...

2017 seems about right. It was at the Portland "The One" show a while back.

 

[Pesqueeb]

Holy shit! @ohio sighting.

 

[jimmydean]

Oooh, this looks good.

Fantic Netherlands collabs with Lizcat for a custom-made electric enduro Fantic XE1 | thepack.news | THE PACK - Electric motorcycle news

Lizcat GmbH, a startup company located in Switzerland, has developed an innovative conversion kit that can turn traditional ICE motocross...

thepack.news

 

[ohio]

Oooh, this looks good.

Fantic Netherlands collabs with Lizcat for a custom-made electric enduro Fantic XE1 | thepack.news | THE PACK - Electric motorcycle news

Lizcat GmbH, a startup company located in Switzerland, has developed an innovative conversion kit that can turn traditional ICE motocross...

thepack.news

That looks like a teeny battery... wouldn't expect much from it. Personally, I'd wait for https://fluxmoto.co/ to bring their production bike to market. It doesn't look like much online, but they're the real deal. I'd hold of on a Stark until they shake out the gremlins.

 

[ohio]

Holy shit! @ohio sighting.

Lol, I miss this place. Between shutting down Alta, COVID hitting, and 4 wrist surgeries in the last 2 years I've been off bikes and motos for too long. Just got back on my (road) bike for the first time on Tuesday, and my wrist seemed okay-ish. Cautiously hopeful I'll be back on the real bike in the coming months.

 

[jimmydean]

That looks like a teeny battery... wouldn't expect much from it. Personally, I'd wait for https://fluxmoto.co/ to bring their production bike to market. It doesn't look like much online, but they're the real deal. I'd hold of on a Stark until they shake out the gremlins.

Right now the Ultra Bee checks a lot of boxes. The Varg is way overkill, as will the Flux. But should my Lotto hit soon, that could change. But there seems to be a lot coming to market.

How do you feel about having a bike 10 years too early? The Redshift is still the industry standard and is still tops.

 

[DaveW]

Looks like I'm a motorbike owner again.

I just purchased a 2002 BMW F650GS
One owner from new, really well looked after, Heated grips, Scott oiler, 12v power output and racks fitted (comes with a selection of 4 Ventura bags of varying sizes).

 

[gonefirefightin]

 

[ohio]

How do you feel about having a bike 10 years too early? The Redshift is still the industry standard and is still tops.

Poor. I feel poor. If had been able to get out from under Harley's bear hug to hold on for 12-18 more months, we would have SPAC'd at $3-4B.

Thanks for the kind words about the bike. The whole team and I are pretty proud of the bikes and the legacy. I'm hoping the guys at Flux can pick up the baton and finish what we started. There wasn't anything fundamentally wrong with the strategy, the tech, or the product - we were just too early to raise the funds really needed. VCs didn't believe we were doing what we were actually doing, and that left us very fragile. Didn't take much for an 800lb gorilla to squash us.

FWIW, if we'd survived another 12 months, the Redshift mk2 was gonna be $12k, 250lbs, 60+hp, and have a real world 65mi trail range (enough to complete a true pro outdoor MX). 50% more battery while dropping 18lbs of weight. Would have fucking crushed KTMs.

Yup, these are the dudes to watch. That's just their test mule and it's already the fastest and longest range eMX ever built.

 

[gonefirefightin]

Poor. I feel poor. If had been able to get out from under Harley's bear hug to hold on for 12-18 more months, we would have SPAC'd at $3-4B.

Thanks for the kind words about the bike. The whole team and I are pretty proud of the bikes and the legacy. I'm hoping the guys at Flux can pick up the baton and finish what we started. There wasn't anything fundamentally wrong with the strategy, the tech, or the product - we were just too early to raise the funds really needed. VCs didn't believe we were doing what we were actually doing, and that left us very fragile. Didn't take much for an 800lb gorilla to squash us.

FWIW, if we'd survived another 12 months, the Redshift mk2 was gonna be $12k, 250lbs, 60+hp, and have a real world 65mi trail range (enough to complete a true pro outdoor MX). 50% more battery while dropping 18lbs of weight. Would have fucking crushed KTMs.


Yup, these are the dudes to watch. That's just their test mule and it's already the fastest and longest range eMX ever built.

now that I am living at the dunes the electric rigs make me giggle after watching the local crew burn up a couple hours with a paddle. Good to see ya doing well and moving forward man.

 

[jimmydean]

Oh look, a penny.

 

[Westy]

I am always surprised that trike riders don't wear full face helmets. Not because they offer better protection but to hide their face from the embarrassment of riding a trike.

 

[jimmydean]

 

[Pesqueeb]

Looks like I'm a motorbike owner again.

I just purchased a 2002 BMW F650GS
One owner from new, really well looked after, Heated grips, Scott oiler, 12v power output and racks fitted (comes with a selection of 4 Ventura bags of varying sizes).

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Beware the water pump. Definitely the weak link on those bikes. I had to replace mine twice. It should be easy but there is one rigid oil line in the way and it SUCKS to get that thing out. See if you can get one of these or have an equivalent built for you. Have it on hand for when the pump shits the bed so you can replace the line at the same time. You, or whomever your mechanic is, will thank me later.

https://www.batinc.net/bmw-f650-flexible-oil-linebmw-f650-flexible-oil-line

 

[jimmydean]

Still not in Oregon, but soon maybe.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a60408667/colorado-legalized-lane-splitting-motorcycles/

Like lane splitting laws in Montana, Utah, and Arizona, Colorado is not giving motorcyclists complete free rein to dive between lanes of traffic wherever they please or at any speed. Colorado's new law joins Utah in being particularly restrictive, as it limits lane splitting to areas of traffic at a standstill or up to speeds of 15 mph. The law also states that the road must be wide enough for a motorcycle to comfortably pass between two vehicles, though it doesn't define an appropriate width.

 

[jimmydean]

So interesting development. The local dealer just got a hand full of 2023 KTM Freerides they are blowing out at $7k a pop. That's damn near half price and not too much more than the Ultra Bee. Going to look tomorrow.

 

[jimmydean]

It seems the Freeride is about the same weight as my YZ450, but still 40 pounds lighter than the Storm Bee and has 4" more clearance.

If I wasn't broke, I'd have bought it already.

 

[4xBoy]

I finally saw the Ducati 698 in real life.

I wish I wasn't poor.

The V4 behind it really was dreamy.

 

[Westy]

@Changleen should do this with e-bikes, carbon neutral beer, and hydrogen powered helicopters

 

[gonefirefightin]

@Changleen should do this with e-bikes, carbon neutral beer, and hydrogen powered helicopters

Looks like a normal day of riding to me

 

[jimmydean]

Looks like a normal day of riding to me

He's not wrong.

 

[JLeeper]

I have owned a lot of motorycycles over the years starting off with dirt/ATC bikes:

Off Road:
1970 Honda ATC-90
1972 Suzuki TS-90
1980 Kawasaki KX-125
1986 Kawasaki Tecate-3 250 (that's a bad ass 3-wheeler)
2002 Yamaha Blaster 200

Street:
1975 Honda CT90
1982 Yamaha Seca 650
1985 Suzuki GS700ES
1979 Yamaha XS1100
1997 Ural Sportsman (the only one I still own)
2005 Tank 200 D/S

These are not all of my past bikes, just the ones I remember best.

 

[gonefirefightin]

oh man, if we are listing out all the moto's we've owned I will have to sit down for an hour or two to think about that list as I go. Might take me a while

 

[jimmydean]

This viewpoint puts things into perspective, wow. Serious bucket list.

 

[jimmydean]

CRF450R trike for $2200 from China.

 

[JLeeper]

CRF450R trike for $2200 from China.

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This reminds me of my Tecate. Mine was modified for racing with a longer swing arm and wide axle. Makes these bikes very stable and way more fun then a quad. 2 stroke only! 4 strokes just don't cut it in the sand.

 

[jimmydean]

This reminds me of my Tecate with the longer swing arm and wide axle. Makes these bikes very stable and way more fun then a quad. 2 stroke only! 4 strokes just don't cut it in the sand.

I'm not a sand guy, I'm more in the woods with roots and rocks. I thought it was a kit, but the seller says it's a complete rig.

 

[MonkeyGut]

Somewhere in a fun zone.

 

[Atomic Dog]

Touristing around in the Blue Mountains.

 

[jimmydean]

 

[jimmydean]

Epic.

https://jalopnik.com/the-kite-bike-dream-is-dead-1851570710

Kale Makeham’s revolutionary transit device, the Kite Bike, crashed right into the Murray river, the longest river in Australia, and he didn’t even have a floatation device or even a plan for getting the bike out of the river.

 

[jimmydean]

In other news, @ohio is now working with Flux, so now you know what emoto to buy.

He did say he liked what they were doing, so he's going in on it.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

He’s 11 and makes $100,000 a year riding his bike in the suburbs. Haverford police are not pleased.

Oneway Lilman’s Internet-fueled fame has added a modern twist to a classic suburban struggle.

www.inquirer.com

 

[JLeeper]

I am always surprised that trike riders don't wear full face helmets. Not because they offer better protection but to hide their face from the embarrassment of riding a trike.

I have one of these for my trike and I am never embarrassed! Great off road rig too.