In 2026 there will be an electric class in the World MX Championship

[Theo]

https://www.mxgp.com/news/introducing-mxep-–-mxgp-develop-electric-class-2026
The electric bikes will compete in a separate class but in the same weekends, so people will be able to see what they can do, to hear how they sound and to compare lap times, even though most likely the best riders will still race gas bikes.

 

[Theo]

One problem I see with laptimes comparison is that in motocross the rider makes a huge difference and it seems to me that the bike doesn't matter as much. I would be a little surprised to see better laptimes from a professional but non-top rider using an electric bike than from a top rider using a gas bike.

 

[Johnny Depp]

Dave Prater with Feld mentioned early this year that SX would be doing the same thing soon. The MXGP thing had already been floated, and Anton at Stark replied that he would not be giving support to a separate class, he wants integration.

 

[Patrick Verner]

I still can't believe they banned me from racing the 50+ class at local AMA races. Has anybody heard what the AMA is going to do for 2025? My local tracks lost thousands of dollars not letting me race this year.

 

[Theo]

They have postponed the introduction of that class:
David Luongo postpones MXEP debut. - Get Dirt

 

[Beagle]

They have postponed the introduction of that class:
David Luongo postpones MXEP debut. - Get Dirt

Yes, OEMs seem so amateurish it's ridiculous.

OEM supposedly started asking MXGP to have an electric class in 2022 but 3 years later their electric bikes are still nowhere to be seen (except CR-E proto that has been around for 8 years without any specs nor production foreseen) so the class is postponed.

In the meantime, Stark has launched, they're now selling thousands of electric dirt bikes and racing competitively against ICE.

My take is that OEM are so late to the game that the series has to be postponed but will be revived once a couple of them are ready to compete with Stark (and any other startup that might be ready by then, like Flux maybe).

Anyway it's much more interesting to see Stark racing AX UK, SX tour, France MX Elite and WSX than to see them racing against themselves in an exhibition class.

Can't wait to see what Hicks, Zaragoza, Friese and Kobusch can do in WSX.

 

[Erwin P]

Maybe for the better even.

I love the Stark, i think it's a bloody good bike and awfully fast. But with a Herlings/Coldenhoff/Prado at the bars i'm quite sure it will not finish most MXGP's.

 

[Johnny Depp]

Maybe for the better even.

I love the Stark, i think it's a bloody good bike and awfully fast. But with a Herlings/Coldenhoff/Prado at the bars i'm quite sure it will not finish most MXGP's.

Sure would be fun to see them try, and that's how you learn. Personally the races or so long that they get boring and require too high a degree of physical fitness.

 

[Beagle]

MX Elite is 25 min + 2 laps, Herbreteau finished all races and finished 6th in the championship, not too bad for their first try.

5 min more for AMA Pro MX might be stretching it a bit but they should start by racing SX anyway