Let me begin with that i love the bike. But some things can and should be better. It's the most premium bike i've ever owned, but some stuff feels really Aliexpress.
- Ditch the phone dashboard. Too many times it didn't work properly on both the MX1.0 or the Demo EX's. Also it's way too easy to steal if you park it and MX pants don't have pockets so you end up walking around with the phone in your hand like some teenage screen addict.
- Handlebar buttons that press a little deeper so you have better feedback that you actually did push the button and it was not stuck (wich it does from time to time, might as well fix that while at it).
- Fast charging with more chargers parallel.
- An onboard mountable charger. Doesn't need to be full 3,3kW if that's too big. Just something that can be mounted or dismounted on the bike and has some charging power to get you going or charge over night/work.
- Some storage space. We can't even store our car keys let alone some tools. There is plenty off free space under the seat, now some way to use it.
- Less sharp grips to lift the bike. The bike is not a lightweight and the stand is high. To make the lifting points sharp is just to torture riders.
- Ditch the centerstand. Noboby who owned a Stark over a week liked the thing and almost everyone build the charger into something else. Safe yourself and us some money and the enviroment some garbage that will never be used... just forget about it. It's just too heavy to move around frequently.
- The charge cap is annoying and delicate. It falls apart all the time and requires very subtle movements. Something that cannot be expected from people who just gave it their all on the track. The MX 1.0 Gen 1 had a wonderfull cap that worked just fine.
- Speed sensor in the wheel. Now changing gearing puts everything off and the EX is geared way too short for street riding. Just put a speed sensor in the front wheel and everything is fixed (even rear wheel if you must). At least KTM and Beta use it as well so no excuses about some regulations.
- The sidestand still sucks and feels like it's gonna tip over or snap all the time (wich it both does from time to time). Look at any Enduro brand and do what they do. There are some Chinese options that work wonderfull, might just buy their design? I do buy it anyways because i like my stuff to work.
- Some more back-up would be nice.
If the buttons get stuck or broken there is no way to get the bike going. We have a big fat screen on our handlebar. As long as we have that we might as well get some use from it. Give us a override emergency page to overrule the switch.
- Another in the back-up category. If the phone breaks, gets lost, stolen (see point 1) etc etc you're pretty much blind. Make an app for Android and iOS that can at least look at the battery percentage and map settings. No need to change it perse if that's too hard. I just want to know if i need to charge and what map settings i run.
. And I too love the bike and yes some things can be improved.
