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If you have any possibility to charge in town, the portable charger should do the trick, even just toping up for 30 min at 110 V should give you an extra 10-15%?

I have no idea what you just said but thanks anyway 😁

BTW, if you want some real news about solid state batteries, BYD plans its first batches for next year (limited production runs, pilot scale). They did not give any energy density value. Why is this vastly more significant than Donut scam I hear you say? Because BYD is the world leading...

You and me both. I would have at least expected to see a recap on their Instagram or maybe an article in a blog about electric vehicles. edit: found a couple more comments interesting on their latest Instagram So it's coming! So... it may come... one day... like traction control...

Arenacross UK rounds 2 and 3 Deano won the title with a perfect score, winning all 3 mains at the 3 rounds. Jack Brunell got 2-4-4 for 3rd at round 2. Round 3 started ok with 4th but then he seriously hurt himself. Anecdotal 6th in the championship, speedy recovery!

Congrats on your ride. Very curious to hear about the clutch. Well not really the clutch but all the rest like throttle smoothness, throttle response and especially flywheel effect that Stark promised but can't seem to deliver.

50 min with Eddie Karlsson at Romaniacs. The trees, the climbs, the speed and the terrifying descents. Gotta be mad to do this and mad skills to get out of it. And that's the silver class, meaning they skip some of the hardest bits. That was his first time there, this year he'll race the...

Yeah KTM 890 is 16k€ 105 hp 200 kg, similar to Multistrada (or 16 k€ 108 hp Tiger 900), at the top of midsize adventure bikes (however crazy it sounds to call 900cc midsize). Price wise Stark will probably aim to get closer to these than to 11k€ japanese bikes.

Well, 80 hp MX bike is for marketing and bragging rights but for an adventure bike that's the bare minimum. And FWIW I think they should ditch this "20 more hp for 1k" gimmick. Not that "adventure" riders need nor really use more power but they expect more from an adventure bike, even more so...

Love your enthusiasm @Karinshi 😁 Personally I'm more excited about the ALG, if they can hit 15 kWh while keeping weight under 150 kg that could be a great dual sport bike. edit: of course needs CCS compatibility for the 10-15 min "coffee break" charge, that would be a game changer and much...

I'll guess new battery every couple of years? This time I expect them to first release the ALG, then a few months later update the Varg range with the new cells. Could be proper Varg 2.0.

I think @Bmacir just got one with his Varg SM https://electricdirtriders.com/threads/stark-varg-sm-order-status-delivery-times.4868/#post-52927

I wasn't sure where to put this: here's an interesting vid about battery swaps. To make a long story short, some regional league rider wanted to race what might the most famous sand race: Le Touquet enduro. Race lasts 3 hours, he planned to swap batteries every 20 min, anyway safety commission...

5 kWh for 115 kg is not a lot but I guess if they can keep the price much lower than a Varg it could be an interesting choice.

The smile is the most important part of the build