Recent content by happyinmotion

Reported nowhere else and from a source that doesn't exist. This is not true.

First up, this is great investigative journalism. Thanks @krankit. And thanks to @Philip for the years of work supporting the community. Alta only sold 800 bikes? At a loss? Oof. That's a difficult negotiating position. I'd like to say Alta was fundamentally too early, the tech not ready yet...

Yeah, if the claims in this video are true then Harley did not act in good faith and did kill Alta. I'm a partner for a tech VC fund. This is a big chunk of what I do for a living - helping startups developing new technologies to partner with corporates to get to scale. So here's my thoughts in...

Lots of steep rooty clay climbs round these parts. Incredibly slippery and very easy to dig holes. Turning it down to 20 hp has been my trick, plus carefull throttle control and softer suspension.

I would love to see a regional breakdown of Stark sales. The US market is declining but the rest of the world is still buying bikes. If I look at their map of dealers, then there's a lot in Europe and plenty in places I wouldn't have expected. Tahiti? Damn. And for the markets where bikes are...

New info from Stark about whether they are making money or not - looks like the answer is yes. Stark Future Achieves Record Profitability for All-Electric Motorcycle Manufacturer Pretty good going given global headwinds and other electric motorcycle companies falling over all around. That's...

I don't know where you are but in NZ, the charging system is geolocked - 2.2 kW at home and 3.3 elsewhere. NZ home wiring 220 Volts and is limited to 10 Amp sockets (mostly). So if you are at the address where you ordered the Stark, the app presumes you're using a 10 Amp socket and limits power...

A good source for this kind of information is the Insight EV newsletter - they are reporting on electric two-wheelers. It's a free subscription. Big news in the industry is the huge progress in Indian and Vietnam companies and that's not well-covered by the table above. For examples, the two...

There's a simple solution to not liking a subscription model - just ride your bike more. After a year I've averaged 15 hours per month. A €12.99 means I'm paying less than a Euro per hour. And the more I ride the cheaper it is per hour. Compare that to a top end kit. Those are €200 for maybe a...

The bike is a fundamentally cheaper machine than a combustion bike - fewer parts overall and the expensive parts (batteries) are plummeting in price thanks to the huge volumes being made for EVs. The big challenge for Stark is their relatively low volumes but those are rising. I expect that...

I have had 3% rise on long steady downhills, like 2 km and 300 metres vertical. So yes, the bike definitely does regen.

Oof. Those tariffs are more than I was expecting. China's reciprocating, India & EU are pissed, and motorcycles are definitely caught by this. What this means for Stark into the US? Stark's US importers are going to have to pay 20% on the wholesale cost. If the bikes are selling for US$13k...

The biggest variable factor here is going to be tyre pressure. Riding round here is pretty slippery and I run down to 3 psi. That hits range noticably. And when I punctured and ran on zero psi (coz tubliss) then that bumped up drag by maybe 25% If you want less drag then run higher pressures...

I'm in NZ and our economy depends upon trade. The US starting a trade war is going to hurt us. Professionally, I work with companies that are going to be affected by this, so I have options. Maybe get yourself a cup of tea coz this is going to be a long comment... Who wins in a trade war? China...

Let's be a little more accurate. A bike that can not do your enduro is not your enduro bike. So this bike doesn't meet your particular requirement. The rest of us are having fun on our bikes.