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CATL have announced their next generation of Shenxing cells will do 12C, so that's five minutes. BYD are claiming 10C for their next generation cells. Even if those claims are bold, it's pretty clear that charging rates are improving very rapidly. A five minute charge in a couple of years is...

Sounds like a solid plan and I could be tempted by each of those bikes. Most of the dirt I ride is such tight bush that the power and size of the Varg is overkill. I've a Light Bee but the build quality is trash. 30 kW and 80 kg and 3/4 size and reliable would be an excellent sweet spot. A...

The key question for me is "what are they raising capital for"? The Pack article on this raise says it's for working capital. However, Stark is profitable and growing revenue and margin, so they can cover working capital with debt at much lower cost than equity. So this is most likely for new...

True, but the key point is that batteries get better by 10% or so, each year, every year. So doubling only takes seven years.

Good find. There's heaps of goats in NZ bush. They know what petrol bikes sound like and will hide, but an electric will surprise them.

Sorry to hear that and sorry you got hurt. The great advantage of electric bikes is that they're quiet. The great disadvantage of electric bikes is that they're quiet. With a gas bike you always know that it's running and therefore dangerous. And yes, the bike not being in neutral has caught me...

Yes, I know how public warning systems work. It's a feature of the Stark because no other motorbike uses a phone for a dashboard so no other motorbike will get these warnings.

NZ Civil Defence sends out tsunami alerts to our phones when there's a tsunami risk. Like right now with the magnitude 8 quake off Kamchatka. So of course my Stark picked it up and started reading it out automatically. Given I ride at the coast pretty often, this could be a good thing. Even...

Depends upon your terrain. Round here is wet clay and slippery roots so we run tubliss at 3 psi.

Brake levers. It's always brake levers. But Stark have fifty dealers in Spain and France, it's not going to be too hard to get replacement parts.

Just presume 7-8% more capacity per year, every year. That's what lithium-nmc cells have been doing for the last decade. So for 8-10 kWh in the same weight we're looking at 3-5 years. @

The factory insert looks a lot like a rivnut to me.

The rear fender has a pair of hidden bolts under the side plastics. They go into the subframe, or rather they screw into threaded inserts in the subframe tubes. So of course the inserts have come loose. Literally Anyone else have this happen? Stark's recommended solution is to put high...

Thanks, we're too shy to buy our own drinks.

Ok, geek time. I've been recording every ride and every charge for my series one MX, over 160 hours of riding and 98 rides. I though that terrain would make a huge difference. It does. Rides round here tend to be: Hardpark - gravel forest roads and fast trail rides Mud - slippery sloppy bush...