Recent content by wfopete

Unless you are a Pro rider and depending on the track, you will be slower at 80HP than 60HP and you will likely be slower at 60HP then 50HP. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.

Do you really think a rider could feel a difference with TI axles? Because of where the mass is located, I would think the extra weight of switching to standard tubes would far offset the weight savings of the TI components. I agree the bike is heavy but as for myself it is only an issue...

I guess some of us will all wait for a year or two and see how it works out.

The word that keeps coming back to me is SERVICEABILITY. That is the little elephant in the room that will keep getting bigger & bigger. Parts have to be available as well as diagnostic equipment and repair procedures. Sure the motors seem tough but we are still in the first two year window...

The bike, warranty and customer service is great. But when that warranty is gone and the bike needs powertrain work (invertor/motor/battery/VCU) we are kind of screwed. On a ICE bike if a engine component fails (ignition, crankshaft, piston, gaskets, etc.) owners can go in and replace the...

I was thinking the same thing but I contacted Stark and showed them the pictures and bam; they didn't hesitate in sending me out a new battery and wiring harness. Should be here any day. I just picked up some ACF-50 aircraft/military grade anti-corrosion aerosol.

So appropriately enough Stark is using AI to interface with users to lighten the load on Stark's c/s team. I'm not to hip on AI but it seems to me SAM is relatively primitive as far as AI goes. I did ask SAM what SAM stood for, thinking it was a acronym for a cool tech name. Well SAM told me...

Not much difference than checking the high-performance option on a 1969 Chevelle. Be happy it's as seamless as just paying for it as opposed to taking the engine out or rebuilding it with the high performance parts. Of course a 1969 Chevelle is pretty much hack proof :D

I agree with Theo, popping the battery apart is risky and subject to all sorts of problems. I removed the torx screws from the housing and there is not much wire length to play with. Plus they are likely attached to some sort of circuit or mother board. I'll get with Stark and hope for the...

I had a closer look at mine today and the news is not good. I was using a solution of H2O and baking soda to clean up the corrosion. I was using a toothbrush to apply the solution. Unfortunately one of the pins broke off. I'm not sure if the pin had succumbed to the corrosion and broke off...

New in 2024 (February) but I've replaced one battery so I may have not got the seal/s lined up just right causing water to migrate in. Phone sez 30 hours but that might be since the new battery was installed. I know I have more than that on the bike.

I've had mine off once before but yesterday I had to disconnect/reconnect it because the bike wouldn't power up and found a lot of green corrosion on the pins.

Yes. It's Magenta! But no the bike is still dead. I used the Stark phone to send a message to support. I did try to hook the bike back up to the charge to see if that would do anything but nope it's not changing anything at this point. Something like this happened once before and Stark had...

Took my Varg of the charger after bringing it to full charge. I was greeted with the flashing purple/magenta light. Well I live in the sticks so I didn't do anything to the bike. A few minutes later the light turned solid pink and will not turn off. Of course the bike is not responding to...

Hell I can probably contact a jersey manufacture and have a Stark jersey made for $50~