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Another vid of the carnage at the Northeast 24 Hour Challenge. Holy cow. And no more mud races for me (I'm not racing nowadays, but if I was...Lol). Skip to the 7:00 min or so mark if you're impatient.

I had that exact Tusk stand and while I liked the adjustability, it was a bit wobbly. I gave it to Danny down the street as I had a couple stands already, and he had none. He was psyched to get it. :)

I saw a similar pic of that section of the course with the rushing water and trapped bike. Scary. Definitely not a safe crossing at that point. Good idea to call it, but a bummer for all involved. And good job on the race with those crazy conditions.

I used '14 KTM 500 triples. I believe other KTM years/models will work. More info from my conversion detailed here: 2018 MXR Mods The parts involved in my KTM triple clamp swap are all '14 KTM 500 EXC parts: KTM triple clamps (including stem). - 20 mm offset (Alta stock is 22 mm, can be set...

Maybe watch the video then, might give you some insight to what they have to say. He does mention the Alta is heavy, doesn't mention the Storm Bee is heavy. Doesn't bash the Alta, doesn't even compare them. Mentions the Storm Bee is his favorite between the 3 e-dirt bikes, that's as close to a...

Ebikezilla in Quebec has the Storm Bee listed, but not in stock yet, for USD $7,399.99. https://ebikezilla.com/en/sur-ron-storm-bee/13000-electric-motocross-sur-ron-storm-bee-off-road-sr-003-mx-sur-ron.html?SubmitCurrency=1&id_currency=2 Interesting that there is no Storm Bee info is coming...

The Altas are heavy, they're porkers, so what's the problem? That he didn't also call the Storm Bee heavy? Ok, big deal. He mentions some negatives of the Storm Bee, doesn't like the seat, bars were too high. I don't understand all the cry babying about these reviews. I'm interested in...

Agreed. Easily dealt with by some type of guard though. Not a show stopper for me if I was shopping for one.

So David Knight and Geoff Ballard are being paid to provide positive reviews of the Storm Bee? Seriously? Is it possible they actually like the bike? The riding vids look legit to me. The bikes are doing what dirt bikes do. For the skeptics, what in the vids is not legit?

Interesting. And I’ve never heard of him, guess I was living under a (Aussie) rock: 12 ISDE medals, 3 US national offroad titles, I think he knows what he’s talking about. Interesting that both he and David Knight really like the Storm Bee. Ballard's Offroad Race Team & History | MXstore

California is already very strict about monitoring what people are riding off-road in CA, lots of rangers and patrols, heavy fines for riding illegal bikes. I don’t see people bringing non-compliant bikes into CA. CA already has their hated red sticker/green sticker off-road bikes system which...

Exactly. KTM and the FIM are already setting the stage for this. At the Supercross races, the minis are now on KTM SX-E-5 electrics, and they added an even younger class for the ankle biters on the Stacyc electric balance bikes. The Stacyc races are hilarious, giant kid heads bobbing all over...

I bought my MXR a couple of years ago because for me life is too short to wait around for something that may or may not happen. I decided if I bought the Alta and one of the majors dropped an Alta killer and the value of my Alta plummeted that I would be ok with that. Just like when I've...

Gotta beef up those wheelie bars a bit, Lol. I've been fantasizing about an EV West Baja Bug conversion lately. Expensive and completely impractical, but so much fun. Hadn't considered that I could haul the Alta with one.

I installed '15 KTM 500 EXC triples/stem, offset is 20 mm. '18 Alta MXR stock triples/stem offset is 22 mm, can be set to 18 mm. I didn't notice any difference with the offsets doing the casual trail riding that I do. Its an easy swap, I detailed it here started with post #13 if you're...

This thread shows an Alta with a KTM subframe, this is what I will do if my subframe ever bites the dust, but I would try to add the side number plates to cover the open area around the shock: Subframe modification/replacement Looks like a relatively easy fab job to weld the KTM subframe onto...

Well I would say that is HUGE! Lol. The KTM/Husky triples swap is easy peasy. You do end up with a slightly different offset, and its not adjustable like the Alta, but I think the trade off of getting the SSS forks makes all that a non-issue.

If you used the bolt on KTM ‘13-‘15 triples I wonder if you could avoid modifying the spacers, caliper brackets, bolts, etc when installing the KYB SSS forks on the Alta? Conversely, I wonder if the Yamaha triples would bolt onto the Alta headstock, then use everything from the SSS forks setup...

Hmm, I have an extra wheelset I've been wondering what to do with... And to the OP, welcome, great community here, you'll love the Alta.

A follow up to his earlier video: