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I have made it clear that I am not employed by Stark Future nor am I a fan of the company. I am not defending the bike. It is not a secret that it is not a reliable machine and that it has water ingress problems. It is just that you are a constant complainer -- even before you received your...

You really should have taken my advice and not bought a stark.

Yes, i know about those. That is really an interesting in combination with a twist throttle. You could set the twist throttle for lets say 40HP, then use the thumb for the full 80HP beans. That would be another way to loft the front end while keeping the bike controllable with the twist...

I have been doing a bit more thinking about this and have decided to move forward with it. IMO, using a twist throttle as the only input is not the way to go. Quite a while ago I did a bit of physics/math to implement a clutch. The main aim is to be able to keep the bike in a relatively low...

Chances that it is the battery is low (not low battery but low probability the the battery is at fault). The weak points are the small white JST connectors behind the number plate and the switch assembly itself. Un-connect the connectors and take the switch assembly apart. Dry with hair dryer...

What about this... If the bike is in forward crawl mode it can be pushed forward but not backward. If the bike is in reverse crawl mode then it can be pushed in reverse but not forward. Would that work better? Edit: an option that keeps the bike from rolling backward when in normal riding mode...

Looks quite nice. Edit: Is there a 12V battery for the lights?

Those connectors are huge, especially CCS. They take up a lot of space and weight even on a "large" street bike. Nobody was thinking about motorcycles when deciding for DC charging standards. That said, just like Philip said, it wouldn't be difficult to make an adapter cable with comms...

The marketing material quotes rear wheel torque which is subject to gearing ratios. The motor itself has a peak torque of about 80Nm. It can deliver this torque from 0 RPM to about 7000RPM. From 7000RPM to 13000RPM the torque will gradually drop from 80NM to 45Nm. These are just rough numbers...

The same fundamental problem still exists. If you are on the throttle when the rear wheel loses contact with the ground the front will rise and rear will lower unless you perfectly time closing the throttle a bit when the rear leaves the ground and open a bit when the rear contacts the ground...

What happens is the electric motor spins up the rear wheel very quickly after it leaves the ground. This raises the front and lowers the rear, causing the rear to slam into the next whoop. I have written software to mitigate this and given it to Stark Future about a year ago. I don't know if...

You will have the ability to enable wheelie control if you want it; and select the angle. I mentioned autopilot/drone where it knows pitch, yaw, roll. The pitch axis gives you wheelie control. That part is actually easier than the traction.

That is pretty shitty on on the part of FIM. The only thing I can think of is this: Which is 120.4kg. Put in normal tubes, lights, etc and we are at 123kg. That is with 400 cells in the battery. Stark has been known to run 200 and 300 cell batteries. This prevents them from doing that. The...

On the Varg this does not involve any hardware modification. It uses the existing inverter. There is no way to "deliver" this to Varg owners. It is only for us to learn and develop the algorithms. What happens from that point is anybody's guess.

As for point C, I think a Surron with an upgraded inverter is considerably more than a "6 kW mini-bike" and there definitely is some value for advanced traction control. However, the more capable and powerful the bike the more it will benefit from advanced traction control. So from a technical...

One part of it is using the IMU to measure what is actually happening and use that information in the next cycle. However, there is more to it than that. Also, the final form will likely have considerable differences from initial ideas/plans. That is why we need a test platform and riders. A...

There is nothing wrong with a fixed (constant) acceleration limit. That limit really isn't a constant and I think it is possible to do significantly better. For the App I am assuming the Varg's app. We have zero influence on Varg development -- this has been the case for a significant amount of...

The idea is for the tech to be in aftermarket MOSFET inverters that can be installed on Surrons, Talarias, etc. There are no plans for the Varg.

The last four inverters that I have worked on all have an integrated IMU (inertial measurement unit). The idea is to use this for traction control that actually works in conditions where you cannot rely on wheel speed sensors. Think of it functioning somewhat like an autopilot for drones. Due to...

Let me try and explain it this way. On the Varg the HP setting really sets the motor current limit; at RPM below about 7K this is actually more of a torque limit. Of course, HP is proportional to torque so it is called a "HP" instead of Newton meters. I apologize in advance for the math but here...