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Sold the KTM, then this happened: 2018 MXR. Drove 800 miles, 13 hrs, one way to get it. Drove home the next day, another 800 miles, 13 hrs. With God as my, err...wait, with our pug Mojie as my co-pilot. PSA side note: If you want to travel under the radar, like for example you're like me...

"It's not a motorcycle...no motor..." What?! Motors are generally understood to be electric powered motors, engines are generally understood to be internal combustion engines. Calling IC engines motors has become accepted and normal, but technically is not correct. So to say it doesn't have a...

Read the entire thread and still do not understand: Who/what company are you proposing to sue? Why? What outcome are you hoping to achieve? Three basic questions, that without being answered, I don't see how anyone can vote on anything regarding suing or not. And I am submitting my post in...

That would be awesome. I imagine even if they were working on this right now, it would take be at least a year before they have bikes ready for sale, probably longer. The Can-Am name is well known in the moto world though, its really a no brainer. Re the Spyder, odd ball is right. The little...

Like a boss. Ha ha, that is awesome. Great job on the fix and thanks for the update!

So I was (probably foolishly) expecting some type of follow up with additional info on this Honda CR-E bike prototype, all the usual things we would want to know: battery pack, motor, expected range, performance, charge time, and the biggest one, target release date. Seems odd that they haven't...

I'm running down to my local Honda dealer this afternoon to get my name on the top of the waiting list. If they don't have one (a list), I'm getting out a piece of paper and creating one for them, Lol. I've been joking with my buddy who is a sales guy there for years "Hey man, one of these days...

Oh my G - O - D. It's happening people...Lol. No seriously, I think we all knew it was just a matter of time. I hope that time is finally here (that one of the majors would get into the game in a serious way). And an Alta killer? Wow. I have been thinking that if any of the major produced an...

Can you elaborate more? Are you saying Honda has plans to put this into production? If so, any timeline? Target price? Inquiring minds MUST know. Now. (I'm going to bed in 10 mins, so if you could get back to me before that I'd really appreciate it otherwise I'm going to by up all night trying...

Re the most efficient way to develop and build this bike, using an existing model bike and converting it to an EV, or doing a ground up, from scratch design. Remember, this is Honda. They have the resources to start from the ground up, its not like they're a start up company. Besides their...

And there's a long list of radical bikes that Honda has dropped on the world without much if any prior fan fair: CB750, NR oval piston 750, CBX six cylinder, 5 cylinder 125 road race bike (5 cylinder 125!), and more. One thing about Honda, when they bring a bike to market, it is usually very...

Re kit bikes, there's a thread about a Honda prototype/show bike recently posted on the forum that I just posted a link to here a bit ago and it was moved to the thread about the Honda for some reason. Makes no sense in that thread so I deleted it. Was just trying to show how an OEM EV bike...

We're down to $7k on some bikes now. And I was just starting my search for an Alta. I don't think this thing or anything like it will hit the market anytime soon, have no idea of how it performs battery wise, but it does have me re-thinking my plans. Damn it. I'm sure we've got at least 2-3...

Yes, but its a show bike. They always throw every unobtainium part they can find on the show bikes, they need to showcase the bike as much as possible in a sea of bikes and parts at these shows. The exciting thing is that it looks like a functioning EV mx bike from Honda. Remove all the...

Exactly what my simple mind has been picturing. How much time and money would it take, no idea. How well would the final iteration work? No idea. Lots of considerations regarding weight distribution, frame flex characteristics. Millions spent on R&D by the OEM's to get these bikes right, but I...

Thank you! #3, 5, 7, 9, subjective. It makes the bike look heavy (which it is relative to comparable ICE bikes) to me. And please do not be insulted, I know nothing about mc design and production, much less EV anything. I just want the thing to work, which I know it does awesomely, so...

For a kit bike, if you're trying to emulate what a modern dirt bike does, it would seem to make sense to copy as much of the existing proven technology and design that already exists and build off of that. Unless you want to completely re invent the wheel, which of course is insanely expensive...

Can someone give me the cliff notes version of why the Alta frame is such a large and bulky looking unit? Someone mentioned thermal conductivity that draws heat away from the batteries. Is this a large factor in the design of the frame? I know nothing about metal fabrication, so forgive my...

Thank you for the detailed explanation Phillip! My KTM 350 is officially for sale as of today, already have a nibble on it. Hoping to sell it asap and start seriously talking to Alta sellers.

Anyone have any input re '17 MX vs '18 MXR long term reliability or potential problems? I've heard some suggest getting a MX instead of any MXR because they are not having the same issues like the Code 36 problem, anyone know if that is correct? I thought these two threads did a fair job of...