Stark main pitfall for my type of riding is its weight (similar to Alta).
If Dust is significantly lighter, than it will get my interest, and many other enduro riders.
And I am still surprised why not many more riders grab a used Alta for half the price of a Varg and tear the single tracks with it.
Alta's suspension is better for enduro riding than the Varg's which is motocross oriented (very stiff).
Weight is about the same.
Range is 10-15% better on the...
If you are experiencing the same throttle issue as I did, than replacing the throttle will not help unfortunately.
please read the following thread -
https://electricdirtriders.com/threads/bike-is-on-but-throttle-not-responding.2737/#post-32871
The Escape will be a high quality model, that's for sure.
Only thing I dislike about it is the low voltage battery (48v) they use, as opposed to the 72v pack of the Ultra bee.
Higher voltage systems are more efficient, and usually run cooler.
I guess the 48v is for legal and homologation reasons.
Basically, this is what Alta did with Erzberg fw - thermal limits were raised, and perhaps also cell's voltage.
Stock Alta also stop the charging process at 4.05v per cell if I remember correctly, for the same reasons quoted above
Those who ride enduro need even less power than MX. When riding single tracks, rocks & and technical terrain, the added power is unnecessary.
What I am saying, this is a great time to buy a used Alta. You still get an incredible bike, at a fraction of a cost.
The Stark is definately more powerful, but it is mostly unusable power.
The Alta do not lack power. That's for sure.
Most Stark riders I see on youtube settle on 40-50 HP. That's exactly what Alta offers (42-50 HP).
At 2:33 into the video, you can hear him say what sums it up for me: "roughly 10% better range than what I was getting on my Alta Redshift".
We all know the Redshift so well, so this estimate (even if not very accurate) visualise for all Alta owners, the difference between the bikes, which is...