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This is a long but a very well-written article. Here are some of my most favorite parts:

Archived for posterity: Media Review - Alta Motors Makes First Redshift Customer Delivery

I am wondering why Alta never considered going public... Perhaps the money ran out much too quickly, so there was no time for that option.

Actually, Alta should have never reduced the prices from the old $15K. They wouldn't have grown as much and as fast, but they would have still been in business, growing slowly. Fast growth is what kills many young startups. The expenses are growing faster than the incomes. You need to have...

OMG! This looks like a true Mad Max setup! I like it. (y)(y)

I already have one MXR. Now looking to buy a second. $8,000 or less I will be between the Midwest and Southwest this winter, so MI, AZ, CA and nearby states are all within my driving distance. Please PM me the details: Price Location VIN Condition Mods/extras/issues Thank you.

It certainly looks like the potential buyers back out because they think they can make a similar bike themselves. The battery tech is similar to Tesla's. I googled for Faster Faster patents and found just one for a heat shield to prevent the thermal runaway. I wonder which shield that would be...

True. Just need to simplify the battery repair/replacement. It's not like the old bikes -- pour in gas and go. The batteries have to be in a good shape. Else the bike will be like an old laptop, and most of us own several of those.

Awesome! The Alta indeed does very well in the sand. I started enjoying sand only after buying an Alta.

Then you can sign up here: Chain Sliders and Alta parts, dealer only?

I ordered two rear fenders on Tuesday but was told Alta could not fill the order.

The body plastic is made by Acerbis. They should be able to keep producing fenders, shrouds, and I hope the rear bulkheads/subframes. They probably need someone placing a stocking order though.

Yes, I do not think it does much, or is even necessary. I do not know of many other bikes that have this third slider. Although I now remember my 1981 CZ had a small roller there.

Oh that one. It is an Alta specific part as well. We haven't heard of it breaking, but it could be quick to wear if the chain is not tightened regularly. A good thing to order right now, probably.

Welcome to the owners club! You link is not application specific. You should pick a KTM LHRB, they only have one model, I think. There is no sight glass in the left hand master cylinder. I think you just fill it full, and hope any extra will leak out on its own. You can test if it will by...

It's all for a good cause -- to beat Hillary, to promote the innovative Alta motorcycles -- all completely justified in my mind. Like the US would explain, it is in our national interests.

Oh good, let me call my Russian friends then...

The lower you can buy anywhere, it is a 2014 KTM part.