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The only common problem is that the racers among us want more damping in the rear shock. But you can fix it yourself or take/ship the shock to any KTM suspension shop. We have been talking about the pros and coins of dealer laptops, diagnostics and software access here...

By popular demand the valuable TSB-related posts have been moved to Technical - Electric Powertrain subforum and stickied there at the top. Technical Service Bulletins (TSB)

Yeah, perhaps they are trying not to succeed. Else they will have to keep increasing their production to keep up with the demand. :censored:

The rumor is that KTM is also coming out with a real full-size MX electric bike.

I wouldn't be so sure. That Yamaha video is from 4 years ago. There is no telling where they might be now with this program. Maybe they are just holding back until they make it faster than the Alta. I would.

Fiddlesticks! You are powerful enough that they are letting you hang out on this board and chat with us instead of doing actual work. Tell Marc you need a positive MXA review to empower you to do your work. Use your corporate credit card to buy an MXA ad. Then sneak out a new MXR from out the...

... I think I see where you are coming from, Ray. But looking at the breakdown of our little forum it appears that most of Alta owners are former Big 6 MX bike owners, not former Zero owners. Alta is stealing new bike sales from the Big 6 first and foremost.

Must be a neighbor of @Mark911. Trax shock, cone valve(??) forks, Xtrig triple clamps, anodized hubs, white stripes on the seat. Maybe this is Mark's secret second bike. Or maybe not because the rear lineage looks stock.

To Alta the ICE competition is real. They are trying to steal their share of new bike sales for them. It is all the same market. Riders either buy and ride ICE, or buy and ride electric. The same guy cannot ride two bikes at once, so he will most likely choose to buy just one new bike. If Alta...

An upgrade that is currently worth about ~$2K, in the eyes of the marketplace.

This is not true. The main Alta's competition right now is the Big 6 manufacturers with their ICE bikes, which are still considered the only ones eligible for serious racing, and their soon-to-come electric bikes as well. If the word gets out that owning an electric bike is just swapping one set...

A couple of years ago I heard Ford was investing in this exact technology.

IIRC, one of the MXA writers (Dennis Stapleton??) has already ridden an Alta, probably in a parking lot. But it took a few rides, a couple or practices, and an actual racing experience (as a hard confirmation) to get me to fall in love with the Alta with both my heart and mind.

I am putting a 0.01 BTC bounty to whoever hacks the Alta and lets us log things!

@Judaslefourbe -- Please give MXA a bike to test and pay for a one-page ad. Make MXA great again!

I had to Google that one. OMG! Super Hunky is a technical writer who is actually seriously funny. http://articles.superhunky.com/4/80

Yes, I agree, MXA is the best when it comes to shootouts. And they do have some mild technical content too. This is why I subscribe to them in the first place, and this is why I used to love to read them. I am allergic to magazines that only have pictures and ads. I was getting a feeling though...

I haven't opened the last two MXA issues yet, and I just received the third one. I am not excited about opening and reading it nearly as much as I have always been. Does anyone else here feel the same way? I am dreading to see another 2018 RMZ review, the exact same review of the exact same...

Wow. Sounds to me like you may be getting an MXR upgrade for free. ;) I mean, why not? AFAIK, the battery, the harness, and the controller software is what differentiates the MXR from the MX, powertrain-wise.

Just got an email from Alta: