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"Another difference between the SM and most modern motorcycles with electronic rider aids is that the Varg doesn’t have any. No traction control, no ABS, no six-axis IMU, and no traditional modes like Rain, Road, or Sport. Despite being marketed as a street-legal bike, it’s homologated as a dual...

Hey @brongle , you can set up your own business 😁 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2dn5gxxgz1o

Hopefully now Stark knows how to build a small and light charger with decent power, all street bikes to come will have an onboard charger and the Varg SM will remain the exception. For fast chargers though, we will see if/how they can fit that onboard in the future. I'm curious to see how big...

Selling high end euro motorcycles to a wealthy crowd can be a healthy business model, see Ducati or BMW. KTM main mistakes were hubris: expanding at all cost and diversifying way too much like buying electric bicycles brands that made them lose millions every year (cost them much more than...

Well, the original charger was an off-the-shelf part wrapped in a custom case but this one looks like it's been developed in-house (or at least custom-made). With electronics, smaller is generally more expensive but one can always hope. I must say the Varg SM is not really a surprise but I...

This 3.3 kW charger looks way smaller than the 0.66 kW onboard charger that was intended for the 2025 Husqvarna Pioneer that may never see the light of day. It should be easy to put onboard next models, may just need to provide access to some air.

Oh good catch! Clever design.

I took a look in my crystal ball, here goes. Hard to believe that a smallish company like Stark would invest such a sum based on an ever-changing tariff situation. Plus if the aim was really to avoid tariff, they'd need to build it in the US because the current tariff situation with Mexico is...

They seem very fond of designing chargers with too short cables 😂 It looks like it cannot sit on the ground, does it somehow clamp on the pegs?

Yes I guess my point is that they don't have much room to lower cost and price besides going for less premium parts in wheels, brakes, suspensions, tires, but that is clearly not in their interest for Vargs. Building Vargs in Europe with premium components at similar price to comparable...

Gotta say at these dimensions and weight, this charger should be really easy to integrate onboard a 150-180 kg street bike.

As you show, raw materials count for very little in the overall cost of a vehicle, materials transformation is much more expensive. It remains true even at the level of individual parts, if you think of batteries, it's not the raw materials in the cells that make that the pack costs thousands of...

The Vargs have never been intended to be their money makers, market is too small, but they're ideal products to build brand awareness and Stark image as a serious OEM. Turning some profit selling Vargs is impressive, then road bikes (as in proper road bikes, not niche SM) will come aiming for...

Stark released their range videos at the same time 183 km (113 miles) urban 118 km (73 miles) suburban 81 km (50 miles) WMTC "real-world riding"

Dust moto Hightail is lighter but battery is 40% smaller, wonder what the range would be street riding.

The tiny portable 3 kW charger is a great surprise, the other technical aspects I'm curious about is overheating. We will see if they managed to limit or avoid thermal limit by software, hardware or a combination of both because street riding will certainly increase the load and the heat.

You're right that for housing, typical installation would have difficulty providing enough for charging 2 or 3 Vargs at full charge. Most people use slow charging at home but now I see why your example of a restaurant "pit stop" makes sense indeed. You'd trip the fuse and the restaurant would...

Lol but you know there really are people who think that! Charging your Varg is not using much more electricity than using your electrical oven or cloth dryer.

They weren't kidding when they said they were developing a charger small enough to fit in a backpack, great surprise is it's as powerful as the stand charger! https://www.instagram.com/p/DPy4azNjLa2/?igsh=MTV4cThkaXdpcmgwMQ== 2 kg, 25*15*6 cm, great job