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Even cheaper in NZ - our price is currently the equivalent of £8,130. As Stark scales up production, they can get cheaper deals from suppliers, more efficiencies in the factory, etc. And electric bikes should be cheaper than petrol - there's so many fewer parts to produce. They're just...

Yeah, we're pretty spoilt in NZ for landscapes. This was the bronze course so not that hard. Let's call it "medium enduro". I wasn't filming when I got lost and took some of the silver course. That was plenty harder and taught me that I'm not a silver class rider. The gold course was nuts, as...

Super scenic day at the final round of the NZ Hard Enduro Championships, 30 November 2024, at Judds Farm in Wellington, Aotearoa. Almost four hours riding, 29 km, 2000 metres of climbing. The bike could have done another 15 km. I couldn't. I won my category but my category was "old men who...

Ok then, very simply: An investor wants a valuable company. A company gets to be valuable by selling products that customers want to buy. When I consider investing in a company, I talk to that company's customers. Are Stark customers happy? Yes, mostly they are. Not everyone, but a few people...

We can all read what you write. Yes, the bike's not perfect. Yes, the company is prioritising. Yes, they haven't delivered everything that you want by now. I'm an engineer by training and a partner in a fund that invests into start-up companies. I would happily put my investors' money into...

130 hours, 2xxx VIN, mostly riding hard enduro in dank NZ forest or shingle banks at the coast. I thrash this bike - if I don't drop it five times in a ride then I feel like I'm not trying hard enough. The bike's been entirely reliable. I've cracked the gear cover by dropping it on a rock...

Ok, can I have yours for free? Seeing as you don't want it any more.

Yup, I have bashed and cracked the gear cover on the right side. Here's the ongoing thread listing all the options - a few people now have the Racetorx machined aluminium covers. These are expensive but should be strong.

Counterpoint: I've bashed the shit out of this bike for 125 hours so far. I ride hard enduro and the bike has spent plenty of time underwater, upside down, and stuck in trees. It's been fine. The question is not "is the Stark perfect?". It's "is the Stark more reliable than a petrol bike?"...

Barkbuster Ego handguards fit just fine. As you can see, I've bashed the crap out of mine and they're still holding up.

Yes, it can be sold as offroad only in NZ, just like the Varg MX. But if it has ABS and can be road legal then that's going to be more desirable in NZ coz we have very much less choice of enduro bikes, or electric bikes, or electric enduro bikes.

I haven't seen any mention of ABS, so let's just clarify my statement that "if it's NZ road legal then it must have ABS". All road-legal motorcycles in NZ must have ABS, meaning there's a heap of European enduro models that don't get imported and our choice of enduro/dual sport models is...

Ok, that'll be using the Molicell P50B cells - 5.0 Ah per cell instead of the P45B at 4.5 Ah that's in the current Varg. If they are saying road-legal in NZ then it must have ABS. I don't see a switch for that, so maybe that's controllable through the app? Damn, might finally have to get a...

Sure, the chain tension affects the rear suspension, as does a rear brake that are fixed to the swing-arm - call it anti-rise, brake jacking, or stiffening. That's why floating rear brakes have been tried, many times, but they haven't caught on. Rear ends work well enough under braking. As with...

I'm happy to start this rumour - 2025 Starks will come with no rear brake. They will just have an electronic brake using the motor and controllable levels of regen. I have no evidence for this, other than it just makes sense. The rear lever will control the amount of regen. The motor gives you...

The best exercise for me to learn lofting the front has been to try on loose & slippery ground. If the grip is so poor you then can't just throttle it up. You have to use weight transfer from front to back... which is what you should be doing anyway.

I was talking about this component with a company that CNCs bike parts. They do the design in NZ and the manufacture in China, so pretty competitive on cost. For the complex shape, two-sided setup, and low numbers, they were thinking this part would be about that price to manufacture and sell...

As expected, Racetorx are now on to it with a CNC'd aluminium replacement for the right side motor cover. Looks beefy, costs HOLY CRAP two hundred and twenty quid. Err, I think I'm just going to try to not hit rocks.

Wait, what? What's a dealer markup? I'm in NZ and the price is the price. I can order direct for NZ$17,900 or go to the dealer and pay $17,900. How can it be different?

Batteries are getting cheaper every year. Electric vehicles are getting cheaper every year. This is a good thing.