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EU has a bunch of standards for electric vehicle batteries that manufacturers must meet to be able to sell EVs in Europe. Homologation means meeting these standards. They cover battery safety, mechanical shock, vibration testing, fire safety, shorts protection, etc... I thinkEU is also bringing...

I've ordered grey but can't work out if I like it or not. But white will show the dirt and red will look like a Honda, so grey it is. Maybe with all the petrolheads calling electric bikes gay, I'll just go with that and get a full rainbow for a wrap.

Let's remember just how different the US motorbike market is to the rest of the world. Harley Davidson gets lots of media and cultural attention. They sell 200,000 bikes per year, two-thirds of those are in the US. Royal Enfield? 1 million per year, all 650cc or less Bajaj? 6 million per...

Hopefully not, but I think Stark is a different situation to Alta. Alta needed cash or they would die. They had an ok bike with ok sales and needed substantial funding for the next generation bike. Harley hooked them on that with the promise of cash, then dropped them. Alta couldn't pay the...

And Royal Enfield announced last month that they're working on electric bikes. Release is planned for 2025, so that fits with them making use of Stark tech.

I work in tech venture capital. This deal makes sense to me. Stark wants to go big and mx is small. Like tiny. We're raving about Stark having 17,000 orders. Royal Enfield sell about a million bikes a year. Stark has to go big. That means road bikes and taking market share from existing...

Look at it this way - you're not paying for petrol, for oil, for new top ends. Stark aren't going to make money off you from maintenance and regular spare parts. I'm ok with a subscription model, you're just paying for different things than on previous bikes. I'm expecting it'll still work out...

The Electric Motion Escape bikes have 2.7 kWh batteries. That seems plenty for this kind of race, so I'm thinking the Stark with 6 kWh will have plenty.

At top speed, a Bugatti Veyron will empty it's fuel tank in twelve minutes. The Stark will do about the same if you're sitting with a wide open throttle, but you'll never do that in normal riding, unless your normal ride is in a straight line across a dry lake bed.