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Stark sold 455 Varg EX in France from January to October (technically more like March to October) https://www.moto-net.com/article/le-marche-francais-moto-fait-de-la-resistance-en-octobre-2025-5-page-5-top-100-des-ventes-10-mois-2025.html That would be in the range of 10% of total enduro...

Hicks is Stark best rider for sure. Friese may be a faster rider on a gas bike but beating Hicks with both of them on Starks would likely require time to adapt his riding... and he is signed to race a Kawasaki in SMX next year.

That is a good find but not related to recent events. When you apply for a patent it usually takes a number of years for the Patent Office where you applied (you need to apply in all geographical zones of interest to you : US, Europe, Japan, China, Worldwide...) to decide if there is any merit...

France SX tour 2025 is a wrap. Hicks had a terrific rookie season in SX2, ends up second in the championship, always finished 1st or 2nd after the 1st round. Kelana is 7th. In SX1 things got harder for Zaragoza and Irsuti ending in 4th and 9th. Don't know if Hicks will be back next year but...

MXtest tested the EX for 3 months, they love it, but honestly the vid is simply beautifully produced. Bonus points: at 16' you can see the power curve used by Stark official enduro rider in France

I guess they could redesign the pack with this in mind and that is why they have conceived longer cells. If connections are made with highly thermally and electrically conductive aluminum, having the cell in direct contact with the case or with a thin aluminum interconnect may still be a...

It's not clear if they have changed anything on the SM to help with overheating, I wonder if you would have the same issues with a SM but at least there's not much overheating (if any) in this range vid.

The beauty of having a pro rider is the regularity in laptimes. Difficult to know how hard he was pushing but pretty safe to say it's still faster than most riders would go! Timestamp (on the vid, not YouTube) and laptimes 23 1'33 (1'10) 2'36 (1'03) 3'37 (1'01) 4'37 (1'00) 5'37 (1'00) 6'38...

Varg SM range test on a track with a pro rider 60 hp / 100% regen 37 min / 45 km

I didn't realize it was so thin before thinking about 26120, thanks. This reminds me of a quote from Flux CTO: "Another mistake is thinking that a rolling prototype equals a successful product. Many prototypes are impressive, but they’re built in ways that don’t scale: Materials, suppliers...

No way they go on using 21700 and 26120, logistical and engineering nightmare, plus 26120 is their own design. There would be no reason for them to commit to 2 different types of cells with different sizes, thermal properties and so on, asking for different kinds of packing. I think once they'll...

Yes the first time we see these new cells should be in a couple of years with Älg release for which target is 300 km range, 10 min fast charging (so new cells and much larger pack). It would likely be extended later to their entire range so maybe in Varg 2.0 or 3.0. Disclaimer: I do not own...

@Karinshi : you keep asking if Stark would sell newer batteries for older models... well, Stark did not do that for MX1.2, no more than Apple does for its Iphones. Maybe when the market becomes more mature, with much higher sales of electric road motorcycles, we could see aftermarket companies...

That's an interesting approach, you got me thinking, thanks. You used the casting modulus to compare a single object to another single object of different dimensions. Now let's think about the pack. To get 7.2 kWh, that's 400 of the actual 21700 5.0 Ah cells, total cell volume is about 9700...

Maybe just "Stark battery thread"?

Thank you 👍

Yeah I was actually wondering about that. For retention we would need more data at various currents and so on. In this regard, Molicel publicly available datasheet are complete than that of EVE Energy.

I would argue that a manufacturer should not try so much to understand what we, e bike enthusiasts on this highly specialized forum about electric dirt bikes, would want in an electric bike but instead what could trigger the interest of the majority of riders that are currently not into e bikes...

This partnership makes me think the unspecified 5.0 Ah cells in 7.2 kWh battery of the EX and MX1.2 could well be Eve Energy INR21700-50E

Big news, related to Stark incoming road models but even bigger (might deserve its own thread). And that's a surprise for me cause I was convinced Stark would not risk going there, these guys are crazy! https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stark-future-signs-strategic-partnerships-080000036.html...