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50 min with Eddie Karlsson at Romaniacs. The trees, the climbs, the speed and the terrifying descents. Gotta be mad to do this and mad skills to get out of it. And that's the silver class, meaning they skip some of the hardest bits. That was his first time there, this year he'll race the...

Yeah KTM 890 is 16k€ 105 hp 200 kg, similar to Multistrada (or 16 k€ 108 hp Tiger 900), at the top of midsize adventure bikes (however crazy it sounds to call 900cc midsize). Price wise Stark will probably aim to get closer to these than to 11k€ japanese bikes.

Well, 80 hp MX bike is for marketing and bragging rights but for an adventure bike that's the bare minimum. And FWIW I think they should ditch this "20 more hp for 1k" gimmick. Not that "adventure" riders need nor really use more power but they expect more from an adventure bike, even more so...

Love your enthusiasm @Karinshi 😁 Personally I'm more excited about the ALG, if they can hit 15 kWh while keeping weight under 150 kg that could be a great dual sport bike. edit: of course needs CCS compatibility for the 10-15 min "coffee break" charge, that would be a game changer and much...

I'll guess new battery every couple of years? This time I expect them to first release the ALG, then a few months later update the Varg range with the new cells. Could be proper Varg 2.0.

I think @Bmacir just got one with his Varg SM https://electricdirtriders.com/threads/stark-varg-sm-order-status-delivery-times.4868/#post-52927

I wasn't sure where to put this: here's an interesting vid about battery swaps. To make a long story short, some regional league rider wanted to race what might the most famous sand race: Le Touquet enduro. Race lasts 3 hours, he planned to swap batteries every 20 min, anyway safety commission...

5 kWh for 115 kg is not a lot but I guess if they can keep the price much lower than a Varg it could be an interesting choice.

The smile is the most important part of the build

Great, did you get the portable charger?

They share some nice tidbits

Stark files about Superenduro

SM VIN spotted at 418 in the US, dealers are starting to get some stock.

Something just unlocked: first SM deliveries to real customers have been reported, SM are appearing at US dealers and probably more significant wait time for made to order SM is 3 weeks (EX 1 week) for Europe. Portable charger is still announced to be available from April as a spare part so...

Can't find any online trace of Stark livestream about battery tech that was supposed to happen yesterday? We don't really need Anton taking down Donut to know it's pure BS: there are conflicting news from Verge and Donut but Verge motorcycles deliveries could have suddenly been delayed from...

I don't see fast charging as much of a technical hurdle as reaching energy density in the 500s Wh/kg? After all, commercial 21700 cells like Molicel P50B released in 2024 was already rated 5C allowing 15ish min charging. Of course it would degrade cycle life but we're really close from that...

Agreed, I think around 500 Wh/kg is the tipping point (for motorcycles). 30 kg battery would then deliver 15 kWh, giving plenty of range, almost on par with combustion motorcycles (heavy 15 kWh Zero motorcycles have well over 200 km range). That is a tall order, roughly doubling the current...

There were some Vargs racing this weekend. In FIM Superenduro Eddie Karlsson got 4th with 4-4-7, huge progress for his new teammate Toby Martyn 5th with 2-5-10. Very low key AX UK this year, no international rounds, no international riders, only 3 rounds. Wilson is walking away with it, 1st...

Hey @Bmacir, where are the pictures? 😁

Right, new form factor allows complete redesign of the pack, which is the point, to improve cooling and so on. I am not sure they've mentioned any electrical characteristics like cell voltage? A 26120 pack may not be compatible with the current hardware. Anyway, from simple geometry, about 150...