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A good source for this kind of information is the Insight EV newsletter - they are reporting on electric two-wheelers. It's a free subscription. Big news in the industry is the huge progress in Indian and Vietnam companies and that's not well-covered by the table above. For examples, the two...

There's a simple solution to not liking a subscription model - just ride your bike more. After a year I've averaged 15 hours per month. A €12.99 means I'm paying less than a Euro per hour. And the more I ride the cheaper it is per hour. Compare that to a top end kit. Those are €200 for maybe a...

The bike is a fundamentally cheaper machine than a combustion bike - fewer parts overall and the expensive parts (batteries) are plummeting in price thanks to the huge volumes being made for EVs. The big challenge for Stark is their relatively low volumes but those are rising. I expect that...

I have had 3% rise on long steady downhills, like 2 km and 300 metres vertical. So yes, the bike definitely does regen.

Oof. Those tariffs are more than I was expecting. China's reciprocating, India & EU are pissed, and motorcycles are definitely caught by this. What this means for Stark into the US? Stark's US importers are going to have to pay 20% on the wholesale cost. If the bikes are selling for US$13k...

The biggest variable factor here is going to be tyre pressure. Riding round here is pretty slippery and I run down to 3 psi. That hits range noticably. And when I punctured and ran on zero psi (coz tubliss) then that bumped up drag by maybe 25% If you want less drag then run higher pressures...

I'm in NZ and our economy depends upon trade. The US starting a trade war is going to hurt us. Professionally, I work with companies that are going to be affected by this, so I have options. Maybe get yourself a cup of tea coz this is going to be a long comment... Who wins in a trade war? China...

Let's be a little more accurate. A bike that can not do your enduro is not your enduro bike. So this bike doesn't meet your particular requirement. The rest of us are having fun on our bikes.

Just announced on LinkedIn, the Stark Varg Skugga (Shadow) is aimed at the "enforcement, security, and defense" markets. No concrete details about how it's different from the current models. It's clear to me how electric bikes can be sneaky. There's heaps of goats and deer where I ride and I'm...

What a mess of regulations. In NZ, the situation is just as complex - the law says very clearly that enduro bikes without ABS can only be registered for the purposes of off-road competion in FIM sanctioned events. However, the registration is the same registration as any other type of...

When mine stripped, I filed the sides of the bolt head to give me two parallel surfaces, then used a spanner to undo it. If that didn't work, my next plan was to file it into a hex so I could undo it with a six-point socket. You can cut a slot in the face of the bolt and use a screwdriver or...

I finally got around to servicing my rocker arm bearings after 130 hours and plenty of deep water crossings, including salt water. They were close to fine, which is pretty amazing given how I've been treating this bike. The swingarm shaft bushing has some damage from the needle bearing. I...

Already happening - NZ forces are using the NZ-made UBCO two-wheeled drive farm bikes.

Dunno, difference in sales taxes, dealer mark-up & rego costs maybe?

Probably hiding from all those noisy smelly petrol bikes. I see so many wild goats while out on the Stark. If you're into hunting then it would be ideal, just need a rack of some kind.

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...