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For the wait-and-see guys like myself... yesterday I delayed my 3/19/24 pay-by date to 6/19/24 (no problem) and was told today that on 3/31/24 pre-order prices will be changed to the new (current) price.

I spent the last few days gathering prices & info, and now I think I'll just let Stark deliver my bike as planned, rather than canceling & pre-ordering from an out-of-state dealer. These are my numbers (80hp, sidestand, foot brake): Stark home delivery:: @ $14K (TBD, includes state sales...

2019 Alta Redshift MXR, brand-new showroom condition, never ridden. It has been kept in living spaces or a climate-controlled attached garage. There are no codes, and Multitool has not been connected. It comes with the complete EXR conversion kit (kickstand, lights, horn, turn signals, and...

I figured it might be a good idea to start a new thread, as there may be additional Varg sightings moving forward. I checked out the Stark yesterday (12/23/22) at Colonial Power & Sport in Milford, CT. It's a big place with a huge inventory of new Husky and KTM dirt bikes, plus Royal Enfields...

The following are brief impressions of various tires I've used since going electric in 2014. I'd almost given up finding a favorite rear tire, but I finally did - the F & R tires directly below are my go-to's now. I ride about 50% rocky-rooty single track, 20% hardpack, 10% loam, 10% shallow...

There's been a lot of road work here recently, and I find myself crawling past local police at least once a week. A few asked about the bike's lack of license plate (in CT it's still regarded a 'scooter', no problem), but one guy mentioned that it should still have lights. He was right - I'd...

Didn't really know which category to put this one in, but here's another super-complex machining project from Rancho Ray! :) I did this one years ago for my Zero, finally got around to adapting it to the Alta (the tubes are straight within .002", my camera not so much): You won't need to...

I'll never forget the first time I saw an Alta up close - a '17 MX, at Town & Country Cycle in Hamburg, NJ. I was really impressed - the quality ! fit & finish! components! - and this was all before the test ride. :) The Brembo stuff looked great, and the brake pedal had plenty of clearance to...

In the ongoing process of converting my AER to simple air pressure (SAP), I realized some of the mods can be done with the fork & caps in place, for very little work or $. Either or both bleeder screws can be replaced with air valves (plus a reducer for the RH valve if used), a small amount of...

I get a strange feeling watching these videos - such a big difference from Alta first-riders yelling into their helmets. I see what looks to be Alta map 3 power, and some fairly faint praise - but it's a pre-production bike, and will surely improve as time goes on.

I love air forks! My first real dirt bike ('74 CR125M, 175cc now) had a Goki air kit to both legs fm a single valve, & worked great for years - silky smooth, handled everything including massive hits, and was so much better than any of the other bikes I rode back then. I was hoping my AER fork...

A friend sent me this link today, about the Hypertek ebikes. Looks to me like it has an anti-squat drive. Don't know if it ever went into production (probably not). .

Over the past several months I've slowly gotten my suspension working better for the woods riding I do. My goals are maximum traction and minimal felt impact. I know I'm getting close when 1) I forget about the suspension while riding 2) tire pressure has near-zero effect on ride comfort &...

My kickstand was getting shorter :) - it's been angling forward more and more. I didn't realize how bad it was till I put the WP shock back on for fork testing (my shorter Ohlins was still apart) and the kickstand would barely keep the bike upright. The Alta kickstand is high quality and well...

Does anyone have one of these? I don't think I got one with my bike. I'm looking for the map/regen info - thanks.

Here I go with another wheelie thing! - but this isn't a bolted-down dollar store ride this time, this is an Alta. :) I was looking for conventional wheelie casters - didn't really want one, but what else was there? - and found the answer: the SB Moto ABS wheelie bar. It looks like a caster...

Thread at Electric Motorcycle Forum A modified version of this setup should work fine with the Alta.

Well, this time I took pics, a test ride, and slept on it before posting, and no doubt about it - adding the .072"-thick (1.8mm) Ohlins washer to my lower shock bolt damaged the Alta dogbone. The bolt head removed about .05" / 1.25mm of aluminum at the rear & about .010" / .25mm in front...

Sorry about my previous post - turned out to be something quite different than the shock-bolt washer. Here's what I think happened, for any who read this crappy thread :) - upon removal this morning, a small chunk of bolt thread chipped off and damaged the innermost thread (aluminum curl and...

Alta MXR WP shock (stamped -01) w/Race Tech SMGV 5003 Gold Valve piston kit & SPNV 0512 nitrogen charging screw, Zeta ZE56-32250 10mm lowering spacer, and custom-machined graphite-impregnated nylon check valve / spring for Dual Compression Control (replaces DCC shim stack). 50+ Race Tech kit...