Curtiss Motorcycles is an American manufacturer of exotic street motorcycles based in Santa Barbara, California.
Curtiss has embraced the new golden age of electrification with its flagship machine. The Curtiss is a post-luxury, uncompromised product designed to last forever. It represents the future of all Curtiss motorcycles, featuring a modular and patented platform architecture.
“Within an industry (Light Electric Vehicles) insistent upon making obsolete-by-design objects, we are different. We are only interested in creating timeless, ageless, future-proof, forever work,” states Curtiss CEO and Chairman Matt Chambers.
Until they make a minimal viable product, not enough will be produced to make them affordable by the masses. These are great for show but are unobtainable by the regular consumer. Art not innovative design.
I didn't know you guys had regen, makes sense. I bought a G1 back in 1999. I know how much effort you put into perfection. What comes out of the Matt & JT combination is amazing and trail blazing. (Nesbit came in G2... Wraith still my all time favorite bike). The One seems amazing as well with the use of interchangeable parts and electrification.
I dig the design of these bikes, and the ideal, but they are doing nothing for the environment. Mining cobalt is a real earth fucker. The silence is nice, though. Also, Katrina was not an environmental disaster, it was a natural disaster that affected humans and the things they built. If we were not here to experience it, it would have barely caused any harm. Hurricanes are not getting worse with anthropomorphic climate change.
I appreciate the thoughts...but, as a former motorcycle dealer, I cannot see how this idea will ever work. The world and the market are simply not hankering for another $100K+ silly motorcycle. It's a TINY slice of the market, and it's already flooded just as surely as New Orleans was after Katrina. You wanna do something that has an AFFECT on things, produce a quick, rideable elactric bike with a 250 mile range for less than $20K.
No doubt every industry takes a toll on some part of the planet. The question is how much of a toll. Is mining for what makes the batteries worse than the oil drilling & refining? The other question is how many cars will you own in your life? 1 every ten years or more? What if your car & your motorcycle lasted for at least 50 years where you simply replaced tires due to mileage & replaced the battery every 20 years? When I was in middle school a teacher said that if the auto industry used the same technology that built the moon rover that a car would last well over 100 years. I don’t know if that’s true but there’s an argument that the motorcycles in this video will last a lifetime. I guess we shall see eventually.
You do realize that the production of lithium batteries has more negative environmental impact than production on an ICE. The electricity used to charge those batteries is produced by a coal fired power plant. No recycling technology exists to reclaim the resources consumed by the batteries when they can no longer hold a charge. Those batteries in a landfill will leach highly toxic pollutants into ground water. May want to rethink those “no impact” promises.
Welcome home Matt! Many may not remember that New Orleans was once a hub for design and innovation in so many areas of manufacturing. My great grandfather, P. A. Dubus, who was an inventor, also owned a Marine shipyard on the Mississippi river. He designed, engineered, and built many of the innovative steam and diesel powered engines that were used in shipping when our city was the major american port. He was one of many entrepreneurs who set up shop here who influenced the entire industry. Your bikes have done this, and I am certain will continue to do so on this new path… i am proud to have one of our native sons bringing it back home! can’t wait to see your latest creation in the flesh…
Druther have a 1959 BSA Goldstar with open megaphone exhaust. Give me the noise and vibration. It also is quite beautiful. And you can buy 10 of them for the cost of this. But it is artsy like steampunk. How about a simple version unadorned version.
Nirvana. Such an incredible and beautiful motorcycle. You all are to be lifted up by your visions and efforts. Outstanding. I'm praying for a lottery win and I will be traveling south to meet you and place my order!
I heard the Vendors Co. liquidated with only 80% production completed and That, along with an inter-cooled engine change, plus lack of capital, has pushed production back to 2024 / ‘25. Can anyone verify this?
Do you seriously have to scoot your feet around while stopping? You should be able to put your feet down only when you stop and not 'Fred Flintstone' your bike... ~cheers ~
Finally, an E-Motorcycle that doesn't look like a Chinees knock-off of how anyone who was asked to draw a picture of a motorcycle. As a side note, personal preference. All your videos here are over-modulated, I have to turn the volume down almost to the point that it is off.
Matt Chambers has hired some very talented people over the years.. that aside, the man is delusional.. the vast, vast majority of people who ride motorcycles are NEVER going to spend what he thinks the CMC bike is worth. In the not-too-distant future, CMC will only be a memory. His entire approach, beginning with Confederate, has been completely - wrong. Sad, but true.
Why is it so hard to find the specs? Top speed" Cruising distance? Battery life and cost to replace? Weight? Not really for the masses, I get that but enquiring minds want to know.
Key words.. very small market, small band of enthusiasts, projected to grow, we’re hoping, no maintenance(?),.. Sounds like an excellent investment opportunity.. Delusional, anyone?
EV motorcycles need performance goals satisfied, so the consumers will have a narrative, that supports confidence in their purchase. That narrative has to come from an emotional place and no better place to create that narrative, than racing. "The Glen Curtiss Cup" could be the standard for the future of EV motorcycles performance and sales. The Daytona 200, 24 Hours of LeMan and The Isle of Man TT need to make the EV class the premier class, supported by world class prize money for the individual events and a series champion. The series champion will be forever remembered on the most prestigious prize in motorcycle history, "The Glen Curtiss Cup."
