Can the Stark Varg Rip With A BIG GUY in the Saddle?!?!

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Not everyone who buys a full-sized dirt bike falls within the target weight range, and that's why we created our Clydesdale Big and Tall 450 Shootout which is now in its eighth edition.
The Stark Future Varg has been a massive hit among the Swapmoto Live testing team, and everyone that we let sample our Varg has come away impressed. We needed to know, though...how would the 260-pound Varg perform with a rider who weighs nearly as much in the saddle? Would the immediate torque and throttle response be as impressive? Would the bike handle poorly under such a load? Would the battery die faster with a big boy on board? We had to find out!
Lucky for us, we have just the guy on staff. Our Advertising Sales Associate Dominic Gaytan has captained our Clydesdale Test Team since its inception, and he took his first-ever laps on the TIS Wheels Stark Varg earlier this week at Cahuilla Creek MX Park. Enjoy!

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11 апр 2024

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Комментарии : 48

@johndepperschmidt8984 3 месяца назад

Thanks for the commitment to purchase a Stark and continue to ride and test it over time. The rest of the industry media has mostly dropped the ball on this and SwapMoto is rising to the top. Great format.

@daneg 3 месяца назад

the rest of the industry doesn't own a Varg. iirc, swap paid for his. apples to oranges in that regard (MXA was very vocal that Stark wouldn't let them keep the bike for long term testing and only wanted to do special days). but I'm 100% with you on the getting long term feedback being a great thing. :)

@bjordan2313 3 месяца назад

Thanks for the review!! It’s great to see a rider a honest opinion👍💪 You could see his excitement on his face!!

@TexRobNC 3 месяца назад

Lol, not trying to be mean here, but feelings aren't helpful when people are trying to truly evaluate a bike. If that guy is 6' 2", there is no way he weighs 230lbs, more like 270-300. Would be helpful to have an accurate weight.

@2WheelKam 3 месяца назад

Great review. Glad you guys are giving us the scoop on the Stark bike.

@fuellerr 3 месяца назад

I just got to ride a Stark Varg at Glen Helen and everything He is saying is exactly what I would say the bike is AMAZING wish I had the money to get one

@MarcSherwood 3 месяца назад

I am tyring to work out the potential savings around fuel, parts, and such. I did the same exercise when we bought our first EV, and the savings covered the cost of the lease. TBH, I really wish that manufactures like Stark offered a leasing program. The progression in the technology is so fast that I don't want to keep it around for over two years. Where ICE bikes seem to just get new graphics and smaller changes, the electric bikes of this year, will seem like a flip phone in two to three years time.

@chupacabraracing181 3 месяца назад

@@MarcSherwoodleasing dirt bikes?? Get real. Imagine the shape they would come back in. Sounds like a lot of mental gymnastics to convince yourself that electric is better.

@G_Money72 3 месяца назад

@fuellerr may have to send you back to rabbit dry lake bed!

@MarcSherwood 3 месяца назад

@@chupacabraracing181 I've got many old MX bikes that I've rebuilt, and love, but I also want the best performance and lowest maintenance possible. That is where electric wins. And yes, leasing. You might want to own an old phone, I don't. You don't have to have an EV. Also keep in mind most people that buy new bikes are older , have disposable income, and don't ride their bikes nearly as much as we all dream that we will.

@promx96 3 месяца назад

@@chupacabraracing181 actually its the opposite electric is superior is every way minus range

@jdc8352 3 месяца назад

It always impresses me when a human with a body type like this can ride decently. 👏

@baby-sharkgto4902 3 месяца назад

Awesome video! If you met that guy at work or something you’d never know he is a fast rider… the man can ride!

@Nismo-gy3wz 2 месяца назад

he's a great rider

@kindnuguz 3 месяца назад

6'2" 300lbs NO! 🤣😂 sounds exactly like me. I stopped checking when I seen 250-260lbs lol but same height Thank you and this is an actual review and more realistic; more people need to see this. Many of us that use to ride motocross mid-late 80's early-mid 90's are getting older and yes, weight gain happens. I was 160lbs in my prime working out and fit, sixpack and all. Now not so much

@goingbonzo5923 3 месяца назад

Yea that bike looked like it fit Dom pretty well without any big guy mods. I'm 6.5 at 260 and have a prosthetic on my left foot. No shifting gives me hope.

@h-town57 3 месяца назад

Love seeing his excitement! Good to know I don’t need to worry about charging at track for 4 15 min motos with a vet rider as well.

@MOTOSYMOTOCICLTETAS 3 месяца назад

very good video, one question, what knee pads do you use gaytan?

@raymondharold5973 3 месяца назад

As much as I’m anti E-Bike this sounds like it might be exactly what our sport needs to grow in areas that will bring new people into our sport, now they need cool introduction events bringing outsiders in to experience these bikes. Stark NEEDS to get creative in their marketing, to many people think they are trying to replace our beloved Gas bikes, me included sounds like this could be huge if they change their strategy. Thanks for being creative in what you do ❤🙏

@dr.timothydurnin4183 3 месяца назад

They need to go bankrupt and GTF out of our sport, period!

@MarcSherwood 3 месяца назад

Not trying to be a jerk, but why are you anti e-bike? I understand if you don't want one of your own, but not liking options for others to the point of being "anti" is something that I don't understand. For some riding conditions/sytles I can see why the current range could be a problem, but for track riding they seem like amazing rides. In a race, I want to have the bike that allows me to go the fastest in the easiest way. These bikes seem to deliver on that. In a few years, when you can get a full day, or more, of riding on a charge, and tracks have infrasturture to "fill up" while I grill my lunch, I can't see the downside. Do I love the song of a two-stroke being wound out on a track? For sure. Though I also like to think about having places to ride closer to the city, and not having to work on a bike unless it is a project for fun. Honestly interested to understand this more.

@dr.timothydurnin4183 3 месяца назад

@@MarcSherwood Because buying one makes you part of the problem! If one buys their sh*t then they can't force them on us in the future. Look at 4-strokes, same thing happened and in my opinion ruined the sport. The cost of entry is now out of most average peoples hands. F8ck e-bikes and anyone that promotes them!

@perrykamieniecki8810 3 месяца назад

Great review.Finally a normal sized rider.Was he using stock shock and fork springs .If so was he using the 250 pound spring in the shock?

@swapmotolive. 3 месяца назад

Believe it or not, he was riding suspension set up for Donn. Dommer said the soft suspension was less apparent on the Stark.

@JacksonD489 3 месяца назад

I will gladly pay you tomorrow for 4 and a half cheeseburgers today! 😂

@cmorse28 3 месяца назад

Every video I see the more I want one

@G_Money72 3 месяца назад

5 gallons of gas and a MATCH.

@goingbonzo5923 3 месяца назад

I watched this video with my wifey in the room and told her, "BABE, these are my times, You don't have to shift!😄She said sell all your shit and best not come home with that or I will sell all of it! Things that make you go hmmm.