The exciting E-Motion EM 5.7 being put through it's paces, the first full size electric trials production bike, for more info please talk to Ian at 2 Machs Motorcycles.
Hi Ian awesome video at first I thought Wow Northwich has a bit I have never seen lol till the video got to the mountains in the background part. got to say its one of the best versions of an E-bike I have ever seen and thats including the american dirt bike ones, which are also cool but over there etc
100% torque from zero rpm. makes perfect sense on a trials bike. I'm surprised it was not more popular sooner. A lot has changed since bultaco & beta 2 strokes.
you would be wrong. Due to the power output it would be classed the same as a motorcycle. Here in AU anything above 250W output can get you charged with operating an unregistered vehicle
suspension looks well tuned for a trials bike, awesome standing torque, I like it lots, be great on hills...what batteries do you use? Quick charging would be great, LiFePO4 cells?
£6000 is in line with the price of the recently launched Vertigo, so whilst I'll not have 6k of slushy cash in my lifetime, it's not unheard of. I mean, Montesa 4RT's were considered pricey when they came out, and the retail was £5k - with Honda's money behind them and world titles that sold units. Electric bikes are a new technology and (relatively) have nothing going for them, so I think that they are well priced in terms of where they are aimed in the market. I'd personally love a shot on one.
Ciaran Cargan difference is that you can keep a petrol bike going for years. That battery (which makes up about 2-3k of the price) has a finite number of charging cycles before its dead. It’s a problem that affects all electric vehicles (hi Tesla owners, did you budget £40k to replace your battery packs in a couple of years?). Basically once they are dead the replacement cost is prohibitive - you will see the secondhand market for hybrids and electric cars tank once they get old enough to hit the charge limits as there is literally no option but to shell out to replace the cells. In a few years, maybe it stops being a novelty or something for rich folks who can dispose of it when the battery dies, or as I suspect will be the case (as it is with Tesla cars), they will palm them off on some poor sap who thinks they are getting a decent secondhand bike or car. People are still buying them used like they are a honda, but they’ll learn the hard way, and the same will be true of these. I like the idea, but it’s too pricey for what is basically a toy - it hasn’t got the range or recharge rate to be useful for anything other than an hour of fun plus five hours charging, which rules it out of the big trials events across moorland, etc.
@@tompava3923 sorry, but without hot-swappable batteries that are standardised, or the use of something like dry aluminium cells, which could recycle scrap aluminium that can be topped up rapidly, the fact is that petrol vehicles are more convenient and batteries have a finite charging cycles before a significant expense and a large part of the bike/car has to be replaced. I am, by the way, a big proponent of making the switch as soon as possible - it’s just the technology and infrastructure aren’t really quite there yet. It’s close to being sorted, though.
Nice! I do like the idea of an electric bike, someday I'll own one, for now they just need to improve battery life and lose some weight. eBikes do have some advantages like never stalling and zero shifting.
You can have either the rear brake lever or the clutch lever as an option. The clutch on ebikes works as an on/off switch so instead of twisting the throttle constantly you can control the power delivery more easily, just like a combustion bike, it's very useful unless you absolutely enjoy a wrist tendinitis.
i have been arguing that trials bikes would be an awesome use of electric technology, but in this video there is almost no trials riding at all. Can these bikes do actual trials riding or just toned down moto/enduro type riding?
Molto bella e Leo è in gamba, però...... non si è visto un solo passaggio dove "serve" il motore, superamento di ostacoli in salita, ecc. ecc. Bella però per farsi un breve giretto nei boschi...... peccato che devi portarcela col carrello, visto che non è omologabile.
Not wise to do in the city. You'll get the sport and yourself a bad name. Plenty of weird terrain in the country. Time to get a conscience. You're an adult now.
It makes more sence in the urban jungle. a trials corse could be built as easy as a skate park without the need of loud noise annoying the neighbours , therefore no need to travel into the country despite the awsome video
Peut être que les écolos nous laisseraient rouler avec ça dans la nature? je ne suis pas sur ils trouveraient encore quelque chose qui les emmerderaient.
