Stark Varg electric MX bike: The truth about this new-tech wonder dirt bike that can really rip! 

I just bought a Zero FX which is almost the same as a Stark. Really surprised he didn't know about them. They have been making electric dual sport bikes since 2012. The reason I purchased an electric dirt bike is bc I want to ride around my house and not bother my neighbors. I have 16 acres and all of my neighbors have a good bit of land. My neighbors all have dirt bikes and the noise is horrible. One of the neighbors kids got a dirt bike and I could hear him riding inside my house almost a mile away and over a hill. That is just too loud. When you make no noise people don't care what you are doing. When you are making a ton of noise you are going to attract a lot of negative attention. I like to ride early morning and even at night after dark. I ride between 9-10 pm right up next to other houses and no one even notices me. It is truly a dream come true. I also have 4 screaming kids and have to cut about 10 acres of grass on a mower. I get tired of the noise and inhaling gas. When I ride behind my neighbors with gas bikes the gas inhalation is horrible. I also have a 55mph electric scooter that I drive on a private road we share with the neighbors. As long as I don't make any noise they don't care. They aren't for everyone, but I can't say enough how much of an advantage being quiet is to people who don't have 200+ acres of property. Whatever gets more people on bikes, more people having fun and fewer people pissed off is a great thing in my book. Sooooo many haters though. Don't trash it till you try it is my only advice.

I’m absolutely a 2 stroke guy but I would really like to try one of these out. Hopefully they stay in business and actually produce a lot of these

The price point is hardly an issue when you consider fuel, oil, oil filters, air filters, and other maintenance that you will no longer have to do.

One of, if not the best overviews on this machine. Can’t wait for mine to come.

I'd like to see how it would stand up to an English winter with that deep cloggy mud and constant jet washing, hope its more reliable than most E-mtb motors.

i am also a 2 stroke guy, have a rm250 from 1997 🙂 a real beast of a bike. but i still would love to test and ride the varg. I also have a electric enduro bike and its great to go riding were you normaly cant, also i dont get why so many people hate electric bikes. i mean its different then a gas bike, but still its all about riding, no matter what engine, as long as there is plenty of power 🙂

Good stuff. The future... Noiseless at the track on the weekend with 50 honda gas generators humming along. lol.

Great video...good commentary, well said. Grew up 80's with 2 strokes moved to 4 strokes in 2000 with YZ426 and now ride some e-bikes. Electric is one avenue that is awesome in many aspects.

Excellent breakdown. I could see right away that the instant power needed to be dialed in with extra engine braking and getting the rear of the bike to squat down a little more to get greater power to the ground. Very Cool!

Been waiting for this, great video as always Dave !

Excellent and thorough review thank you for your input. Pumped for mine!!

Kudos to your drone operator. Great footage!! Great review!!

Fantastic, fair report Dave. well done.

Best review I've seen, good work! I've just bought a E Mountain bike and its totally amazing how much fun it is, go for a ride, quick wash and charge the battery and your ready for another ride, none of the maintenance and running costs of my dirt bikes. I look at my E bike and then at my dirt bike and find myself going for an E bike ride as its much less hassle and cost, so I think the maintenance and running cost advantage will win people over in time. But like all things motorcycles you will only really be happy if you have a few bikes in the shed.

Great review Dave, really impressed with the bike.

Best Varg review so far! Thanks

Great review mate, what time do you think it will do down a drag strip?

Great review and breakdown thanks, Really looking forward to the future and maybe getting a supermoto version for the road at 55 years old getting old for MX but still want to be on two wheels

Brilliant review and great to see something different regardless of different view points, it’s all part of progress. Those drone shots were fantastic as well. Enjoyed watching thanks

Just noticed the lack of lower frame to guard the battery pack, how would it go hopping over trees

Thank you for this very good en clear review.

Incredible bike great job guys 👍

Excellent review! It will be just like the 2 and 4 strokes, just have to tune it and tweak it to make it great. It will be an evolution of something new to ride.

awesome review as always and very informative. hearing you say the future is here is very reassuring. did you notice how much power you were getting through between sessions?

Can you run the front brake on the left side and rear brake on the right side? I've had an E-Mountain Bike and have gotten used to that, so I think that'd be easier for me now. I've learned to modulate the brakes so I can maintain my momentum through the corners. Not to mention that my ankles are fused and don't move well.

Great review mate stark looks like a great bike

Lovely bike can’t wait for mine 😍😍

spare battery pack cost and charging options will the off a solar charger?

The Bike I ordered Gray 18 in with the break leavers on the bars . This is a great review the bike is going to be so much fun.

I absolutely see this motorcycle in my future especially since I’ve got 6 acres around where I live and the neighbors don’t want the noise so I get to scratch my itch and they get peace and quiet

Hi, I love the evmx. i think the charging time will go down to 10 minutes. Stark is using a 10amp charger that could go up to 30amps charger i also think the engine sprocket could be in line with the swinging arm pivot and maybe use a belt instead of a chain future looks very good

Awesome, love the review. I build solar power systems for a living. Nay sayers will claim that solar is ineffectual at adding range to something like the Varg but this simply isn’t true. For around $3000, you can have 600 watts of solar installed on a full size van, with 6 kWh of battery capacity and a 110/220V inverter capable of delivering up to 5000 watts.

How much did you guys pay for shipping? US, California. Thanks.

Are they planning a quick-change battery system?

Best review to date.

Could it be possible for three racers to buy one bike and share it throughout race day based on the power and suspension setting changes? Just thinking cheap.

Those 500cc 2 strokes are getting hard to find because Kaplan motorcycles has most of them. Lol

I was thinking about cost. Oil changes, seal changes, filter changes, timing chains, air filters, valve adjustments...Gasoline! They all add up. If you factor in all those, an electric might even come out cheaper.

So many Reviews and YOUR the first on that talked about charging

one question I have and maybe someone can answer, is can you get both a hand rear brake along with a foot rear brake?

appreciate the insight - question Is will the Varg have any sort of data aQ ability functionality in the system with GPS. To assist in tuning or engine control mapping assistance?

My biggest issue is the lack of exhaust sound - I love hearing my two stroke exhaust braaapin out when I ride.

When is the delivery date?

What is the best way to charge this bike at a track? Gas generator or some kind of external battery? Thinking about buying one but not sure how I am gonna charge it if I am not at home.

I ordered it 2pm first day in gray WOW bring it im ready

Great review. I cannot wait, I am so pumped to get mine.

Siemens Emrax e-motors makes a perfect motor for a dirt bike, 10 kilos/22lbs & it puts out 86 kw/115 h.p peak power, & 56 kw/75 h.p. continuous power. 140 nm/ 186 ft lb of torque. These e-motors are the most powerful motors with the best weight to power ratio.

I believe it has what it takes to become one of the funniest bike to ride. Once they’ve got all the bugs out it will be the future. And I believe it’s not as expensive to maintain, but that’s just a guess. I think it’s a bike and one we’re all can learn, except maybe little kids, but grown people at all ages can learn to ride this bike with all the different mappings it has for power.

Mad props to you Dave for your skill and knowledge around the sport .I have to say that i think i would rather give up mx than ride a twist and go, and in my humble opinion you looked akward on that thing . whats the life expectency of the batteries and cost ? i imagine the batteries are 2 thirds the cost of the whole machine. Thanks for the upload as always

I see the assistants running over to put it on the stand. You should be able to do that on your own, would they let you lift it up? Wondering if its a bear to lift up

Did they say charging times off a generator would be??

Hate for electric, yep had this for 10 years of Tesla driving and 3 years of Zero riding and I run 10 gas bikes. For years the mantra was "golf carts, milk floats" will never compete as soon and they win and winning is supposedly what it was all about...........the hate starts. If Stark hit the targets with air cooling thats incredible (the Zero is air coooled, I prefer air cooling, I like the lack of complexity and weight but fast charging is slower/more difficult)

I heard that some of the different power maps will be subscription based can anyone confirm? if, so that would be a bit of a negative

Love it or hate it!! That bike is the future

im waiting on just one sand track video

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It's so sleek & clean. Can I have in black, or carbon? 🤔 EV master race. ✊

For motocross I see a point because you dont need huge range and can recharge, but for hard enduro they are far away, few hard hits and this will fell apart...I expect the frame parts to be super expensive... also for the range is quite hard to match FI bikes ok hard enduro style...

4 strokes aren't really louder, the noise is just more distinct. 2 strokes sound like a weed whipper, so people are more used to tuning it out. I bet the decibel level is comparable, and 2 strokes still violate noise ordinances.

Almost pissed myself laughing when the subject of RC cars ( electric ) came up . I do these & 2 - stroke MX motorbicycles ( KTM125 sx 2023 & RM125 1982 ) plus a recent addition ... Surron Storm thingy . Really soft expo on the throttle & close to max on the punch ( capacitor dump mode ) works well on both cars & bikes ; and yup , the Surron can be tweaked just like an RC electric ...

I need one sm version street legal !!!!!

Too bad you haven't touched anything on changing oils, filters and all that work that comes with maintenance on ICE. Many people are having fun on Electric because the people on electric are not necessarily coming in with an MX background or even ICE bg like myself actually. I got a really nice area around my house and I always had a 250 in the back of my head so I can have fun in the weekends but never bought it because I knew it could wreck my relationship with the neighbours. This bike will make the sport accessible to many and I'm sure you will see some great champions and riders in the near future. It may be higher in price but you cut down quite a lot with maintenance costs.

A few mistakes by myself in this video. The range is 0 to 300 not 30

Yes, awesome bike but…. HOW LONG DOES THE BATTERY REALLY LAST?

test it against the ktm freeride and the surron storm bee

If I can take it to an mx track and ride it for 45 minutes, then charge it for 30 minutes while I rest, and do that over and over all day I would buy one. Now of course you will have to buy a generator to do that, but if it can charge fast enough in that 30 minutes while I am resting and do it all day until dark, I am ok with it. If I can not do that, I would not buy one. And btw, I heard a spare battery cost $7,000, which is more than I would ever pay for a 2nd battery.

Hopefully they make a woods version with a “clutch”.

Just because you can, doesn't mean that you should.....Ef Ev.....Braaaaap!

Hyped is the right trem...

This is the only electric bike I've ever been excited about. It appears to have everything. But after watching a vid of some guy weighing it right out of the box at 260lbs (118kg), I'm not that excited. Yes I am an electric fan just cause it's just a better technology than combustion on many fronts. It's getting there. 260lbs is not impressive at all though. Give it time.

Buy 2 and you'd never have to stop riding, except to change bikes.

4 strokes were the worst thing that happened to motocross, price went up of everything, and the sound travels further hence more tracks closing,

test it in the rain

I'm still waiting for hover bikes to come out.

Do you think the sport is going to shift more to the middle class from an affordability point of view at £10k just for the bike! How much to replace the battery pack when it's toast also?

If you hate the thought of this bike.. gas forever etc.... What are your reasons?

Just found out 11 month delay

We race 90-120 minute hare scrambles. The electric bikes would have too many disadvantages & advantages. It also can't last for an all day trail ride. I don't see how it would be fair to compete in a lites class if you can adjust it to 450F power.

You can’t fight the future

Add a clutch and have lever and foot for rear brake. Maybe an artificial 2 stroke speaker sound but quiter might make it descent.

Flux Primo looks like such a better bike based on specs...

Get your spammers under control.

Noise? Ur in the pit to get and drink and hearing multiple Generators going off to recharge there bikes is pretty damn noisy and annoying

THEY USE THE SAME AMOUNT OF FOSSILS. THEY JUST BURN SOMEWHERE ELSE?

Two battarys ride all day

I HOPE THEY SELL LIFE LIKE ENGINE SOUNDS? FOR THE SLEEPING FANS?

Whilst l understand the hate, l don't agree with it. As long as they don't stop making 2 & 4 strokes in the near future that is..

The bike costs less than the bikes with engines

if it's gonna be racing it needs to stay in it's own class without petrol bikes. letting them race 2 and 4 strokes would just be retarded because of the torque.

Noob comments

I ride and go to races for the sound and smell! I love my 2 stroke and always will!! The electric bike will not work were i ride and will not work!! Ovef rated in my book!

I understand that there is no need to praise this bike like a god but it seems very weird to sit there and guess some stats when you and maybe no person knows. it just makes for confusion.

as a trail rider is not interesting bike without a clutch how you go over a log or a rock at the end is will be like a scooter boring bikes I mean .

come on, lets see it drag race a 450, where does it stand... I'm assuming it would hold it's own. Or may have the "tesla" advantage

I think you’ll find that as a whole human population is on a decrease not increase. There’s more deaths compared to births.

80 hp sewing machine with Kyb suspension . They should create fake sounds eg you chose what sound you want .

I’d rather give up than ride one it’s not what mx is about for me

Honestly who gives a shit about all the” how it feels” I can answer that without riding it, it’s going to be different.... talk about how durable it is that’s all I care about. Pay more money upfront for a pile of shit is going to sink the company

sigh, yet another paid adverticement.

“If marvel made motor bikes” so its a lesbian bike?