Just a few months since its first motorcycle, the Redshift, became available to the US market, Alta Motors is set to roll out a new concept model. Inspired by flat track machines, the Street Tracker is conceived as a road-legal battery-powered motorcycle built around the Redshift platform.
Californian startup Alta Motors spent six years setting up a production facility, organizing a dealer network, and developing its first model from the ground up ahead of its market launch in 2016. The Redshift is a lightweight electric off-road motorcycle available in a motocross (MX) and a street-legal supermoto (SM) version.
The American company builds the motorcycle's engine, frame and battery cases in-house, as well as all the electronic gear tasked with controlling the motor's 40 hp (29.8 kW) power and 122 lb-ft (165 Nm) torque output. These are complemented by equipment outsourced from industry leading brands, like WP suspensions and Brembo brakes.
Is there a market for silent motorcycles?
(Score: 3, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Monday April 10 2017, @01:35AM
That is a law, some places in Europe. I'm not European, so I'm repeating hearsay, but the kid gets a bike at age whatever, and he's licensed for it, based on horsepower. After so many month or years, he can go down and get relicensed. With his new license, he can go to a shop, and have his bike turned up.
Sorry, it appears this guy's first language isn't English, but he attempts to explain the scheme from days gone by, and compare it to today's scheme. The cutoff is 125 cc and/or about 15 hp. https://www.autoevolution.com/news/motorcycle-licensing-in-europe-explained-90006.html [autoevolution.com] A2 license goes up to 46.9 horsepower, and for anything more powerful, you need to return and get an A license.
Note that there are age restrictions, as well as experience restrictions. It all makes sense, if you read around the strange grammar.