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Alta Motors Flirts with Road-Legal Electric Street Tracker

posted by martyb on Sunday April 09 2017, @04:26AM   Printer-friendly
from the whiiir-whiiir! dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

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?

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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday April 09 2017, @07:05PM (3 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Sunday April 09 2017, @07:05PM (#491233) Homepage Journal

    Man, I've been hit in the chest by birds and I'm still not having a sissyfied piece of plastic on anything I ride. Bikes aren't about getting from one place to another and they're not about comfort, they're about the power, the freedom, and the experience.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @01:06AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @01:06AM (#491409)

    > ... they're about the power, the freedom, and the experience.

    Look, I liked "Easy Rider" too, but that was a movie, not reality.

    I've been riding since I built a mini-bike from steel tubing at age 12. For me it is about minimalism (no need to lug around a car for one person), economy (great mileage on small and mid-sized motorcycles), and reducing trip time (getting around traffic, park close to destination).

    I hope your world has room for utilitarian motorcyclists too (??)

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday April 10 2017, @01:21AM (1 child)

      by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday April 10 2017, @01:21AM (#491417) Homepage Journal

      Room? Sure. Respect? Nope.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @03:22AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @03:22AM (#491485)

        Ah, so your current sig explains your position perfectly, thanks.