KTM's First Electric Dirt Bike! - Dirt Bike Magazine
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Dirt Bike Magaine got to ride the KTM Freeride electric motorcycle. The first Freeride was made available in Europe 10 years ago. It came to the U.S. in limited quantity in 2015 and was redesigned in 2018. It’s designed to be a trail bike; KTM has no aspirations about racing the Freeride. The specs tell you a lot. It produces about 18 kilowatts of power which they figure is equivalent to 24 horsepower at max output. There are two lower power levels that allow you to extend your range. How much range? Hard to say. You can probably get two hours of moderate riding out of it. Recharging will take 135 minutes with KTM’s charger connected to a 230v outlet. This is one of the only electric bikes that we’ve ridden that has an easily replaced battery. You can swap it out in less than 10 minutes. The battery itself is around 65 pounds. The entire bike is claimed to weigh 245 pounds, although we haven’t verified that yet. The Freeride doesn’t really look like anything else on the market. It’s narrow and tall. Suspension travel is around 250mm, or about 20 percent less than a traditional off-road bike. The bike has handbrakes; no clutch, no gear shifter. It has WP suspension, Formula brakes and soft compound Maxxis trial tires. It also has a headlight and a horn. It looks like it could very easily be street-legal. That certification hasn’t come yet, but we imagine it’s on the way. Right now this is the only bike in KTM’s entire line-up that is cleared for a California green sticker. It’s pretty clean of course. But it’s not maintenance free. It has a chain and even oil that needs to be changed every 50 hours. The coolest aspect about riding the Freeride is that it’s so quiet. We love that part. It opens up a whole new world of suburban riding areas. If you come across people on the trail, they might be a little confused, but they generally aren’t hostile. We know that there’s a stigma with pedal assist bicycles where the biggest critics are other cyclists. We haven’t seen much of that, but we know there’s an on-going debate about where electric bikes can and can’t ride. For our rides so far, no one seems to care. KTM likes to offer the free ride up as a good entry level bike, but we’re not so sure if that’s the best application. The power delivery is good for that, but it’s not an easy bike to ride. The seat height is taller than a typical motocross bike, and the bike is kinda heavy for beginners. But intermediate riders have a blast on it. The smooth power is great for tight trails and the suspension is plush, We even got to ride it around an endurocross course. Once you get used to the hand brakes, it’s actually pretty capable. The hardest things to deal with are the brakes and the super tight seating position. We can’t figure out why a bike this tall has such a cramped seating position. We will say it’s much more substantial than half-bicycle, half-motorcycle bikes like the Ninebot or the Segway.The Freeride is great for tight trails, but we have come to the conclusion that you need to have two of them. Its capabilities don’t overlap with many other bikes. The price of $11,099 makes that difficult. We have a lot more to learn about this bike. We want to confirm its range and performance, so check back with us.
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Dirt Bike Magaine got to ride the KTM Freeride electric motorcycle. The first Freeride was made available in Europe 10 years ago. It came to the U.S. in limited quantity in 2015 and was redesigned in 2018. It’s designed to be a trail bike; KTM has no aspirations about racing the Freeride. The specs tell you a lot. It produces about 18 kilowatts of power which they figure is equivalent to 24 horsepower at max output. There are two lower power levels that allow you to extend your range. How much range? Hard to say. You can probably get two hours of moderate riding out of it. Recharging will take 135 minutes with KTM’s charger connected to a 230v outlet. This is one of the only electric bikes that we’ve ridden that has an easily replaced battery. You can swap it out in less than 10 minutes. The battery itself is around 65 pounds. The entire bike is claimed to weigh 245 pounds, although we haven’t verified that yet. The Freeride doesn’t really look like anything else on the market. It’s narrow and tall. Suspension travel is around 250mm, or about 20 percent less than a traditional off-road bike. The bike has handbrakes; no clutch, no gear shifter. It has WP suspension, Formula brakes and soft compound Maxxis trial tires. It also has a headlight and a horn. It looks like it could very easily be street-legal. That certification hasn’t come yet, but we imagine it’s on the way. Right now this is the only bike in KTM’s entire line-up that is cleared for a California green sticker. It’s pretty clean of course. But it’s not maintenance free. It has a chain and even oil that needs to be changed every 50 hours. The coolest aspect about riding the Freeride is that it’s so quiet. We love that part. It opens up a whole new world of suburban riding areas. If you come across people on the trail, they might be a little confused, but they generally aren’t hostile. We know that there’s a stigma with pedal assist bicycles where the biggest critics are other cyclists. We haven’t seen much of that, but we know there’s an on-going debate about where electric bikes can and can’t ride. For our rides so far, no one seems to care. KTM likes to offer the free ride up as a good entry level bike, but we’re not so sure if that’s the best application. The power delivery is good for that, but it’s not an easy bike to ride. The seat height is taller than a typical motocross bike, and the bike is kinda heavy for beginners. But intermediate riders have a blast on it. The smooth power is great for tight trails and the suspension is plush, We even got to ride it around an endurocross course. Once you get used to the hand brakes, it’s actually pretty capable. The hardest things to deal with are the brakes and the super tight seating position. We can’t figure out why a bike this tall has such a cramped seating position. We will say it’s much more substantial than half-bicycle, half-motorcycle bikes like the Ninebot or the Segway.The Freeride is great for tight trails, but we have come to the conclusion that you need to have two of them. Its capabilities don’t overlap with many other bikes. The price of $11,099 makes that difficult. We have a lot more to learn about this bike. We want to confirm its range and performance, so check back with us.
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Amazon/kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009D8V39C/
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