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Just put a deposit down on a Super Moto....
Marshm:
I am curious about offroad range. When average speed is like 15mph. That seems so slow by comparison to street or more open offroad, but that's what we got in tight woods.
Ireek:
--- Quote from: Marshm on September 28, 2017, 11:51:31 PM ---I am curious about offroad range. When average speed is like 15mph. That seems so slow by comparison to street or more open offroad, but that's what we got in tight woods.
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According to the guys I bought my SM from, about 4 hours for an average rider and about 2 hours for more advanced guys, some one correct me if I'm wrong, I think in real tight stuff, 3-4 hours would be realistic. I love my street legal super moto but have said more than once that I think the platform they have is best suited for off road use, it could be ridden fast in lower power modes, I could not imagine using map 4 (fastest) in the woods, it's a ton of power!
Alan Stewart:
At a steady speeds, especially 40 mph and over, I’d think aerodynamics would be more important than weight with regards to range. Weight will hurt you accelerating up to speed and climbing hills. How tall are you guys?
speedkills:
For whatever it’s worth, I took mine out today and managed 41 miles and when I got back the batter had one bar left (< 10% from the looks of it). I babied it, had to do 12 miles of highway but drove on the right never getting over 45mph while cars flew by me. Most of the riding was around 25-35mph. This was actually just a range test as a friend invited me on a ride that is about 50 miles and I wanted to be sure I could make it. Glad I double checked.
It’s a super fun bike but I would be hard pressed to recommend anyone else buy one until there is a fast charger sorted for it. The battery is so small if I could ride 40 miles, plug it into a Tesla charger and be ready to ride again in 15 minutes, then that would make the tiny range acceptable but as it is this is definitely a niche bike. Tons of fun, and I wanted to support the electric bike industry to help it grow, but the 8 hour charge time.....it’s rough.
Ireek:
--- Quote from: speedkills on October 01, 2017, 11:33:00 AM ---For whatever it’s worth, I took mine out today and managed 41 miles and when I got back the batter had one bar left (< 10% from the looks of it). I babied it, had to do 12 miles of highway but drove on the right never getting over 45mph while cars flew by me. Most of the riding was around 25-35mph. This was actually just a range test as a friend invited me on a ride that is about 50 miles and I wanted to be sure I could make it. Glad I double checked.
It’s a super fun bike but I would be hard pressed to recommend anyone else buy one until there is a fast charger sorted for it. The battery is so small if I could ride 40 miles, plug it into a Tesla charger and be ready to ride again in 15 minutes, then that would make the tiny range acceptable but as it is this is definitely a niche bike. Tons of fun, and I wanted to support the electric bike industry to help it grow, but the 8 hour charge time.....it’s rough.
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I had about exactly the same results from mine, I'm sort of broad shouldered and 205 lbs so maybe not the best test subject due to resistance. After my mileage experiment a week or so ago riding much like you did, I actually put mine up for sale only to withdraw it shortly thereafter. Faster charging would sure be nice for this bike. I have a few other bikes so I have options on what to ride and where, I wish I could see more and do more with the Redshift for sure, especially in my area of the country that is more spread out, but, the bike is so fun to ride that I've learned to live with it's limited capacities. I'm now riding the bike how I want and it gets similar mileage, I ride it mostly on level 4, twist when I want and slow when I want, this is slightly surprising to me and makes it more acceptable. I think the MX is a much easier bike to promote for Alta, when you introduce a "streetbike" to the line up, a whole new dynamic is created, I'm confident Alta will make steps to make the SM a little more friendly to live with day in and day out. Don't give up on your SM, it is a special machine, we are in at the ground floor on this bike, it'll only get better. Meanwhile, bring on the wheelies and shenanigans...
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