Pursang E-Track electric motorcycle

[Richard230]

The Pursang E-Track looks to be a very well designed and developed ADV-style electric motorcycle. Consumer models are being delivered to the Netherlands, but the linked article doesn't say where else it will be marketed or what the retail cost will be: https://electricmotorcycles.news/fir...cture-gallery/

[Lag]

Hay Richard,,,, as far as e-bikes I thought this was kindah cool,,. They won a award in Vegas tech show a couple of years ago, also Popular Science,. The part that sells me is the rear sets, windshield & handlebar height & Seat are adjustable while riding from Supersport to Hwy cruise position,,. Check it out?



https://electrek.co/2019/06/15/damon...orcycle-radar/

Canadian company Damon Motors is making waves in industry news, announcing on December 1, that it’s received a 2020 Popular Science Best of What’s New Award in the auto category for its HyperSport motorcycle.
The HyperSport is the world’s smartest, safest, fully connected electric motorcycle with innovative features such as CoPilot 360°: its advanced warning system, Shift: which adjusts riding position between sport and commuter modes with the push of a button; and HyperDrive: the first 100 per cent electric multi-variant powertrain platform optimized for maximum performance, design and safety.

Damon Motors, a Vancouver-based company established themselves as a front runner in the electric motorcycle industry in January 2020 when the HyperSport was launched. By prioritizing data-driven thinking and employing radical and unprecedented innovations and robotics and AI they’ve set a new standard in motorcycle safety, awareness and connectivity.

“Damon Motors continues to push the boundaries and redefine modern motorcycling as we know it,” said Jay Giraud, founder & CEO at Damon Motors. “We’re making motorcycling smarter, safer and cleaner than ever before. To be recognized by Popular Science for our innovation is a great honour.”

Each year, Popular Science reviews thousands of new products and innovations and chooses the top 100 winners across 10 categories. To win, a product or technology must represent a significant step forward in its category.

“The Best of What’s New Awards showcase the year’s greatest feats of human ingenuity,” says Popular Science Editor-in-Chief Corinne Iozzio. “Even in a year like 2020, innovation has helped us glimpse a future that’s safer, smarter, and more enjoyable than we might have thought possible. This collection, which includes everything from a new generation of Mars explorers to ultra-hygienic print-to-order eyeshadows, is full of items we’re proud to call the Best of What’s New.”

Learn more about Damon Motorcycles at https://damon.com

[Richard230]

Lag: I have been following Damon for the past year. They have amazing specifications and technical ideas. But for me, it seems like Damon is having too much spin for a startup that doesn't have any retail dealers yet or, to my knowledge, has sold any motorcycles to actual customers, in spite of some comments to the contrary that they have made recently. The company sounds too much to me like Mission Motors, Lightning, and many others that have come and gone after making big claims but have not been able to deliver vehicles to waiting customers. It is easy to make a one-off, hand built, very expensive, technology prototype and less so to manufacture the bike like that in numbers and at a price that most people are willing to pay. Also, you need to set up a factory, contract with suppliers, develop a retail market, train technicians to work on all of that fancy tech, set up a distribution network for both the bike and replacement parts, and all of the other things needed to make a functioning motorcycle manufacturing company. Even Polaris couldn't hack it with their Victory (formerly Brammo) Electric motorcycle. And now that motorcycle is a complete orphan that their dealers won't touch with an electric cattle prod and parts are no longer available. Anyway, I will believe Damon's claims when I see their motorcycles in a retail showroom being sold at prices that the market can afford.

And speaking of affording, I just found out that the Pursang E-Track sells for a "starting" price of $14,500 Euros.

[Lag]

Ya haven't followed Damon much since the fanfare over the prototype, perhaps Covid has slowed them up as well,,. One observation I had was the specs were all ahead of the current offerings by those bike makers that have already come to market,,. Anyway some great ideas, I wish them well but would need to be convinced of a lot before I would take the plunge including the points you have mentioned,,,, around 20,000 USD,,.

[Lag]

How bought ADV,,. This ones made?


https://www.advpulse.com/adv-news/ze...est-announced/

[Lag]

This might be an option at some point,,!!



https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocia...ure-motorcycle

[Richard230]

How bought ADV,,. This ones made?


https://www.advpulse.com/adv-news/ze...est-announced/

The Zero Black Forest model has been sold in Europe for the past couple of years. Apparently the demand by Zero's U.S. customers for the model has finally made them offer it here, too. Unfortunately, all of those useful heavy and anti-aerodynamic accessories really cuts into its battery pack range.

[Richard230]

This might be an option at some point,,!!



https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocia...ure-motorcycle

Yikes! That is a whole lot of Authority on the highway.

[Lag]

The Zero Black Forest model has been sold in Europe for the past couple of years. Apparently the demand by Zero's U.S. customers for the model has finally made them offer it here, too. Unfortunately, all of those useful heavy and anti-aerodynamic accessories really cuts into its battery pack range.

I saw a test review of this Black Forest model, looks nice, fit, finish, style are spot on,,. On paper it has a pretty usable range and would be pretty good for certain purposes however your range can evaporate real fast when you start working it, suddenly you find yourself in the outback somewhere with a dead battery,,. Not bad for commuter bike in urban semi rural locations where there is a power outlet of some sort on every building but not sure it would work for what a lot of folks do,,!!

[Richard230]

Here is an interesting video discussing the rise and fall of Victory Motorcycles. Their electric motorcycle development is mentioned beginning at minute 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4wOkzt4y-o