I haven't heard much about this since the concept hubub. Any word on a release date or cost? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
The Yamaha curve is 2-3 years from when first shown to public.... EM has released 2019 specs and it's just an improved 2018 EM Sport, not the Epure they competed in TrialE Championship.
I haven’t seen it mentioned anywhere that Yamaha has plans to bring the TYE to market... unless I missed something recently?
I haven't seen any projected release dates for the other E bikes either. I guess Mecatecno isn't as far behind as I was thinking they were. Who will be the first to release a clutched E bike to the general public? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I know it would be less expensive than gas... but how much gas dose a standard trials bike use in a year? I doubt it would be that much less to justify that price.
I ride around 140 hours in a season. I buy 15 gallons of race gas and cut it 50/50 with pump gas . So roughly, I burn 30 gallons of gas a year and it costs me about $200 bucks. Which is to say, fuel cost saving isn't a good reason to buy an electric trials bike. The cost reflects being at the leading edge of engineering for a niche product bring produced at very low volume .
Your previous post made is seem like you weren't sure so I was helping clear up the confusion. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
It's about the true cost of not winning those $7 trophies cause you stalled your bike in the 1st section of an easy event day....
Snowmobilers have this one down pat.... $60,000 4WD crewcab pickup, check; $25,000 enclosed trailer, check; 2-4 $18,000 2T Mountain sleds, check, $4000 per sled in riding gear, suspension mods, engine mods and accessories, check; $250,000 camp in snow country, check. But, $45 for a gallon of 2T injector oil....Are you out of your friggin' mind?!!?? You guys are pirates!
Love this humor! Yup, until you have to replace the battery pack.... The new other costs are usually completely missing in marketing and public discussion of battery-powered vehicles. ZERO POLLUTION they say.... Yeah right. Battery production and disposal emits no CO2 and creates no pollution, and the power coming out of the wall socket just happens by magic! I suspect the cost of the high-performance light battery is rolled right into the Yammer's $14k price tag. Does anyone know the cost of of an EM or GasGas battery pack? Some Osets use lead-acid batteries, which are way heavy but far cheaper. The high energy-density (lighter) battery cells are pricey! Add labor and additional control components and profit. My LED light's custom battery pack is dinky yet requires 8 wires with 13 solder connections! Each battery cell is awesome in performance, but not cheap. And Norman is right. Some sports people will toss huge bucks into and not complain.
There's another e-trials bike in the works based on the already available Sur-ron lightbee that sells for $3500. Looks like a step up from the Oset 24 and I would guess sell for $5000. Replacement batteries are $1200. https://evnerds.com/electric-vehicl...-ron-light-bee-homologated-version-in-europe/
My neighbor has a Sur-ron. Very cool bike. Good build quality. Needs some refining to be trials frindly but from what hear a trials subframe can already be puchased for it. Trials purists would not appove as it has no clutch, mountain bike parts and a seat but it's a blast to ride. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
