I bought this bike to get me around the farm, and have a little fun at the same time. When I do not need to carry much, I plan on riding it as much as possible when visiting different areas of my property. Unless the weather is really bad outside, I look forward to really putting this bike to use. It is quite special, it is a high powered electric bike. Has around a 30 mile range on a single charge and can go quite fast if need be. Though I have yet to test out its top speed, going 20mph is already fun enough for the moment.
In the morning I had some firewood work to do, but then after I was done it was time to have a little fun.
Stats:
Talaria Sting R MX5
72V 40Ah battery (2,880 WH)
Weight: 159lbs (76 kg)
17HP / 33 foot lbs torque
Rated power: 5.5kw
Peak power: 13.4 kw
Eco mode top speed: 20MPH (32KPH)
Sport mode top speed: 50MPH (80KPH)
Hyper mode top speed: 60MPH (96KPH)
I mostly ride it around in eco mode and sport mode. It carries me around just fine at those speeds.
The bike has an electric motor that runs off a battery pack inside the frame of the body of the bike.
It has some serious brakes on it, something you would see on a gas motorcycle.
The ride is quite nice, I can adjust the shocks but have not done so.
I plan on only riding it by myself, not sure if it could fit two people.
Taking it out to one of my new buildings I am having constructed.
Hah the bike looks so small by comparison. Its a full size bike though, was worried it would be small but its pretty standard size.
I can adjust the front shocks as well.
My gear is some armored gloves, and a basic dirt bike helmet and glasses.
Leaving the building I go ride it on my forest roads. I park it once in awhile to get some pictures. Was worried it would fall over on this gravel but it did not luckily.
It is great taking it out for a ride, its so quiet and I can really sneak up on wild life.
A display is mounted to the handle bars, tells me my speed, remaining charge and lets me set the modes for performance.
It is quite light for a motorcycle. So its pretty easy to deal with.
Getting deeper into the woods I start running out of gravel and run into downed trees. I turn around and come back towards to homestead.
Before I do though, I enjoy the quiet.. Love it out here.
Heading back would take me a good thirty minutes, but on the bike I can get home in just a few minutes.
I went down this path for a short time, but many fallen trees made riding risky. Did not want to drop my bike..lol
Before I take the bike back to my workshop I get a few more pictures. Autumn is in full effect here, lots of fallen leaves and a few trees still have theirs but not much.
Curious how it does when it snows, not sure I am ready for that..lol But the weather is nice today so glad I could go out for a ride.
Getting back to the shop, I put my helmet and glasses back. Take the bike inside and put my gloves away. Was a fun ride.
Its so clean right now, gotta keep it nice long term.
Need to figure out how to change the display to MPH. But so far I have rode around 6 Km on it, which is around 3.7 miles.
I only used 11 percent of the battery, but wanted to show it off being charged.. Quite simple. Just plug it in the side. No battery removal needed.
The charger makes more noise than the bike...lol But that is okay, its so cool I can charge this in my workshop. Where I get my electricity from the solar power I produce.
So its so cool that I can power this bike by the rays of the sun so to say. As long as my solar array is up I can charge this thing, regardless of the grid situation.
A word of warning for anyone looking to buy one of these, most websites selling these are scams. If they offer a discount buying with BTC there is a chance its a scam. So do research and find a legit place to buy them otherwise you may get ripped off.
But I am glad I got mine, hopefully it lasts many years. And I love the idea that I can charge it using my solar array.. Gives me that much more enjoyment knowing the power its running on I produced.