I've found that having lived in Asia for several years especially in SE Asia motorbikes are a way of life! I have long been a fan of motorcycles and motorbikes. Traffic is a huge obstacle because the roads were never built to accomodate the massive numbers of commuters they support these days...
A company called Cake led by its fearless CEO Stefan Ytterborn, a Swedish national is attempting to create a new category of product, à la the iPad, the SUP, and, of course, the mountain bike.
In January, Cake introduced a new electric off-road motorcycle at the Outdoor Retailer trade show in Denver. This new bike is called the Kalk. It is only half as heavy as a regular motorcycle. It weighs just under 155 pounds and can travel—silently—up to 50 miles on a battery charge.
The bike is for “anybody who’s attracted to it,” Ytterborn says. “I don’t believe in genders. I don’t believe in age. I believe in neutrality.”
Personally this bike excites me. I would love to get my hands on one and test it out with the type of road conditions pictured above. I've long been an enthusiast of mountain biking
The Kalk looks like the love child of a mountain bike and a motocross bike that was conceived at an Ikea store (a former Ytterborn client from his pre-POC career in design and branding). The frame, body, and chainstays are metallic; the stanchions are golden; and the saddle, fork, and fenders are white.
The bike is noticeably sleeker and less burly than its moto predecessors but not as svelte as its mountain forebears. Whereas Alta Motors’ Redshift bike, perhaps the closest counterpart, has distinctly motocross DNA, Ytterborn considers the Kalk to be 70 percent downhill or enduro mountain bike and 30 percent motorbike.
The Kalk is surely an impressive bike and I'm instantly jealous of anybody that has already had a chance to test this bad boy out!
What do you guys think of this new modern age of electric mountain/motocross hybrid bikes? Does this excite you as well?
Please leave thoughts and comments below!
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Cake Is Making Electric Motorcycles for the Masses - Outside Online
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