The California-built 2019 Alta Redshift EXR will set you back $12,495, and is available at over 60 Alta dealers across the US. As a multi-terrain electric motorcycle – street legal status is critical and allows the bike to be used for more than just tearing up your back yard.
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The EXR is also street legal, and includes a full light package and license plate hanger. Front and rear Metzeler tires and WP fork and shocks round out the 273 lb (124 kg) bike. Brembo rotors and brake calipers (dual piston forward, single piston rear) ensure that the EXR has as much ‘stop’ as it does ‘go’. The EV specs are great, but the Redshift EXR is also a solid motorbike foundation as well. Its 5.8 kWh battery can be charged in just 1.5 hours from 240 VAC or in 3 hours from 120 VAC. The 2019 Alta Redshift EXR features a top speed of 71 mph (114 km/h) as well as a motor rated at 50 hp (37.2 kW) and 42 ft-lbs (57 Nm).
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The Redshift platform’s firmware and software upgrades result in more range, increased power and faster charge times.
Alta’s new R-Pack utilizes state-of-the-art cell chemistry that delivers extended full-power range at cooler operating temperatures. According to Alta:īuilding off of Alta’s industry-leading A-pack technology, the highest-energy density battery ever put in a motorcycle, the new R-Pack represents the next evolution in battery performance. The 2019 EXR makes use of Alta’s R-pack battery technology. Hands down, this is the best enduro bike on the market, and a lot of fun to ride.Īnd now Alta is ready put that level of electric power and intuitive control in the hands of the public with their 2019 Redshift EXR. Even on the most treacherous trails, like the Iron Mountain, it’s really intuitive and easy to control. The Redshift EXR climbs ridiculously well.
Tremaine commented on the electric motorbike: Ty Tremaine finished in 43 rd position on his EXR, beating 457 other bikes and demonstrating the EXR’s performance under the most extreme race conditions.
Alta’s factory team riders, Ty Tremaine and Lyndon Poskitt, competed on nearly stock Redshift EXR’s, modified with only slightly tuned suspension and some added pull straps. You may remember Alta’s Redshift line of electric motorcycles stealing headlines last month when their Redshift EXR competed at the Erzberg Rodeo, arguably one of the toughest motorcycle enduro races in the world.įor the first time in the history of the Erzberg Rodeo, two electric motorcycles qualified for and competed in the endurance race. And now Alta has announced the 2019 Redshift EXR, poised to help push gas bikes even further to the wayside. Recent offerings have been packing more energy and power into two-wheeled EVs, helping them better compete against combustion-engine alternatives.Īlta’s Redshift EXR multi-terrain electric motorcycle is a great example of an EV in the motorcycle industry that has made a strong showing against a traditionally loud and proud gas-fueled sport. As battery technology catches up with the rest of the electric vehicle industry, electric motorcycles are increasingly replacing their gas counterparts.
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