Unplug & Play

With Stark Varg releasing the details of their new electric dirtbike, debate within the motorcycle industry has reignited with talk about electric bikes andtheir place in our future. Not having a whole lot of experience with electric bikes I was on the fence as to whether or not electric would be the right direction for our industry.

I was born and bred a petrol sniffing motocross kid. I grew up mixing fuel and racing two-stroke motorcycles where a decent percentage of the fuel we poured in the fuel tank came out of the exhaust unburnt. This on a mass scale is bad for our environment and no amount of arguing can change that. Two-strokes are bad for the environment and four-strokes while better are not emission free.

I’ve lost trails to housing in my local area but having a dirtbike that emits no sound means I can now ride right behind these houses without having them call the Police. The other bonus is the lack of emissions, something I never