![]() Not having a a clutch or a shift lever was suprisingly easy to get used to. Thermal limiting will protect the machine if you push too hard. Map 4 OVERCLOCKED: Maximum torque and power are available without restriction – if you have the skill to control it. Map 3 PERFORMANCE: Similar traits as the sport map but with more bottom end and traction. Map 2 SPORT: Performance profile engineered to line up with 250f race machinery ![]() Map 1 ECO: A traction map that offers the best range profile. The MXR comes with four different mappings that make it change the power delivery signifantly. I was suprised with how easy it was to adopt to the bike. The WP AER forks and WP shock come with a setting developed for the bike and give you a lot of options to fine tune the bike to your liking. ![]() As racers we spend a lot of time and money to set our bikes up lower in the rear to achieve better handling so it was nice to see a manufacture adopt that from the get go. The MXR feels like a race bike with a agressive set up that sits a little lower in the rear than your ordinary OEM dirt bike. The chassis feels really balanced and handles really well. The electric engine is really responsive and ALTA spend a long time developing a power delivery that would make it feel like your normal gas bike. It took me only a couple of laps and I felt right at home on the bike. I didn't know what to expect and was eager to get out on the track. The design is nothing that is currently on the market. Looking at the new ALTA MXR you fell like you made a trip into the future. I travelled to Perris Raceway in California USA to find out what the ALTA is all about and if this is really the bike of the future. How fast does it go and would the chassis be up to par with what we are used to? Not only did ALTA decide to push the electric engine they also build their own chassis from the ground up which is a big challenge in it self. How would a production electric bike fair out on the track. Hill beat factory Suzuki rider Kyle Cunningham over the course of three heats and advanced to the next round showing the world that an electric motorcycle is more than capable of competing with the gas powered competition. #ALTA REDSHIFT MX PROFESSIONAL#Last year ALTA hired former professional Supercross racer Josh Hill to race the bike at the Red Bull Straight Rythm event. After many years of development they started testing in public with the help of different professional riders about two years ago. Since 2009 the crew at ALTA has worked on prototypes of a electric Motocross bike. In the american technology capital San Francisco in the neighborhood of Apple, Google and Tesla the electric motorcycle manufacture ALTA is working on the future of motorcycling. Pricing for the Alta RedShift MX is set at $14,995 MSRP.A competitive electric motorcycle? Tesla has done it on the road and now ALTA is doing it in the off road motorcycle world. Look for deliveries in Q2 2015, starting in California and branching out from there in Q3 2015. It has been a long time coming for BRD Alta to bring its bikes to market, we’re excited to see the company finally meeting its production desires. This also means that future battery pack upgrades will be available as new battery tech comes to market as well. For riders that want to keep going longer, Alta has designed the battery pack to be swappable, in about 10-15 minutes with two sets of hands working. ![]() Revving to 13,750 rpm from Alta’s proprietary motor, the RedShift MX is good for 2 hours of “recreational” riding. Add that to the fact that Alta says the RedShift MX tips the scales at 251 lbs, though feels lighter once it’s underway - a known benefit of electric motorcycles. With 40hp on tap, from only 11 pounds of motor, the RedShift platform has the most powerful motor per pound, anywhere. Designed to take on the toughest gas-powered lites-class motocross bikes on the track (250cc four-strokes), the RedShift MX boasts some impressive electric figures as well. The now newly named Alta Motors is ready to announce its production machines for the 2015 model year, and first up is the company’s off-road model: the Alta RedShift MX. ![]()
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