August 13, 201412 yr Anyone ridden one? Pretty pricey where I am but I'm still incredibly intrigued by the lack of noise and basically no maintenance. My son has an Oset 16 that can move me around with ease so I'm not too concerned about power. Anyway, really just curious about them now that they've been around for 4 or so years.
August 13, 201412 yr I have heard it does not do well in extreme conditions such as rock faces and steep hill climbs. It seems it is more designed for intermediate level riding. Like most things it would be best to give it a try if at all possible before buying but I'm guessing that it would be tough to find somebody local that had one.
August 13, 201412 yr Author Well, I'm not what I'd even call intermediate, so that's probably fine in my case. I'm surprised more people haven't taken the plunge though.
August 13, 201412 yr I think most of the reluctance to go for it is the price.. The few peeps that I spoke to that do have them loves them . I dont have a EM but I do have a electric trials bike and prefer it over gas everytime more to the fact that its quite, cleaner, cooler, lighter and a massive plus is you can get to ride in much more places than with a gas bike.
August 14, 201412 yr I have heard it does not do well in extreme conditions such as rock faces and steep hill climbs. It seems it is more designed for intermediate level riding. Like most things it would be best to give it a try if at all possible before buying but I'm guessing that it would be tough to find somebody local that had one. EM competes in S2 in the French Championship are leading. S2 is equal to the Canadian Expert Class.
August 14, 201412 yr Look in uk trials forum for a discussion called british round today. Its about Tim Pearson riding an EM the last British Trials Championship round
August 23, 201412 yr EM competes in S2 in the French Championship are leading. S2 is equal to the Canadian Expert Class. Good to know, I wasn't sure what level S2 was. The guys here at the local university built an electric trials bike from an old Honda TLR. I gave it a try and it was a real blast the only thing I didn't like was that it didn't have a clutch I was glad to see the EM does have a clutch as trying to use the throttle to cut power in a split second doesn't compares to being able to pull that clutch lever .
August 23, 201412 yr Electronic clutch on the EM is used for regeneration on the down hills and dumping the clutch with throttle on. You can use it like a mechanical clutch but you soon realize it's not needed for those applications. Riding an electric bike takes about an hour or two to get use to. Then maybe 10 more hours to change your overall style. One change to get use to is there is no flywheel. Therefore when you shut the throttle off it stops, the bike doesn't continue forward with the flywheel effect. You have to think that your flywheel is controlled by your right hand. You soon adjust your riding to compensate for this change. Another change is no motor sound. You soon adjust to know exactly what you need to do with your throttle by feel. cheers
August 23, 201412 yr Electronic clutch on the EM is used for regeneration on the down hills and dumping the clutch with throttle on. You can use it like a mechanical clutch but you soon realize it's not needed for those applications. Riding an electric bike takes about an hour or two to get use to. Then maybe 10 more hours to change your overall style. One change to get use to is there is no flywheel. Therefore when you shut the throttle off it stops, the bike doesn't continue forward with the flywheel effect. You have to think that your flywheel is controlled by your right hand. You soon adjust your riding to compensate for this change. Another change is no motor sound. You soon adjust to know exactly what you need to do with your throttle by feel. cheers And those guys at Montesa recently changed the 4RT so he wouldn't have so much engine braking power. And all that was needed was the pilot to adapt to this. Then again, most 4RT riders adapted to the engine brake with no problem.
August 23, 201412 yr The nice feature with the EM is there are 4 pages of parameters you can change to adjust the bike performance. I don't recommend changing the factory settings but you can play with throttle response, engine braking etc to give the bike the feel you want. I like the EM to have roll similar to a 2t on deceleration, so I adjust the appropriate parameters for that.
August 23, 201412 yr Author I take it you have one. What's your impression overall... ever consider another gas bike, or has that ship sailed and it's electric for you from here on out. Edited August 23, 201412 yr by heffergm
August 23, 201412 yr I'm the Canadian importer for both EM and Sherco. Just wanted to pass along some facts about EM but not promote or give my impressions. I will always say the EM is an alternative to gas, not a replacement. They are competitive with gas bikes up to expert or S2 level. You can tell the difference of riders who ride an electric bike like a gas bike and those who ride one like an electric bike should be ridden.
August 23, 201412 yr What is the operating time/range on one ? Just curious ... and recharge time ... Glenn
August 24, 201412 yr - 1.5 hours on the throttle. - however, I can ride before a trial, then ride the 4 hour trial, then some test rides after the trial and then I will need to charge. - with the 15 amp charger you can charge from 0 to 80 % in 30 minutes, to 100% in an hour. - there's no need to purchase an extra battery - the classic (standard) bike comes with a 10 amp charger, the sport (comp) model comes with a 15 amp charger. - I order all my bikes with the 15 amp charger, its the only way to go imo. cheers
August 24, 201412 yr The Belgian Maxime Mathy rode an EM today at the European Championship in Bilstain. To bad I only caught a glimpse of him riding. I didn't hear him coming He ended up in 5th place in the "Inter" category Edited August 24, 201412 yr by guys
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