What I want, is a modern, electric sports touring. Every electric bike is just too tiny.

I swear as of right now there are two categories of Electric Motorcycles... Category 1 - "Hey we've got this reasonably affordable bike for under $8,000 that has all of these nice little tech features... But the max range is about 50 miles on a full flat surface with no wind and the rider needs to be 150lbs maximum AND we're a startup company so hopefully we won't disappear one day randomly and you're left stranded with no service or support. Category 2 - "We've totally reinvented the idea of the Electric Motorcycle. The range pushes into the 150 miles and beyond, the system is sleek as hell, super quiet, super powerful.... On and it starts at the price of $29,900 for the base model and goes over $50,000 for fully upgraded.... Oh and we are also a startup company so hopefully we won't disappear one day randomly and you're left stranded with no service or support." I'm continually STUNNED by how so. many companies seem to think SO many people have this crazy amount of disposable income to spend on things... My rent for a studio apartment is $1,400 alone, not including food, fuel, electricity, internet and ANY other problems that may come my way. I literally can NEVER afford something like this without risking pure and total financial gambling.... On the Verge official site it talks about financing and it states, and I quote, "we are negotiating with one of the world’s leading consumer finance enterprises to offer financing options for those interested"... Wow that sound sketchy at best, as if the ink on the contract hasn't even dried yet. It sucks because the tech IS great and this bike would be something I'd ride forever, even giving up my car for. But these companies keep thinking we all have crazy amounts of money to spend when most of us are one paycheque away from literal homelessness... Totally out of touch with most people's living situations.

This is how I always imagine electric bike to look. Just love it proper Tron bike❤❤❤

The primary advantage of a higher voltage battery is it can have a faster DC charging time. This is similar to how USB fast charging uses higher voltage to reduce the impact of the amperage limitation of the charger cables.

Those are some wild torque numbers

How is the security system on this bike? Does it have inbuilt GPS and alarms like Teslas do? What's the key situation?

I rode a prototype about 18 months ago. Only had about 5 minutes on it, but the handling didn't seem quite right. Almost felt like a flat rear tyre, but it could just have been the size.

Want! There's some huge holes in those brake rotors up front! I guess they want you to use Regen to slow down. In answer to your Why: 20kW of battery is almost 1/3 of my Tesla, so range should be pretty good. Props to them for making this bike, I can't wait for Gen 2 or 3...

I love the concept and looks and the range should not be too much of a problem but agility is very important to me so I probably would not buy it.

Two questions: Do you think the placement of the battery being so low messes with the handling? Years ago Honda attempted to lower the CG on a racebike and it made handling bad, they got rid of that idea. Two: Is it difficult to change the rear tire? Seems that it wouldn't be an easy out and in.

I changed tire brand from Pirelli Diabolos to Bridgestone battlaxs on both of my bikes, steering becomes carving, they are different bikes now ready for the track

Pretty cool

Great concept, but one of the great things about gas powered is the noise. The loud noise from a motorcycle helps vehicles know that there is a bike there.

I think I'd prefer is this was a awd motor. Nobody wants to drive in the rain, but more traction would be better.

Mentioned the elephant in the room a couple of times but then never even hinted about even an approximate expected range.

180 back tire and 12k to 15k retail and definitely an option 😊

Finland is not considered part of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as it is located to the east of the peninsula and has distinct cultural, historical, and linguistic differences from the Scandinavian countries. Finland is referred to as a Nordic country, along with Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland.

Your bike position whilst cornering is really awkward. And you apparently have no EV bike experience. Regen is perfect for neutral cornering. It's like with big 2cil. Bikes on engine braking.

Hopefully they get enough money from these bikes to then be able to make a new bike with lessons learned from this one. Would be nice to try one of these.

Still want to know why you would design a bike where you cannot balance the rear tire. Not the wheel, the tire. And I say this in every video featuring this bike, "Leaving the phase leads exposed is a pointless and egregious safety hazard. You're needlessly endangering people for some cool looking orange wires on the side of the bike." Edit- I'm glad Troy got to ride this and share his experience because he's uniquely qualified.

Looks cool, Troy. Not that much more expensive than the top end Zero's, which are horrid and have even worse warranty coverage. But..........I am sensing another

Finland is a Nordic country. It's not Scandinavia...

This should have been a cruiser, with that wide rear.

did this mf just say 775lb/ft of torque???

Don’t need modes if Verge had Graphene Batteries ! 😂

21kWh battery is insanely huge for a e-motorcycle

Finland isn’t part of Scandinavia, just to be clear

Meh, I’ll stick with the better handling Energica.

I really dislike those exposed cables......

11 minute video and you didn't even mention the 2 biggest questions......range and charging time.

So 30k and it basically doesn't handle. You can't buy off physics, all that unsprung rotating mass at the back will kill the fool who will actually try to ride this nonsense hard around a corner

Are there enough people interested in this too support a company? Electric dirt bike makes sense, kids/adults can tear ass without some grumpy bastard hearing and calling police.

Why did they call it the TS.... Trans SEXUAL?😮😮😮😮

For $3,999 that’s a good deal 😂

Finland isn't Scandinavia. Just sayin'.

Finland is not scandinavian

Has too much cheap looking plastic. Lifewire looks better. Why can't anyone make an electric bike that looks like a chopper or bobber? Also, all these silly modes are ridiculous. In the age of AI, one would expect the bike to have an AI which optimizes the settings in real time.

I wish e-moto standard would switch to bicycle standard and make the left brake lever front / right for rear

This product is a scam, they attract buyer with insane impossible numbers, they claim 1200N-m (885ft-lbs) of torque from a small 150kW motor, that's almost as much as the COMBINED output of the three much larger/heavier motors inside a Tesla Plaid, they bumped the numbers 3-4X.

Man this bike looks cheap as hell, it looks like a poorly made concept bike from 2006

I can’t watch this. I tried watching a video once that had TS in the title once and I was scarred for life. Won’t risk it.

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No matter what, you can still buy a 600cc Inline 4 cylinder sportbike for less than half the price, and get a real experience on a bike. Electric bikes are 20 years from making anything remotely satisfying to any real audience on planet Earth...minimum. Cool looking bike though.

I saw one in person in Westfield's in shepherds Bush west London looks amazing but the price is too much you could buy a live wire for this price from a more known company