Gas Gas to sell electric trials bike in 2012

[Lock]

Crazy Austrians... Don't they know an electric named "Gas Gas" will nEVer sell?


Seen here (Spanish language):
http://trialworld.es/actualidad/ultimas-noticias/503-gas-gas-txt-4820-electrica-en-enero.html

Gas Gas USA here:
http://www.gasgas.com/index.shtml

Their electric bike developed with German company eta-motors GmbH:
http://eta-motors.com/

Info about the bike on their site, here:
http://eta-motors.com/trial-txt4820/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbECu2fnnMo



LocK

[gogo]

Interesting spoke attachment and tensioning system on the rear wheel. Is that common on trials bikes? Is it to facilitate easy spoke replacement?

[EDIT] Oh, tubeless tire capability.

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[AussieJester]

GWhy will have kittens when he sees this, if he hasn't already Gas Gas make top ICE trial bikes IIRC?

KiM

[gwhy!]

GWhy will have kittens when he sees this, if he hasn't already Gas Gas make top ICE trial bikes IIRC?

KiM

Im not having kittens I think its great, it just means that there will be something to improve on

Interesting spoke attachment and tensioning system on the rear wheel. Is that common on trials bikes? Is it to facilitate easy spoke replacement?

[EDIT] Oh, tubeless tire capability.

Most trial bikes run tubeless tyres to save weight and help prevent pinch punctures but not all have this spoke arrangement ( but it do make it very easy to replace spokes )

[flathill]

Awesome for those funky expeditions
Me want

[AussieJester]

GWhy will have kittens when he sees this, if he hasn't already Gas Gas make top ICE trial bikes IIRC?

KiM

Im not having kittens I think its great, it just means that there will be something to improve on

Indeedie...how is your e-trials bike coming along anywayz? I still think there was a little
stirring in the pants lil 'GWhy' got just wee bit excited i think...just a wee bit HAHAA

KiM

[gwhy!]

GWhy will have kittens when he sees this, if he hasn't already Gas Gas make top ICE trial bikes IIRC?

KiM

Im not having kittens I think its great, it just means that there will be something to improve on

Indeedie...how is your e-trials bike coming along anywayz? I still think there was a little
stirring in the pants lil 'GWhy' got just wee bit excited i think...just a wee bit HAHAA

KiM

well maybe just a little . I have trying to find out the cost and it looks like it will be sold as a kit for a donor bike and the kit will be around 5k euros!! which means this will put the whole bike up around 7-8k euros!! ok it might be inline with zero motorcycle pricing but thats one hell of a price to try and ween gas heads of there 6k euro gas bikes, and it looks like they are using lipo's. My trials bike is coming along nicely thanks for asking, the bike is finish machnically and performs very well but still want it to be better ( you know how it is ) also trying to find a 'legal for competition' trials tyre is the main obstacle at the moment, I may have to look into using a 18" MC rim for the rear but this then opens up a whole new set of problems.

[Lock]

...thats one hell of a price to try and ween gas heads of there 6k euro gas bikes...

Might be their target market is folks already weaned off gas... Parents that have already bought electric bikes before, as Onsets etc for their young ones:
http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=20174

Will these young ebikers really "graduate" to gas?

tks
LocK

[gwhy!]

...thats one hell of a price to try and ween gas heads of there 6k euro gas bikes...

Might be their target market is folks already weaned off gas... Parents that have already bought electric bikes before, as Onsets etc for their young ones:
http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=20174

Will these young ebikers really "graduate" to gas?

tks
LocK

I know of a couple that have had to because there isn't/wasn't a larger version of electric trials bike, so you may be right.