Dustoff electric motorcycle set to become a low cost, modular platform

The not too long ago introduced Dustoff electrical motorbike is taking a brand new method in comparison with most electrical motorbike designs. As an alternative of choosing a single area of interest, it’s hoping to grow to be a platform for constructing a variety of off-road and street-legal electrical bikes.

Dustoff Bikes debuts new platform

The Dustoff is the work of Michel Riis, an ex-Yamaha Superior Labs industrial designer and former Danish Flat Monitor racing champion.

The final time we coated Riis’ work, it was for the gorgeous Switch eSCRAMBLER electric motorcycle line that he helped develop.

Now, he’s teamed up with a brand new associate — Danish design studio BWD — to create the Dustoff platform.

The Dustoff platform is designed to be easy and minimalist to permit riders in addition to its designers to make modifications for various kinds of using.

The primary items can be supposed for off-road use, which is a typical technique that permits electrical motorbike startups to keep away from lengthy and dear homologation certification. Actually, that’s how Zero Motorcycles acquired its begin earlier than it will definitely switched to street-legal electrical bikes.

Michel hasn’t shared the ultimate motor energy stage with us however claims that it is going to be within the vary of typical 150-200cc gasoline bikes. The motor seems to be a centrally mounted unit with a single discount chain-drive.

The Dustoff electrical motorbike is at present nonetheless in prototype kind and present process rigorous testing to vet the design and efficiency.

As Michel defined:

“I’m a former Speedway rider and see an enormous potential for electrical bikes in flattrack. Our aim is to have a road authorized model on the road later this yr. Now we’re doing the ‘not authorized’ model to check our bike and ensure it performs nicely below excessive circumstances. Our dream is to make a low price bike you need to use as a commuter and in addition do small upgrades/modifications to take it to the native filth monitor or to the woods.”

When Riis says “low price,” he means it. Most true electrical filth bikes such because the KTM Freeride E-XC begin far north of US$8,000. Riis’ aim is to have the ultimate price ticket of the Dustoff attain $6,000-$7,000.

Electrek’s Take

I feel it is a smart technique to create a reasonably common platform for a cost-effective electrical motorbike, after which use that to change it for numerous functions.

In a broader sense, that is one thing Zero already does. Their FX/FXS platform serves each as an off-road and on-road platform, as does the S/SR/DS/DSR platform. That enables Zero to have eight totally different electrical bikes of their present lineup regardless of simply three platforms (together with the SR/F and SR/S).

Whereas it’s a bit early to guage the Dustoff from a technical perspective, Riis has proven that he has the design expertise to construct engaging electrical bikes from his earlier partnerships. Now we simply must see if he can truly deliver this one to market in late 2020 like he hopes.

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