KTM Freeride E-SM (Electric)

[Mightyman]

So I ordered the wheels from SMPro on eBay and paid an additional £15 for them to include and fit rim tape and rim locks, so all that was needed was for me to fit the tyres. The wheels and tyres arrived today..
http://i.imgur.com/7Od5oOS.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/UXLQkaM.jpg
Looking very nice..
http://i.imgur.com/Znf20DB.jpg
But they forgot the rim tape & rim locks!!!

Here's another vid in the meantime, if you lot even watch them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQaK90ovZn8

[Calum]

@MIGHTYMAN they are stunning!

[NINJA]

@MIGHTYMAN Gorgeous wheels dude, I'm soooooooo jealous! Shame that they screwed up the order, but a 3 day delivery is awesome. And your skills are improving dude, keep it up. But I feel that your going about it all wrong and seriously think that you should give this a try;

https://youtu.be/057zIZgnb1E

How frigging insane yet totally cool is that tobogan run? Me wanna try that sooooooooooosooooooooooooooooooooosoooooooooooooo bad!!!

[Mightyman]

Started putting the tyres / rim locks / rim tape on, on Monday
http://i.imgur.com/KQo2LXO.jpg
It was horrible drilling holes into these brand new babies!
http://i.imgur.com/MSKkHsR.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/R7mKAra.jpg
Rear wheel done
http://i.imgur.com/waPXmWZ.jpg
Then did the front yesterday
http://i.imgur.com/Xmx48Vf.jpg
All done!
http://i.imgur.com/ODe1Hf7.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/3Rnc0L8.jpg
They look mean! It's so nice to have traction again off road...

[NINJA]

@MIGHTYMAN FYI dude - There's normally an option to have the rims predrilled. Looking damn sweet tho and this will be you pretty soon I'm sure, buzzing around the woods;

https://youtu.be/SuxFE1enP0w

[Burridge]

@MIGHTYMAN said in KTM Freeride E-SM (Electric):

@CYBER-NINJA Sadly not... Although we had a go on segways the other day and she enjoyed it! So maybe after a couple of years of convincing she might try out the Freeride
My girlfriends face drops every time I mention the bike, she's hated them even more since I broke my femur on my MZ a few years back, don't think I'll ever persuade her into them but I'll keep trying

[Mightyman]

@CYBER-NINJA SMPro on eBay said they would only SUPPLY the rim locks for some stupid reason. Another reason why I was annoyed about the bits being delivered late.

[NINJA]

@MIGHTYMAN Lame ass laziness more like! What do the rim locks actually do anyways???

[Mightyman]

@CYBER-NINJA They squeeze the tyre beads against the rim. The idea being that it prevents the tyre from slipping on the rim from hard acceleration. If the tyre slips, it will likely take the inner tube with it and therefore rip the valve out of place, leaving you with a very flat tyre! I don't think I have seen a motocross bike without them installed. Although you only really need one on the rear wheel, I opted to stick one on the front as well for things like stoppies. Some people go as far as to have more than one on the rear, but I didn't feel it was really necessary. It's one of those things that is worth having, JUST IN CASE!

[Mightyman]

Not much happening on here in the last week... So I'll give this thread a cheeky bump with my latest vid!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrxvRvbSDi8

[Calum]

Forums been qell quite but probably because I need to quickly sort the SSL issue out. Quick fix

[Mightyman]

@Calum Yeah. I don't find that it's an issue when I'm on the PC. On my phone however, it comes up with a warning every time. Must be a bit off putting for most people.

[Calum]

@Mightyman yeah on your phone go to https://dt125r.co.uk

The certificate is signed for that host and not www

[Calum]

Interestingly, whilst the forum hasn't been particularly busy, it has only increased on getting hits.

[Calum]

Yeah fair play to you mate, I know that bike weren't cheap and you seem to be giving a fair good ol go at it!

[Mightyman]

@Calum As much as I would love to keep it clean and scratch free in the garage, there's no way I could warrant the purchase without getting a good amount of use from it!

[NINJA]

@Mightyman How's the E-bike now that you have had a few month's to get use to her and break her in??? LOL

How often do you use her and do you feel she was worth the money?

What experience's could you share with us all, compared to a regular bike?

[Mightyman]

It was delivered back to me from KTM UK yesterday with a temporary loan battery as my one has broken! Under warranty though so I should be getting a brand new one in a few weeks/months. The only issue is they aren't allowed to send the battery on its own so they reckon my bike will have to be shipped to Austria..

My advice with the bike would be, if you own land nearby to anyone else, you'll avoid all noise complaints/agro if you use one of these, so it's perfect in that sense. Apart from that as it only lasts 20 odd miles on the road, it's hard to justify the price unless you want one for commuting. I wouldn't have wanted to pay anymore than 4.5k for it looking back.

Definitely the bike of the future but battery tech is not there yet imo..

[NINJA]

@Mightyman DAMN - Shipping it back and forth to Austria that's a serious expense for them to pay out under the warranty. And a 20 mile run time is pretty poor really, are the batteries not lithium ion then? Have you ever ridden her in the wet on the road, if so what was she like???

[Calum]

@CYBER-NINJA I doubt they will send the bike on its own. It would go to a central service where a whole load would be sent.

That's not on for the battery to only last two years though.

I don't really see these as a viable future option. The recharge element is the issue here. You need to be able to stop off at a station and just be as good as new again.