HadesOmega
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So I've gotten to see this bike two times now. I was at Evolution Motorcycles and I saw this one and I saw another one at the Peterson Museum. I got to take a closer look at this one. I'm going to compare it a lot to the Light Bee. I feel that it kinda falls between the Light Bee and say a FX or Redshift.
There here's the one I saw at the Peterson Museum.
The bike is very similar to the Sur Ron Light Bee but it uses motorcycle components instead of mountain bike components like the Light Bee. It's also more of a full sized motorcycle as opposed to the mini dirtbike size of the Light Bee. Right off the bat I can tell you the fenders look better than the pretty much non-existant fenders the Light Bee has. The rear looks long enough the front however is not a fender you'd want to have on a dirt bike. That will get caked up with mud in no time. Haha did you get that one? Cake?
In case your wondering what a Light Bee looks like this one is mine.
Look at the massive sprocket on this. The chain is on the right side just like the light bee. But there is no primary drive belt like the Sur Ron.
Not 100% but looks like the controller and charger are at the bottom of the bike. The battery sits on top of it. It has a 2.6kwh battery pack vs Light Bee's 1.92kwh pack. I was told it was not modular, it can be removed but only for service. Notice the charge port at the bottom.
The handlebar. Not sure if it is mountain bike spec or motorcycle. I'd have to measure the clamp. The Light Bee uses mountain bike handlebars. There is also a control panel on the handle bar. It has a temp light and battery led indicators. It has 2 dials that 3 setting each. My guess is it is to adjust the regen and power. Looks like a compression adjust on the left also.
The key is just a tether. The Light Bee has an actual key ignition.
It has an Ohlins rear shock
View from the top
Rear brake is motorcycle rear brake. Front is dual piston single disc motorcycle brake.
The Kalk has 24" wheels/tires front and back. The Sur Ron has 19" front and back.
The charger looks kinda similar in size to the Light Bee charger. It supposedly take around 2hours to charge. So like the Light Bee the charger is off board.
There is it kinda cool bike. I kinda don't like the looks of it it serious looks like something Apple would make. If Apple made a dirtbike this is what it would look like, it just need a dock to put your Iphone then you have an Idirtbike haha. As for the light bee what really drew me to the bike was the frame it is a work of art. I think it looks sick. The suspension is definitely better than the Light Bee suspension Ohlins front and back.
Also the Kalk weighs in at 152lbs with the battery. The Light Bee weighs in at 125lbs with the battery. Website says it can do 50+ MPH. Light Bee can do 47MPH with stock supermoto gearing.
It has 21kw controller and 11kw motor. Also the range on their website claims "Up to 100km, 3h+ riding time". I'll believe when I see it. 100km is like what 60miles? My Empulse can barely go 60 miles and that has a 10.5kwh battery pack compared to the 2.6kwh the Kalk has so yeah sounds optimistic like all the other EV range figures out there. Also the best I've gotten on the Light Bee is 37 miles.
Also how much does the Cake's Kalk cost you say? $13,000... that's getting in to the Redshift territory there.
There here's the one I saw at the Peterson Museum.
The bike is very similar to the Sur Ron Light Bee but it uses motorcycle components instead of mountain bike components like the Light Bee. It's also more of a full sized motorcycle as opposed to the mini dirtbike size of the Light Bee. Right off the bat I can tell you the fenders look better than the pretty much non-existant fenders the Light Bee has. The rear looks long enough the front however is not a fender you'd want to have on a dirt bike. That will get caked up with mud in no time. Haha did you get that one? Cake?
In case your wondering what a Light Bee looks like this one is mine.
Look at the massive sprocket on this. The chain is on the right side just like the light bee. But there is no primary drive belt like the Sur Ron.
Not 100% but looks like the controller and charger are at the bottom of the bike. The battery sits on top of it. It has a 2.6kwh battery pack vs Light Bee's 1.92kwh pack. I was told it was not modular, it can be removed but only for service. Notice the charge port at the bottom.
The handlebar. Not sure if it is mountain bike spec or motorcycle. I'd have to measure the clamp. The Light Bee uses mountain bike handlebars. There is also a control panel on the handle bar. It has a temp light and battery led indicators. It has 2 dials that 3 setting each. My guess is it is to adjust the regen and power. Looks like a compression adjust on the left also.
The key is just a tether. The Light Bee has an actual key ignition.
It has an Ohlins rear shock
View from the top
Rear brake is motorcycle rear brake. Front is dual piston single disc motorcycle brake.
The Kalk has 24" wheels/tires front and back. The Sur Ron has 19" front and back.
The charger looks kinda similar in size to the Light Bee charger. It supposedly take around 2hours to charge. So like the Light Bee the charger is off board.
There is it kinda cool bike. I kinda don't like the looks of it it serious looks like something Apple would make. If Apple made a dirtbike this is what it would look like, it just need a dock to put your Iphone then you have an Idirtbike haha. As for the light bee what really drew me to the bike was the frame it is a work of art. I think it looks sick. The suspension is definitely better than the Light Bee suspension Ohlins front and back.
Also the Kalk weighs in at 152lbs with the battery. The Light Bee weighs in at 125lbs with the battery. Website says it can do 50+ MPH. Light Bee can do 47MPH with stock supermoto gearing.
It has 21kw controller and 11kw motor. Also the range on their website claims "Up to 100km, 3h+ riding time". I'll believe when I see it. 100km is like what 60miles? My Empulse can barely go 60 miles and that has a 10.5kwh battery pack compared to the 2.6kwh the Kalk has so yeah sounds optimistic like all the other EV range figures out there. Also the best I've gotten on the Light Bee is 37 miles.
Also how much does the Cake's Kalk cost you say? $13,000... that's getting in to the Redshift territory there.
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