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skadamo

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ELMOTO HR-2
« on: September 11, 2008, 08:36:03 AM »


This picture is from Eurobike.  It is an EL Moto HR-2 series (if I read the logo's correctly).  Looks to borrow a lot from the bicycle world.

http://www.bikeradar.com/gallery/article/eurobike-trends-slow-refinement-beats-big-innovation-18409?img=1&pn=eurobike-trends-slow-refinement-beats-big-innovation&mlc=blogs%2Fwmtb

Here is thier home page...
http://elmoto-cycles.com/
« Last Edit: September 11, 2008, 08:41:26 AM by skadamo »
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xring

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Re: ELMOTO HR-2
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2008, 11:07:20 AM »
Sweeeeet!  Any info on availability and pricing for the US market?
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skadamo

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Re: ELMOTO HR-2
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2008, 10:17:00 PM »
Not that I can find.  Looks like there is only a German ? site.
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elmotocycles

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Re: ELMOTO HR-2
« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2008, 10:03:20 PM »
Hi everyone,

we are a new company from Germany and we have had showed the bike the first time at the EUROBIKE 2008. What you see on the picture is a pre-series model. At the moment we are in talks with several distributors and retailers all over the world to establish our distribution network. Talks with the US are a little bit tricky due to the special rules for the homologation and the difficulties with all the legal stuff in the States as well. The bike will be available in Europe in April and will cost roundish 3800€. We are looking forward to find reliable distributors for the USA and Canada as fast as possible so that the bike should be available in NA next year as well.

End of this week the website will be also available in English. If you are interested in further technical details please click "Technische Daten" on the German website and you will be able to see the details in English until the English Site isn't up.

Kind Regards
Oliver
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Re: ELMOTO HR-2
« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2008, 10:42:37 PM »
Welcome to the site and thanks for giving us the info.

The bike looks great, I cant wait to see them here in the states!
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skadamo

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Re: ELMOTO HR-2
« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2008, 11:06:13 PM »
Hi Oliver, thank you for the information! 

If you don't mind me asking, what is your role at ELMOTO?  Looking forward to the English version of the site.  I wish I knew German.  :'(

Any leads on US distributors at this point?  Any other models in the works, dirt or enduro maybe?

Cool looking bike! 

Oh, and do you have any pics of the production version?  Please post / attach them if you can.

And finnaly, how do you distribute the amount of drive the front and back wheel contribute?  is it a constant 50/50 distribution?  Does it change based on any inputs?
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skadamo

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Re: ELMOTO HR-2
« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2008, 01:40:54 AM »
Found some more pictures of the ELMOTO HR-2 from the Eurobike show.  Second pic shows it has dual rear shocks.  Seems like an unnecessary weight penalty and more to break.  Looks kinda cool though :D













More here...
http://flickr.com/photos/elmoto/
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elmotocycles

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Re: ELMOTO HR-2
« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2008, 03:20:38 AM »
I don't mind :) I'm one of the founder and owner of ELMOTO. At this point of our business we are really interested to spread the news so everyone of us trys to spent some time following the links we see in our web statistics in the evening.

The US market isn't easy to manage from Europe so we are looking for a strong partner, but we have good talks with distributors...If we have something more concrete we will announce it on the website and within our newsletter. You will be able to subscribe it in English by end of the week.

The production version will have some minor changes like a smaller display, different lamp, optional mud guards... Major changes will be the battery system what is now lead acid and will be Lithium in the production series. Design will be the same as now.

Further versions like offroad versions with a warranty for offroad use are planned but will not be delivered within the next year.

The power is distributed different to the wheels by a patented system... Its a kind of ESP...but honestly just a kind :)

So far, thanks a lot for your interest and I would be glad if you subscribe to our newsletter (will be in English and German :)) so we can inform you when we know who will be a distributor/retailer in the states.

Kind Regards
Oliver
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skadamo

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Re: ELMOTO HR-2
« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2008, 11:01:39 PM »
Quote from: elmotocycles on September 16, 2008, 03:20:38 AM

The power is distributed different to the wheels by a patented system... Its a kind of ESP...but honestly just a kind :)

Fair enough. :D

Thanks for the information.  I am now a subscriber to your newsletter.  Looking forward to watching your progress.
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Re: ELMOTO HR-2
« Reply #9 on: September 17, 2008, 07:33:51 AM »
Excellent!  I also look forward to seeing the ELMOTO HR-2 in the US!   :)
Please keep us updated with the latest news!  Thanks! 
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Re: ELMOTO HR-2
« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2008, 08:03:24 AM »
Another ELMOTO mention and picture...

http://www.extraenergy.org/main.php?language=en&id=2108
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Video of ELMOTO Test Ride
« Reply #11 on: September 21, 2008, 09:43:46 AM »
Here is a pov video of a ride on the ELMOTO at Eurobike 2008...



http://www.flickr.com/photos/triplebull/2873142898/
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Re: ELMOTO HR-2
« Reply #12 on: September 27, 2008, 01:58:55 AM »
Anymore news on this bike?  Is the price that is quoted for the lead acid or the lipo version?  For the lipo version which is limited to 45kph, can it be easily modded to improve the speed to 60kph?
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