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General Category => Electric Motorcycle News => Topic started by: TheRan on October 01, 2020, 06:03:20 PM

Title: Indian's first electric bike, the eFTR Jr
Post by: TheRan on October 01, 2020, 06:03:20 PM
Nothing to do with the partnership between Polaris (the owner of Indian) and Zero it would seem, a bit of a kick in the nuts for those people who for some reason wanted an electric full size FTR but I guess there's still hope for them. Surprisingly it actually seems to be priced rather well at $750 (about £580) for what is probably around a 1kW motor and a decently sized battery judging by the run time numbers.

(https://cdn1.polaris.com/globalassets/indian/pga/landing-page-initiatives/eftr-jr/eftr-jr_edit.png?v=863958aa)
https://www.indianmotorcycle.com/en-us/eftr-jr/
Title: Re: Indian's first electric bike, the eFTR Jr
Post by: vinceherman on October 01, 2020, 06:18:35 PM
The Razor kids minibike looks similar.

(https://www.razor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/mx650_or_vmi_product.png)
Title: Re: Indian's first electric bike, the eFTR Jr
Post by: princec on October 01, 2020, 07:54:59 PM
"Similar" huh....

Cas :)
Title: Re: Indian's first electric bike, the eFTR Jr
Post by: TheRan on October 02, 2020, 07:01:46 PM
Good catch. I'm wondering if it might actually be the same 650w motor, I didn't think that would be enough to reach that sort of speed but the Razor can supposedly go 17mph (the Indian is specced at 15mph). Interestingly the max rider weight on the Razor is 220 pounds versus 175 for the Indian. Battery life on the Razor is up to 40 minutes versus 65 on the Indian (140 minutes if limited to 10mph), despite the small difference in top speed I still think it might have a larger battery. If that is the case the extra $170 over the Razor ($580) could still be worth it. Even if it is identical, that's a surprisingly small price hike for having the Indian name on it.

Another thing that's surprising is they didn't keep the larger front wheel which would have made it look even more like the actual FTR (19" front 18" rear).
Title: Re: Indian's first electric bike, the eFTR Jr
Post by: NEW2elec on October 02, 2020, 10:10:51 PM
Man, this is for children.
A bigger kids toy.  Fake tail pipes and radiator, plastic molded to look like an engine, a fun toy but just a toy.
Title: Re: Indian's first electric bike, the eFTR Jr
Post by: Crissa on October 03, 2020, 04:20:04 AM
The swing arm assembly looks substantially similar.  As does the casing and battery frame.

-Crissa
Title: Re: Indian's first electric bike, the eFTR Jr
Post by: TheRan on October 03, 2020, 05:01:25 AM
I had a closer look through the photos and it turns out they didn't even bother to modify the molds for the casing, they still say Razor on them. They did move the charging port to the other side though as on the Razor it's where the Indian has the pretend exhausts.

(https://cdn1.polaris.com/globalassets/indian/pga/landing-page-initiatives/eftr-jr/gallery/gallery_5_1.jpg?v=86395c34&format=webp)

EDIT: Cheers for the resize tip Shadow, I'll remember that one for the future. You can click the above photo to expand it.
Title: Re: Indian's first electric bike, the eFTR Jr
Post by: Crilly on October 04, 2020, 01:14:57 AM
Now that sounds like a great idea.  Fake exhaust on my Livewire.😎
Title: Re: Indian's first electric bike, the eFTR Jr
Post by: Richard230 on October 04, 2020, 03:25:49 AM
Quote from: Crilly on October 04, 2020, 01:14:57 AM
Now that sounds like a great idea.  Fake exhaust on my Livewire.😎

How about playing cards stuck to your forks to give your exhaust a little noise?  ;)
Title: Re: Indian's first electric bike, the eFTR Jr
Post by: Sklith on October 05, 2020, 11:47:47 PM
I'd get the Burromax TT750R over any of those bikes any day.