Time will tell if they’ll roll this rebranded cheaper variant out in the UK. Harley Davidson has addressed both areas in their home market by turning Livewire into a standalone brand, dropping the Harley Davidson branding and slashing the retail price to £16,500. We suspect if it was a bike that a major Japanese manufacturer had produced, it’d be a lot easier to sell. The first is the price: at £28,500 the Livewire is a step too far into the unknown for most bikers to justify such a huge chunk of money. This bike deserves more sales success than it’s had and there’s two reasons why that hasn’t happened.
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Styling is a big plus point for the Livewire and it’d be a bike we’d be proud to own. Track days aren’t out of the question, as long as you can plug in between sessions. Showa suspension, Brembo brakes and a well hidden dry weight of 260kg means you can genuinely enjoy the ride. In dynamic terms, it’s one of the best Harleys we’ve ridden in years, regardless of propulsion. “Like Bob, HD have made a great job of it.” “Harley Davidson going electric is even more sacrilegious than Bob Dillon going electric,” says Dowds. The biggest bike on our shortlist, Harley Davidson stepped way out of their comfort zone when they launched the Livewire back in 2019. Both of which will come in If Judge Dredd had a scooter for nipping to the office on, it’d look like this. It makes sense to opt for the Dynamic package, which gives the rider cornering traction control and ABS. Clever design that shines through when designers aren’t bound by the constraints of an exhaust system, fuel tank and pistons. The fixed (rather than hinged) seat means you open the under seat storage from the side rather than going in from the top. It's the future, right now, for those bored." Sharp described it as “an audacious two fingers to heritage and conformity. The styling is bold, which is something BMW has a habit of not doing enough.
Essentially they’ve peeled off one of the batteries that powers the iX and laid it along the bottom of a scooter chassis.
BMW’s clever tactic of using the EV technology they’ve developed across four wheels really works here. Ross Sharp, founding member of Bike Shed Motorcycle Club Tim Rodie, freelance automotive journalist John Hogan, editor of SuperBike, author and television presenterĪlan Dowds, experienced motorcycle journalist And they come from a diverse range of companies that span established bike brands, car firms and ambitious new contenders.
The five contenders for the best electric motorbike prize in the Move Electric Awards 2022 in partnership with OVO Energy span categories and conventions, ranging from inner-city mopeds to track-day ready performance machines. And it’s an area of impressively rapid growth and development. The extra weight of batteries has been an issue in the development of electric motorbikes and scooters – but it’s on the industry is fast addressing.
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