America's First Affordable Electric Motorcycle! Kollter ES1 Review

electric motorcycles are awesome i'm just gonna say it their power and torque profiles mean they can smoke a gas spike that packs twice the horsepower they cost pennies to operate and maintain since electricity is way cheaper than gas you spend more time riding and less time wrenching because there's just not much to break on them and they offer a pleasant mechanical electric were instead of a vibrating cacophony that pisses off your neighbors the only problem is they usually pack quite a sticker shock from high purchase prices at least until i found this awesome bike hey everyone mike here with electric and today i'm taking a first ride on the colter es1 s pro electric motorcycle let's check it out [Music] real quick i just want to mention that i had the chance to test this bike out while i was on vacation and so i didn't have all of my riding gear with me i borrowed a helmet but i always recommend fully suiting up before every ride i don't want to sound like your mother here but i generally wear my full protective motorcycle jacket and gloves in addition to crash pants and boots so just don't take my half naked riding here as an endorsement of minimal gear i just wasn't going to pass up on an opportunity to try one of these awesome new bikes okay moving on now the culture es1 is already popular in europe and asia but it finally came to north america earlier this year starting at 5 95 bucks in the u.s it offers highway capable performance at a price that is well within the budget of many new riders now i love riding a flagship zero electric motorcycle or harley-davidson's electric motorcycles too they're great but i don't have twenty thousand bucks burning a hole in my pocket and a pint-sized three thousand dollar mini electric motorcycle is fun and cheap i've owned one of those but they're not highway capable so for six thousand dollars the coulter es1 here seems like the goldilocks option it's got a top speed of around 75 miles an hour meaning it can just make it onto the highway though you might be stuck in the right lane depending on how drivers are like near you i did my test riding north of miami and so i'm technically in the city here but on florida's 50 mile an hour city roads so i was able to break into the 60s of miles per hour without risking a ticket on someone else's bike but the culture wanted to keep going faster so i have no doubt that 70s of miles per hour are easily possible the motor powers the wheel via belt drive and it offers 11 kilowatts of power or about 14 horsepower that's not crazy high this is not a sport bike but it's plenty to blast off ahead of all the cars that's for sure this is a mid-spec electric motorcycle again not going to be the harley davidson live wire electric motorcycles 0 to 60 mile per hour time of 3 seconds but at less than a third of the price it's plenty good for commuter use which is exactly the type of riding it's meant for and for a commuter roll it's got plenty of range though it's also got an option for either one or two removable batteries so you can sort of dial in the range that you need the batteries are 2.3 kilowatt hours each so the pair gives you 4.6 kilowatt hours with both batteries you get around 80 miles in the city which is definitely enough for me or you get around 55 miles on the highway which is probably fine for most commuters especially if you can charge at work again this is not a touring bike so don't think you're gonna be riding the twisties all day with a quick lunch stop and then check out the grand canyon this is an affordably priced commuter electric motorcycle that's all though actually if you want to spend a bit more you can get the enduro kit that includes bigger wheels with knobby tires and lets you do some fun off-road playing i tried that one a bit too though i wasn't quite as much of a fan partly because i didn't have any trails to explore and partly because the chain drive was much louder [Music] [Applause] i prefer the tighter feel of the street version plus i like that quiet belt drive setup too [Music] with an affordable price local us dealers and specs that are more than enough for commuter use the kolter es1 is currently the best and also only low-cost highway capable electric motorcycle in the u.s new and saunders your move [Music] thanks for watching everyone we hope you enjoyed that first ride on the colter es1 s pro if you did why don't you give this video a thumbs up and don't forget to subscribe so you won't miss any of our future electric vehicle videos we'll see you here next time [Music] to the edge [Music]

Channel: Electrek.co

Views: 572,262

Keywords: Electrek, tinbot, kollter, kollter es1, zero fxe, zero fxs, electric motorcycle, city slicker motorcycle, low cost electric motorcycle, affordable motorcycle

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Length: 5min 6sec (306 seconds)

Published: Wed Nov 17 2021