TOP 5 ECR eMoto Race | Red Bull TKO Hard Enduro | Electric Moto Class

[@reee_4067]

I was actually thinking that the race was not that hard until the dry river bed part, that was gnarly and brutal. Good job

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Gil The GoPro always seems to makes things look different than in person... Thanks man!

[@jeppo1185]

Man that was amazing. You actually get a better feel for the effort being put in by the rider and the bike.

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Jeffrey Timmings Awesome man.

[@greg6162]

@@ElectricCycleRider I’ve never rode a dirt or electric bike but I want to for sure… from what I see on KZbin a gas bike would’ve been much easier… *especially in that Rick pile!!! Wtf?! Lol* unless you had maybe an Alta

[@The_Privateer]

Right on man - absolutely killer! Incredible course. F'n Brutal. This video is a great example that the best upgrade you can do for off-road riding is... CARDIO.

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@The Privateer Thanks dude! You're absolutely right. Cheapest upgrade too!

[@wreckinball11]

The rock garden was diabolical.

[@bradl45]

Go Tucker, GO Ebikes!!! Arm pump is REAL, you keep pushing Hard, STuddly race. HUGE thanks for sharing this video!!

[@sk8moto]

Interesting results, I added what people are riding based on various posts. 1 SAM BIRD - EM - 53:32 2 JOSEPH TOOLE - XEMX1- 54:47 3 JASON SMITH - EM - 59:12 4 BRETT BALDWIN - Surron - 1:06:38 5 TUCKER NEARY - EM - 1:10:07 6 ALIS SANDULESCU - EM - 1:16:14 7 JOHN UYEHARA - EM - 1:16:48 8 EDDY WALLACE - Surron - 1:19:26 9 DUSTIN LANGSTON - Cake - 1:26:29 10 GRANT MORTON - Surron - 1:28:40

[@captnshrms]

Pretty sure Eddie Wallace was on a modified sur-ron. I'm floored at all these guys riding tiny bikes for this. And doing pretty good too. Trials seems like a good setup, but I would have done a full size conversion for this race.

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Henry Chain Nice. My next video is a breakdown of each rider and their bike. Coming soon...

[@sk8moto]

@@ElectricCycleRider Looking forward to it. And I noticed how well the electrics did vs the amateur gas bikes. Bird and Toole placed 3rd and 4th overall! did they electrics do the exact same course as gas bikes in the amateur TKO1?

[@rwolfcastle]

YES! I been checking obsessively for TKO footage! THANK YOU SOO MUCH!

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@R Wolfcastle Awesome! Hope you enjoy! 👍

[@rwolfcastle]

Thanks so much. Looks like you made the right choice in bike. How did the grit shift bikes do with the KTM forks?

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@@rwolfcastle The GritShift guys did great! Josh got 15th and Brandon got 16th. Justin had a crash in qualifying and didn't end up racing but someone ended up running his bike. Forgetting who it was right now...

[@DeanF]

Great work Tucker! You and your videos inspired me to buy my first Sur Ron 2 years ago!

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Dean F That's awesome Dean! Thanks for sharing. There were a bunch of Sur Ron's in the race and it was a really great showing for the brand. Hope you're enjoying the bike.

[@TheAlskouba]

I have arm pump just looking at this footage! The track was brutal you did great! So happy to see EM doing so well!

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Afrobitaille Haha! The Electric Motion crushed it!

[@alextaylor8776]

Ahh man that was so intense and extreme, I wouldn’t even attempt to fly a magic carpet across those super gnarly dry river beds. I use to race moto-cross back in the 80’s, this is on a completely other level. No wonder your arms were burning, mine were just watching ha ha. You are awesome and so is that guy who came first. I love this sport!

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Alex Taylor Awesome man, what a time to be racing dirt bikes! Then and now! Best sport in the world. 👍

[@TravisNobles]

That looked awesome. Thanks for uploading a video of the full track!

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Travis Nobles Appreciate it man! My GoPro shut off during a big chunk of the 2nd part of the race, so it's not the full course. Some major water crossings and rock hill climbs that I wish I could have reviewed but you get the gist!

[@TravisNobles]

@@ElectricCycleRider bummer. But yeah it's still an awesome chunk that shows what it was all about. Looks awesome and exhausting! YOU are awesome for setting this whole thing up, bro. If you setup another one of these (emoto class), I'm definitely going (and likely a few friends on electric) - no matter how long the drive is. Looks so amazing.

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@@TravisNobles Awesome man. That is the plan. This was the first of many to come! We'll see you at the next one.

[@2WheelTT]

Good ride on brutal terrain Tucker 👍 It's been a long time since I've had the pure pleasure of riding with arm pump.... it sucks! Congrats on that 5th place. 👏

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@2WheelTT Thanks! Man, I did everything I could to try and prevent it and then tried my best to shake it off when it came on. So frustrating but as you know, it happens!

[@2WheelTT]

@@ElectricCycleRider Yes it does.... Even so you manage to navigate some serious technical terrain for 5th in spite of it. Respect your commitment and abilities. 👍

[@ErikSear]

Well done Tucker! Other than the creek beds of huge river rocks, that trail looks like a lot of fun! The arm pump is killer; I went on a 4 hour trail ride near Georgetown this last weekend and it gets so bad you lose that fine throttle control and can't modulate your speed. The downhill was such a relief to my sore arms.

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Erik Sear Thanks Erik! It was super fun. Everything always looks easier on the GoPro but we were all saying how much we'd like to go back out and ride it at non race pace!

[@eclipse2711]

Brilliant work Tucker and all the future world champs

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Mortimer Andre 🙌

[@bminshew1]

That was exhausting to watch. Awesome riding!

[@veeza7001]

Really good video great ride the bike is amazing, if i had a spare 10G would love one of these

[@musicbox4022]

Incredible what a different experience this is… great job man!!

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@MusicBox Thanks dude!

[@DoesItTrack]

That was impressive man! Such a long race. I kept losing the trail, you did awesome staying on track.

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@DoesItTrack Thanks dude! My GoPro shut off toward the end so I actually lost a decent chunk of the of the race.

[@CashJohnston]

Wow! That looks really exhausting. Great job!

[@fooblahblah]

Nice work! Looks like the EM worked out well.

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@fooblahblah Big fan of the bike, for sure!

[@oscaranderson1822]

Pretty major track very brutal bro!

[@thumbgas888]

Very nice riding!!💪🏾😎,that rock section 🤯

[@enforcer-enduro]

Looks like a proper enduro track. I get armpump just by looking at the riverbeds :D

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Enforcer Enduro 😆

[@89grant808]

Yeee awesome job! Right on Sam Bird, one of the legends here in Hawaii 🤙🏽

[@electricisbetter]

You killed it man! Good job ECR.

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Electric Is Better Hey thanks dude! I saw your name on the start and was hoping to link up. Hope everything went well.

[@electricisbetter]

@@ElectricCycleRider Broken chain on the last mile, still lots of fun! I'll be making some changes to my set-up for next time! 😉

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@@electricisbetter Ahhhh bummer man!! Indeed some notes were taken for next year! See you then.

[@surrontexas3584]

Absolutely amazing event!!!!

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@SurRon Texas Great to see you at TKO! Thanks for coming out 🤘

[@GettingthruLife]

That bike will never be the same again. You'd almost have to hate sometimes to put it through that brutal punishment.

[@tyler.cosmos]

Lol

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Getting thru Life Haha, I said that exact same thing when they sent the bike over...

[@GettingthruLife]

@@ElectricCycleRider That would be the only way I could do that to something in my possession. Have someone else buy it and say ride it as hard as you can. It doesn't matter how it cones back as long as you do good and finish. I even treat every last one my craftman hand tools and sockets like they have been custom painted.

[@davecook81]

Thank you for sharing that and you did an amazing job!!

[@mainyakmainer7162]

Had a little hard time keeping up with em. Props for trying

[@stavrosTX]

Very impressive, congrats!

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Steve Scivally 🙌

[@KNOBBYtv]

The future of things to come! 🤙🏽⚡️🏁🏆

[@easternyellowjacket276]

Yes. And a bright future it looks like for EM's.

[@yodi5257]

AMAZING WOW ! Best video since I've been interested in it ! That is to say since i own a surron. Incredible track 😍 It would have taken me 3 hours but I would love to be able to ride such a spot 😁 Good job dude 👋

[@MrGivmedew]

You did great given the circumstances. Probably would have placed 3rd or 4th with some exercise and better pegs. If you didn’t have custom tuned suspension that would have saved your arms… that and exercise and diet. When I saw the rock gardens I was like NOPE… if I did this run all my effort would go into quality of life upgrades, suspension, rearsets/pegs, full hand guards, tires, then I would train for a triathlon for 3 months running up to the race. There is a very specific regiment for triathlons with an increase then decrease in difficulty with a focus on diet and recovery at the end. The week before I would be very focused on dietary needs and the day off especially. I wonder how many people forgot to fill their drink containers with no-xplode and forgot to eat a bunch of carbs or whatever their fav is before hand. Everyone has their own way of carb loading for triathlon but I wonder how many of these riders didn’t even give exercise and diet a second thought. I watched the video on the top bikes and one thing I saw a lot of was suspensions from downhill MTB or dirt bikes. One guy said he had a boxxer and that’s not a proper suspension. He didn’t say I have an Avalanche Racing Boxxer. Nobody that I remember mentioned any suspension tuners. I don’t own a single stock fork for any of my MTBs I have a stack of forks. At least 8 and a few spare shocks. Every single rear shock is Avalanche Racing, Push Industries or Volsprung Suspension modded. Half the forks are the same names with 3 of them being hybrid coil spring conversions and one being a double spring conversion from Avalanche (both sides are sprung on a fork that normal only one side is). I assure you that those mods reduce the beating your body receives and increases your traction and ability to overcome obstacles. One guy had a blown rear air shock on a Sur Ron… yeh but he had a modded motor and controller if memory serves. Someone was bragging about 20,000 watts!!! I didn’t see a single spot where that would have mattered. Get a bigger sprocket… gear the bike so it can barely reach whatever the top speeds people are known to hit is. Honestly unless you plan on placing podium you don’t even need to hit the top speeds. A few MPH under is fine. Too many people focused on raw power!

[@shawncourville487]

That's some rocky stuff dam

[@motolifeenduro]

as a result, do you need a clutch, or can you do without it?

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Moto Life Enduro It's nice to have but the thought of having it is sometimes more important, if that makes sense. You really don't need it as much as you'd think with the quick torque of the electric bikes. Only when the going gets rough do I feel like I use it more and it's probably just my old brain not adapting...

[@CodyLeoTerry]

That looked awesome!!

[@martymorse2]

Nice ride. There seems to be something missing? Bike handled the.technical stuff more than I thought it would. Thanks for posting.

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@martymorse2 Yeah my GoPro shut off during a big chunk of the 2nd part of the race unfortunately. Hard to race and film at the same time!

[@sethclark9780]

No ktms I see. I want that em bad. Awesome footage and great racing.

[@GroovyVideo2]

Brutal ride - Thanks

[@thingcalledlife2526]

How much battery did you end up with at the end?

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Thingcalledlife I had 48% after the race

[@electroendurodiary]

Looks like a nice race! Was EMs trials suspention adequate for those rock sections? Was there enough teavel in a fork?

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Surron electro enduro diary I struggled a bit with suspension on my bike prior to coming out. Only had 2 rides to try and narrow in on something. The EM factory sent suspension settings for the race, which the 2 other EM riders rode on their bikes. I didn't get the memo in time 😂 and rode mine mostly stock, which felt less than ideal in some sections. I've got those recommended suspension settings now though and will try a back-to-back test to see how it does.

[@electroendurodiary]

@@ElectricCycleRider btw, does EM have a linkage for a rear shock or is it a direct mount?

[@marino4691]

lmao that track designer was like: lets get em go up that cliff full of huge rocks

[@jimmycone3717]

Awesome! Yamaha has an Ebike?

[@shredmas]

That's what I was wondering when I heard him say Yamaha

[@shredmas]

Must be like a MOFO kit from AU

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Jimmy Cone It's the XE4 conversion by XEMX. I've got a full video coming about the bike.

[@adaccarettb]

Excelent !! Great Job. Awesome race, congrats for the 5th place 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼⚡️ Maybe the position chart will name the brand of the E-dirtbike. For example: Surron, Talaria, EM, freeride, etc.

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Andres Daccarett Thank you! Yes, I just wanted to post this video quick. Still traveling back home to Colorado but will have a full profile of each rider and their bike coming.

[@captnshrms]

@@ElectricCycleRider thanks for posting. We are all wanting to see this!

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@@captnshrms 🙌

[@VoltedAdventures]

wow!

[@russellintahoe]

I am curious to see which setups work better than others and what ideas will come of this for improvements. The Stark Varg is coming.

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Russell Epstein A lot of the top mod shops were there and everyone's gears were for sure turning... should be interesting next year...

[@captnshrms]

I was floored at how many Sur-ron's and small bikes were there. If I'm going to spend $12k on a race bike, I'm going to do a full size conversion. I'm not a racer, but I'd love to build a racer's bike. Put the battery in FRONT of the motor and do some stuff you actually can't do on a gas bike. Make it better than any gas bike. Same with hill climbs. You could build a 100kw bike that weighs under 300 lbs and destroy any hill climb open class. Since you only need a couple minutes of battery.

[@fabriziodemaria9035]

Fantastic!😍

[@JustinBleeder]

I'm exhausted!

[@Nathan-jv2pr]

It’s mad!! Combustion engine motor cross looks and sounds so much more exciting but I have a Surron i use it off road a lot having had a few 4 stroke motor bikes. The effort of racing around a track is still hard work Apart from the 4 stroke kick back that nearly breaks your leg while kicking it over 😆

[@douglasyoung3992]

Great perspective on what you guys go through. If your fatigued and out of breath, I'm guessing that a heart attack would be imminent for me!

[@Huber872]

This video put me over the edge. Time to sell something for an e bike 😂

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Huber872 Love it!! 👍

[@easternyellowjacket276]

Great video. I had questions about these electric bikes in rocks/rock gardens, etc. and they've all been answered completely. Electric bikes can certainly get the job done. Where can one purchase an EM Escape R? I can't seem to locate any in the Northeast.

[@IncredibleCisco]

Congrats... Now the big question. Clutch must have or not needed? 😁

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@IncredibleCisco Ooooooof! Great question. I will say that I used it far less than I thought I would. It's nice to know that it's there but that could just be my old-school brain not adapting. Needless to say, I'm happy it was there. I've got this bike to test for a bit longer so I'll be putting some more thought into it...

[@musicbox4022]

@@ElectricCycleRider it looked as if you really didn’t need the clutch. Also- could save on weight without it. I’ve also noticed one could use the brake sensors like a clutch if you’re using the clutch for the “kill power” function. However, I don’t even think the sensors are needed with the instantaneous low end torque of these ebikes. Clutch’s are used on gas bikes to gain instant low end torque. Ebikes naturally have this (ask all the guys who looped out on mine the second they touched it .. despite being warned) I like those EM bikes, but they don’t offer any range upgrades that I know of. The little Chinese things are way more customizable imo

[@tacticooldennis]

I wonder how many Sur Ron foot pegs are still in that riverbed?

[@kdxkyle]

Super cool. Looks kind of bizarre, almost like you're racing a trials bike or mtb at dirt bike speeds.

[@hardworkingamerican8847]

That looks so fun , wonder if my aging self could manage to finish that in one piece . How do practice for that madness and gotta hand it to the build of those machines to not get destroyed by that kind of insane course . Amazing !

[@trajanfpv]

Great job! seems like that bike was a good choice, need a better spring on the peg though. Which Yamaha was that?

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Trajan FPV Thanks dude! Electric Motion was definitely a great choice. I think the peg was just on there a bit too tight. One of the other EM riders said he had an issue with that at one point and the bolt was too tight, I've got the EM as a test bike for a bit longer so I'll mess with it some more. The Yamaha is a conversion done by XEMX and it's called the XE4. Really cool bike and the rider, Jo Jo Toole is a true pro!

[@Madtigertv]

Yea my Boy Sam won 1st! Congrats on your race as well!

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Mad Tiger TV Sam absolutely crushed it! Great ride 👍

[@guillytravels]

I enjoyed this video a lot man, great effort 👏. Do you think the KTM would have been better with all those big rocks?

[@TapioBlue]

So cool to clearly hear the breathing and cursing of the footpeg.

[@steveshot81]

The rock section was insane.I didn’t expect the bike to be able to handle it

[@franciscozamora649]

What's the bike and setup? Great video!

[@alwaysmoto]

No return springs on those foot pegs or just stuff getting stuck in there?

[@shredmas]

Great ride Tucker I can definitely sympathize with the arm pump. It was my biggest enemy racing either MX or cross country. I found if I rode my YZ 125 I didn't get it hardly at all but on the 250 it was bad warming up and stretching helps breathing and try to relax

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Neal Peters Ahh! For sure. Arm pump sucks! I hydrated best I could, did a quick run before the race to get the blood circulating, and you can hear me trying to breathe and lower the heart rate to get rid of it! Thought I had it covered but it always seems to sneak up when you don't want it to. Some of those sections I felt like I was going 50% pace because I couldn't hold on. Something to work on for sure.

[@shredmas]

@@ElectricCycleRider I found the more practice I could get in before the race the less arm pump I would have whether it was MX or cross country. It's hard to do in an off-road event because they don't always have a place you can warm up and of course you don't want to burn any battery up. But even railing some circles and getting the blood flow into your arms and then trying to relax on the start line. The Virginia City Grand Prix this year had an electric bike class I think a cake won it. Maybe think about that one for next year

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@@shredmas Awesome Neal. Thanks for the heads up on that. Definitely trying to make this a bit of a series!

[@oscaranderson1822]

Words of encouragement you're the man do it dude rough Rider ya are. I do a little track prep first that looks brutal. Punch itt and go

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Oscar Anderson 🙌

[@SWTrailsAndWheels]

Yamaha? Are they allowing conversions?

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@lessdeth69 That's an XE4 conversion from XEMX. I'll do another video about the bike to give some more info.

[@jmos96]

Congratulations to everyone that finished! I’m curious why no Freerides or Altas in the race?

[@flames247666]

Well done! What e-bike did you compete on?

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@I did something Thanks man! I rode the Electric Motion Escape R. This is the breakdown video before the race: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqrHq42egNx6n68

[@jimji2774]

Nasty nasties ! I thought you were in the lead as there were no other bikes in view. I wonder how much you used the clutch or were even able to pull it in after holding on for an hour. How did you feel this light weight bike did compared to a full size 2 stroke with bigger suspension and power and weight ?

[@chucktrotter9699]

8.18.22 Fantastic ride Tucker. How do you think the Stark would have done? Those rocks were terrible. At least was not raining. To bad you developed arm pump. I have seen some of your test rides that lasted longer and no arm pump before the arm pump showed up in this ride. Did you happen to come across a person named Ed Fessler. He rides a KTM free usually the Master A class.

[@FreeMissions]

What were the average time differentials betweeen the ebike class and the gas class?

[@TKR126p]

When you take of the goggles is the moment when real Enduro begins🤣

[@jacalnan]

Not a single KTM electric bike? Wonder why. Great Video as always!

[@SouthForkEnduro]

How do you charge you're bike at these events?

[@Z0ttMonte]

Why not with the e-Xc?

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Monte Full explanation here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqrHq42egNx6n68

[@CHARXXEL]

Nice

[@oscaranderson1822]

Man that track is a real punisher on that rough stuff ain't it. I have a question people race legitimately on tracks like this? Hard on equipment.

[@manaoakes3062]

Sick , think I'm gonna race next year . How many miles was the course ?

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Mana Oakes Hope you make it out! We've got a bit more time to plan for next year. I didn't get the exact mileage count but believe it was between 10-12 miles. My camera shut off for a chunk of the 2nd part but you get the picture...

[@fabriziodemaria9035]

How miles?🤔

[@gophop]

Looks like once the bike is around 25mph, it can't even wheelie over obstacles. Am I correct?

[@swedish_sadhguru3854]

Whats the range on that bike if you ride like that?

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Swedish_Sadhguru Full review coming soon but I had 48% after this race on the Electric Motion Escape R.

[@swedish_sadhguru3854]

@@ElectricCycleRider Wow that is pretty good! How is suspension compared to a KTM 450?

[@riversedgedesigninc5759]

Tucker - do you believe that the comparatively light weight & maneuverability of the EM left you more or less beat up than full size & travel suspension would have been ? .. did you use the clutch often ? One things for sure , EM has plenty of power.

[@rickkennedy5960]

Everyone is worrying the bikes won’t survive.. turns out the riders didn’t haha

[@r35tmanbash]

Nice run man! That was a good lead, those foot peg really messed up your run. The arm fatigue is no fun and it will for sure hinder you from holding on the bike. I sub’d looking forward for more races. You got me really looking into these ebikes.

[@metalmulishaz123]

Better off getting regular dirt bike I used to have yz450f and put it desert tank on it and you have 100 mi range try doing that with electric bike even the most expensive KTM only has about the same as the range as a sur-on about 30-40 miles

[@gmy33]

@@metalmulishaz123 yeah but try riding at night where they dont want you with your gasbike .. you no chanche !!! No chanche at all

[@winnythekahuna8073]

That looks painful to do. Respect, that is not easy.

[@zurvivalgaming1578]

i love the electric dirt bikes but its nothing like the smell and sound of a two stroke 😀

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@survival gaming Couldn't agree more! Pros and cons depending on the environment but don't let it go unknown, we love 2 strokes here at ECR too.

[@nielboi808]

the little laugh XD 1:05

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@NielBoi808 Jason Smith was behind me and yelled "I'm gonna get you, Tucker!!!" 😂

[@tecnoworld5324]

I would like to see the battery percentage after 20 minutes of continuous riding

[@adlsaias]

thank god you didnt choose the much heavier KTM. Have you never ridden for an hour before at race pace? Maybe you have race day death grip

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@adlsaias Haha. Yeah. Please come out next year and show us how it's done.

[@adlsaias]

@@ElectricCycleRider That would be fun! However I am seriously wondering how you trained for this event. Do you have a video describing your training for the month before this event that I have some how missed? Can I suggest a new video about a visit with the winner Sam to ride the trails he was using to prep for the event? Perhaps you could compare his prep to yours and have a viral youtube hit on your hands

[@ElectricCycleRider]

If you're seriously wondering, my training was mostly working behind a computer and taking care of our newborn baby. It would be awesome to have had time to properly train for the race but life happens! Despite my lack of prep, I'm quite pleased to have finished quicker than almost 300 other riders in TKO Race 1.

[@adlsaias]

@@ElectricCycleRider Life does happen and congrats on your new baby! As Elon Musk has been saying low birthrate is the number one threat to the future, and you are doing your part! Doing that ride with no rock garden training and getting 5th is amazing! You clearly chose the right trials oriented light weight bike as the winner did the same. Suggestion for next year, take a couple of minutes and scan the other 300 riders on the start line. The video as it is posted now looks like you were racing 6 other riders. The post race interview with the 20 or so other riders has no hint that therw were 300 overall. Still would like to see an in depth interview with the winner Sam and review of his training regimen. I think it would be highly viewed with a title like: The training that was worth XX minutes at the TKO Race 1 . Good luck getting your shuteye

[@greg6162]

Love the idea!!! But that track tho… a little heavy on the boulder’s for those electric bike’s… especially those SurRon’s 😂 What kind of suspension were you running… Fox? Edit: Wait you were riding a SurRon?! Props no matter what type of suspension because they don’t seem to have the ability to grab the bike with your knee’s… at least the Talaria has a little better ergonomic’s in that department. You should have ride that electric KTM I’ve seen in previous video’s, that probably would’ve done a little better on the rough stuff No?

[@Natedoc808]

Solid ride all the way. Do you wish you would have taken the KTM instead?

[@ElectricCycleRider]

Thanks man! I am still pleased with the Electric Motion for the race but there were definitely sections I'd have preferred the KTM. What I wished for is to be in better shape!! Haha.

[@Natedoc808]

@@ElectricCycleRider hahaha, true story! unfortunately you cannot wish for or buy fitness, it can only be earned! More riding dirtbike and mountain bike days are the answer

[@dbc105]

That's not quite Carl's Diner, so what's it called? Carl's Deli?

[@zackjordan808]

looks like helemano crew ride or die C class

[@joemicheal1314]

You honestly could’ve really been up there if your conditioning was more dialed, looking forward to hopefully seeing you send it again next year!

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Joe Micheal Ah! Thanks man. I know. Having a baby and full time business makes the training part hard but going to try and keep the fitness up this year for sure!

[@robertrishel3685]

Wow! I gotta say I’m impressed and was shocked that your batteries lasted past the 15 minute mark!!!! Well done man. I think if you worked in your fitness some you could have won this event.👍 And just how cool would it have been for you to beat those factory Yamaha bikes!!!!????!!!!

[@seanmulvaney5607]

Idk what anyone says that was seriously some tough riding and gritty as fuk!! The mx bikes had the advantage because of thier tire sizes. And that they can easily roll over those rocks where a smaller/thinner tire gets caught up. Whereas the bugger tires glide over alk that chunky stuff that is incredibly strenuous and much slower to ride through. If you had a larger set of rims and larger tire I think you easily would’ve taken them

[@shawncourville487]

I would have problems walking my dog on that

[@sergiobecerrill8291]

You were doing great until you weren’t :/ Nobody knows unless you’ve been in a race, thx for the vids

[@FarmerFpv]

My KTM does better over boulders than my EM, in my opinion. Watching ECR-TKO is much better than spending a hundred dollar bills at 3am in a sketchy strip club in an abandoned crack house.

[@tyler.cosmos]

Hard to stay on your line and keep focus when you keep worrying about your pegs…. That would really annoy me…

[@ElectricCycleRider]

@Tyler Gardner Ahhhhh it was driving me a bit nuts there. I think the peg bolts were just a little too tight and they wouldn't snap back.