This is a terrible idea. It's dangerous for users, and reckless for a company to make something like this.
I want one.
this post was submitted on 08 May 2025
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micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
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Remember kids, the ground does not care WHAT you fell off of, only how fast you are going when you meet it. Wear gear! Your standard bike riding outfit is going to shred like tissue paper if you come off this at anything over about 30mph.
Even below that...
Yes but below thirty you tend to keep MOST of your skin.
What if I am wearing someone else's skin over my own?
You just invented motorcycle leathers!
Yeah, that's a good point.
Pushing the definition of 'bike' as far as it can go.
I called my old motorcycle a bike, so it's only a matter of time.
For info, in the EU you need an entry-level motorbike license to ride this. That means a one-day course (expensive) if you already have a car license, otherwise a 20-hour course plus exam.
That's for anything over 4kW and this thing does 8.
At 11kW you would need a full motorbike license. Which means passing a theory exam, multiple (hard) riding tests, and in some countries even an interview where you have to regurgitate accident statistics. It's all extremely expensive and inconvenient. I speak from bitter experience. That's how much they don't want young idiots riding powerful two-wheelers.
In Australia anyone can ride it, just not legally on any road any where.
I want one :)
What sort of charger? , can i carry it in my pack, pull out of the bush at a local pub, charge up and have a meal, then head off ?
I had been considering the new Varg, road legal.