That does not include the battery charger, which will cost $500 for the basic charger or $750 for a new version that will charge the Redshift MX a little quicker. To start, the 2018 Redshift MX, which has just a few technical updates now has a retail price of just $10,495. Here we are just a year later, and Alta has made some huge gains on all those negatives. The new Alta Redshift MXR gets better performance and longer battery life-not to mention a substantially smaller price tag.
(You just might have to replace the chain and sprockets every now and then.) The lack of sound also opens a lot of riding options as the Alta can be ridden on a backyard track without your neighbors even knowing. The motor is basically maintenance free with a 1000-hour maintenance cycle and you don’t need to clean air filters or change the oil. The lack of a shifter allows you to evenly weight both pegs and you don’t have to worry about being in the right gear or stalling the motor in tight and technical conditions. On the track and trails, the 2017 Redshift MX had some advantages over a standard internal combustion-powered motorcycle.
We also noted that electric powered cars have proven to be among the quickest production cars available, so the technology is there but it is challenging to squeeze that down to fit into a motorcycle. You can read that story by clicking HERE.
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Is the future of motocross going to be powered by batteries? If so, are we there yet? We got to spend a full day at the motocross track riding the 2018 Alta Redshift MXR to try to answer these questions.Īs we reported in our first test of the 2017 Alta Redshift MX last year, we came away impressed with the design, build quality, and performance. 1-Alta-MXR.jpg (185 KiB) Viewed 7419 times