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able to complain that it doesn’t go fast enough. Electrek’s Take
I’m excited by the Evoke 6061. There’s a distinct
Evoke is expecting the new bike’s range to exceed lack of good cruiser-style electric motorcycles on
that of the city range figures of bikes like the Zero the market.
SR/F and Lightning Strike, which are both capable
of nearly 320 km (200 mi) of range. Everyone seems to be building roadsters and sport-
bikes. Roadsters and naked bikes are certainly
When will we see the Evoke 6061 electric motorcy- more comfortable than sportbikes over longer rides,
cle on the road? but it’s hard to beat a cruiser on ride comfort. Not
While the specs sound great, we’ve heard of im- everyone wants to set land speed records on their
pressive sounding electric motorcycle concepts way to work. Many just want to sit back, relax and
that never materialize before. I pressed Nathan on enjoy the ride. So an electric cruiser option is defi-
the issue, and he reassured Electrek that Evoke nitely going to please a lot of people.
was using its experience designing and producing
the highly acclaimed Urban Series electric motor- As far as specs, I hope the Evoke 6061 can deliver.
cycle to ensure their new Evoke 6061 would be a I’d be more skeptical if this was some startup build-
true success. The company plans to have the first ing their first bike. We’ve seen a lot of startups like
test bikes on the road by June, which they’ll use to that, promising impressive designs and specs. But
finalize the component choices. Afterwards, Evoke Evoke has been building electric motorcycles for
expects to have a market-viable bike by the end of years and has received great reviews for its Urban
this year. Series bikes. So I’m confident that the company will
be able to deliver on the Evoke 6061.
According to Nathan:

With electric power train and battery manufacturing
taking place solely in China (i.e. all of Zero’s and
the Strike’s components are coming from China), it
gives us a solid supply chain pathway for the crea-
tion of this bike. So being in China with an interna-
tional design team really puts us a few steps ahead
of the other guys. It also allows us to prototype
quickly and cost effectively compared to doing this
in the US or anywhere else.

That efficiency should help Evoke expedite the rest
of their development process and roll out the Evoke
6061 sooner.

Pricing hasn’t been confirmed yet as the bike’s
components aren’t yet finalized. The Urban Series
already offered by Evoke is currently available for
around $9,500, though it has lower performance
than the 6061.

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Evoke’s Urban Series electric motorcycle

Initial plans are for a domestic roll out in China first,
but Evoke has already begun expanding internation-
ally. They’ve told Electrek that more details regard-
ing the company’s international sales strategy will
likely be available over the next few weeks.

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