Putting a NEW Motor in the STARK VARG Electric Dirt Bike

We had to put a new motor in our Stark Varg electric dirt bike first. Here is how it went.

We know you wanted the next Stark Varg video to be a range test, but now that we have a complete new powertrain in the bike, we'll be able to start on the battery range test videos!

Despite this motor replacement being an unfortunate situation, there are two things that I cannot deny about Stark Future:

First, is their honesty. From the start, they haven't hidden anything from me, whether it be at the initial test in Spain or here as a customer.

Second, they are on top of it. This controller fault happened on a Sunday afternoon, which was in the middle of the night in Spain. By Thursday morning, 4 days later, I had a complete new Stark Varg powertrain at my door step.

[josiahestabrook]

Seems like a true honest company that doesn't mess around. I hope Stark keeps on this track in the coming years. If so they're fan base will be absolute die hards. Great video 👌

[MrMrMrMrMrT]

You're a YouTuber. Of course they serve you as fast as they can. I wanna see a no-name customer being serviced like this.

[ELECTRICMOTOCROSSMACHINE]

The first civilian to tear down a Stark Varg!

[EVMANVSGAS]

I'm sure Electric Cycle Rider got a little bit of special treatment to get it there so fast. I mean the fast shipping had to cost them a lot but not as much as a bad review. This is the second inverter I have heard about going out on a Varg. Hopefully they learn from these issues and beef up the inverter/drivetrain to handle the way a dirt bike is ridden. I'm rooting for them as you can see by my name and I hope they sell a street legal version of the same bike. Or something very similar.

[bosco]

Props for publishing this. I can imagine marketing at the company would have preferred you bury this info. Appreciate your honest reviews, and continue to recommend you as a resource. Btw my Varg is supposed to be ready next month. Should I wait?

[davidmcdermott]

I'd be interested to see how they support someone without a YouTube channel.

[TexRobNC]

I want one of these so bad. Stark seems to be such an exciting company. It just seems like such a refined package for something so new.

[stroketommy]

Would be cool if people waiting for pre orders weren't getting pushed back while you tubers are getting their second motor motor shipped directly to them. I'm curious what your order date was....

[mxriderdakar]

I hope that they’ll be that fast to fix issues to all customers, and not just you because you have a channel with followers.
But for now they look very serious. Only issue are delivery time, weight and apparently battery life for some customers, depending on how and where they use the bike.

[kingken]

How long did you have it b4 it faulted? And did they let you keep the old motor?

[paulawestcott]

This video will assist in skyrocketing the Varg sales. Very reliable Co.

[yodazac]

I managed to over-current my bac4000 on sur Ron and had to buy replacement.
Yours would've been real expensive if it happened just after warrenty runs out aye? When the only real option is full replacement of big parts like that it does make "repair" quite expensive. Hopefully they will be close to bulletproof soon. Did Varg want the old motor back?

[swank]

Love it…these guys are cranking bikes out and honoring warranty issues. They are definitely impressing me and I don’t regret my order whatsoever! I remember being told this company is “vapor ware” and that I was crazy but it was the best 100$ i ever risked.

I know range tests have to be the hardest content you make cause you can’t just range test it once….you have to do different levels and terrain…you think you could get us a track range test to compare to the trail??

We appreciate the content and definitely understand that range testing is incredibly time consuming and it’s impossible to meet every persons range questions. The amount of uses people have for this bike is endless and we all wanna see our range question answered. Granted mine will be here in a couple weeks I’m interested to see what you get for range to compare to.

Again thanks for the content!

[Briggsys_Stuff]

Cool that you got it sorted quickly. I do wonder how long it would have took if you wanted Stark to organise the swap out like you would if your brand new KTM blew up? Where’s your nearest Stark dealer, as not every owner is going to want to do that job!?

[kandydavins]

Saw the title and thought you were doing a mod and was like WTF you are crazy!

[vintagetrikesandquads]

Where are you riding? Looks like a great place--very scenic.

[paullynch]

A new motor already, not really a good advert for them, bit of a shame

[kandydavins]

Im interested to know if the phone sends feedback to them about the problem in the bike. That would be cool lol

[keenabout]

The first 6 or so XR400'S that came to Australia all blew up. Anndd Honda didn't replace the motor, they had to be rebuilt by the desler

[markkitaoka]

Great attitude. I go to look at one this week.