Super show... i live in Europe and drive the older 2015 model, the year i also did buy it... No problems yet. No Oil change, No filter cleaning, no changing pistols.. just get on and drive 👍 not even has to run the motor hot... get on and fulltrottle.
@@Bumfluff-k2d ..even thou this is a KTM...the bolts should hold up..;) the Freeride is not like the older KTMs like my 600-ER Lc4...where everything gets lose even the dentures of the driver! ;) greetings from germany
Can't wait for the technology to catch up so that the performance gets better and the price gets lower. Sounds like a perfect bike to get people into our sport that otherwise are afraid to throw a leg over a bike.
I hope this helps keep our sport alive. There are definitely some downsides to electric bikes but if it gets more people buying and riding dirt bikes all the better.
there was an real electric dirt bike on the market...the ALTA redshift...but the company has gone out of buisness after a deal with harley had gone wrong..
Thanks for watching. We forgot a couple stats...18kW (24.5 hp) @ 5000 rpm and Weighs 244 lbs. Let us know if you have any questions in the comments below.
Just got one today.! Paid 6K for it so it looks like a sweet deal.! Now time to actually ride it and find out if I actually got a sweet deal or not lol. Enjoy watching your videos thanks for all the info about the bike.!
I think you can buy pretty decent voltage converter with circuit breaker protection for 100 bucks. Search for one that has multiple combinations for converting power. A Step up(110 to 220v) and step down (220 to 110) Combo since those are safer. You can also find and use a nice step up only voltage converter. Not sure how well these can work for charging, but it can be solution to charge it on 220v. Sam, Rich i am not sure how you gonna charge this bike but, in case you guys test some of the converters, please add some links. Thanks
@@alex_atan Yeah I thought about that as well. I do have a 220V in my house but its for my dryer and has the industrial plug. Looks like we need to continue to do some research.
@@alex_atan not sure if that will work since usa 220v power is 2 hot lines instead of 1 hot line 110v. Basically its 2 hot lines feeding power instead of 1 that could potentially get to hot trying to deliver power. But I'm no electrician
@@alex_atan problem with a 110v to 220v converter is to supply the 10A to 13A @ 220V the charger wants, you need 20A to 26A @ 110v... that's just not commonly available in the US. I'm really REALLY surprised KTM didn't learn from the 2017 trial that you need a 110v option in the US, even if it's slower. The car industry did, Alta did... get with the program KTM!
Hai there,my ktm free ride exc malfunction al lamp indicator is flashing and beeping that disabled the bike from running.i tried to charge the 12v battery but the error was not eliminated how can this error be eradicated.thank you!
I have a Sur Ron X bike. It has a 1.5 hour endurance. Also with the governor off it will hit 48mph. Same capability but only cost $3,600 and a spare battery is $1,500. Also you can charge it on a 110 outlet. Much better deal, also I own a KTM 350 XC-F. Love my KTM.
My surron only gets 25 to 30 miles range and that is in economy mode. Much less in sport mode. Not enough range even for casual family riding so looking for something to get 50 to 60 miles of casual family trail riding. With the surron, I mostly ride it by myself and do out and back rides in the mountains so i can turn around at 50% battery. Loops are stressful. Ha. Ride my gas dirtbike with others. Will get a freeride or zero this year to get the range i need, but looking like the ktm freeride won't get enough range, which is a bummer because I prefer it over the zero.
Sort of bummed about the 220 power required to charge. Not sure what that means for a generator. I talked to a dealer in Dallas and he said these bikes are being bought by folks who ride on their own land and ranches and can come back to the house/shop and plug it in. I would probably buy this for my ranch and use it as a ranch/farm “tool”. Use it to check on the cows and fences and deer feeders.
Yeah it makes it a bit harder to charge. The battery is removable so you can charge it in a different location then the bike. It is the perfect hop in and rip around bike.
Not worth it, i had one. Takes too long to charge and filling a generator with diesel is more expensive then filling a gas bike up. Also defeats the purpose of a ev-bike to use a generator to charge it😂. I sold it i regretted it after i rode it for 11miles and it was dead and waited like 2hrs before i can ride again cuz i didnt bring my gas bike with me as well
@@BackcountryLife ...or solar, wind or hydro. Depends on what state you live in as to what percentage renewable source. For example, Montana is over 50% renewable (mostly hydroelectric). Looking forward to your range tests. Have seen videos where empty in 30 minutes but that is wide open. Would like to see multiple range tests with both regular riding and in slow trail riding. Not only time, like ktm gives, but miles. So please include miles traveled in your range tests. On family rides, we do 40 to 60 miles at a casual pace. My surron only gets 25 to 30 miles so I'm usually on one of my gassers. Will buy a freeride or zero this summer, but freeride may not have the range so will have to do a zero for now (and mess with chain conversion, etc. which is a pain). Zero won't sell the mmx to the public, which would make a great trail bike. Zero makes you buy the fx and convert it to chain drive, knobbies, rear flap, seat, signal delete, etc.
Got 11-13 miles on mine for a charge. Sold it after a season, i ride on my land that has no power so id have to use a diesel generator to charge it and it took too long. Its cheaper fil my gas bike up with 93 then to fill my generator up with diesel to charge the bike. Plus its sounds like a r/c car and its really annoying
I’m all about the electric mx bikes, but 24hp and 50 mph.... seems a little sluggish for me to spend almost 12k on. I mean Alta was way past this level years ago, wonder why Ktm hasn’t surpassed that level yet :(
Taylor Moesly I actually agree with that. It’s a really cool bike but I wish it was more competitive like the Alta was. Who know maybe KTM will come out with a full size e bike 🤷
Backcountry Life I agree, I’m hoping they step it up and introduce a ebike that can compete in the 250f and hopefully even the 450f class within the next year or two, Ill be keeping my eye on them and their ebike progress
Has anyone figured out how to unlock the speed limit? That motor should be able handle 40%-60% more power. They under power it to get more battery range.
@@BackcountryLife as a owner of the bike please look into it! Lol i know one day there will be battery upgrades controller upgrades like there is for the sur-ron you can upgrade and customize every part of that bike. But someone has to be the 1st
Rich, Sam, Great information - keep the videos coming. Greatly appreciate your efforts...... Dirt Rider did a review of the KTM Freeride E-XC back in 2018 www.dirtrider.com/ktm-electric-bike-freeride-e-xc/. That article details a bit about the charging aspects with voltage requirements, generator use as well as spare battery cost, etc - not sure if things have changed that much with the bike since that time. The article also states that you can switch to a traditional rear brake setup by using the gas version of the Freeride’s brake hardware. I’m very interested in your review of this bike. Since you own it I feel your review will be more realistic to “real world” expectations and results. Again from my earlier post, I live in Maryland where we have extreme noise restrictions in every county so most of us just get to look at our gas bikes in the garage - not ride them 😁. I’d love to be able to just open my garage and cruise around on one of these in my woods. It would open up so much more riding opportunities for everyone. Would be nice to see KTM move this eventually to an XCW type frame. Thanks again for the videos.
Sorry we said Maine instead of Maryland 😬 I’ll do a deep dive into that article. Thank you for sending that over. I’ll let Rich decide if he wants to change the rear brake down to a foot brake. It’s just different and there are pluses and minuses to each locations. We want to provide a real world view. Living with an electric dirt bike is going to be different but also a huge learning curve. We are no experts in electric dirt bikes so we are learning as we go! We really appreciate your input.
actually..220Volts is becouse its an european bike..acually its 230 volts in most of europe..until about 187 we had 220V ...since then they swapped to 230 in steps.. greetings from germany
Great bikes, system way too much expensive to ride 4 hours a day. I would still buy one if I had the money, because I only ride 2 hours a day maximum, but I don’t have it🤷🏻♂️
Backcountry Life , if you have to had a guess when would they release a newer model? Don’t you think with these bikes getting more populair they would have more budget and time to work on electric bikes? Thank you very much for the nice video!
@@BackcountryLife Only have a few days on it now that’s it’s set up for me. Went with a 13T counter shaft sprocket,lighter weight 520 chain,gummy tires,bars and aluminum throttle tube to fix throttle slop. Perfect for a hard 30 minute silent single track rip in the so.Maine woods.. I’m a wheel builder by trader and just built a new wheel set for it
@@BackcountryLife I have been looking into electric off road dirt bikes and motorcycles because I wanted to buy one but the ride times don't justify the cost.Unless you live near a track or a place to ride where you can charge up the bike you will only go so far.Surron has a model coming out this year and I'm curious to see the specs on it.
how can it be that USA pays less for the freeride than austria . u cant even reach out to ktm for any questions unless u allry bought one of their bikes , way to lose customers
@@warped2875 I would totally understand that but I'm from Austria not Australia. We make these things lol And euro is higher than usd + we have lower incomes than u in USA in generell
@@BackcountryLife please test with different riding styles and terrain. Like one wide open fast trails, another with just casual family riding speeds, another slow technical single track. And record miles traveled and not just time to empty. GPS track will give you average time overall and average moving time which are important stats to share. Thank you!
@@BackcountryLife I don't think it's too long, but it is too loud. Both intro and outtro, the volume is set way louder than your main video content. Would be great to modulate it so it all flows rather than require multiple volume adjustments when watching your vids. Love the content, though, so thank you!
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Super show... i live in Europe and drive the older 2015 model, the year i also did buy it... No problems yet. No Oil change, No filter cleaning, no changing pistols.. just get on and drive 👍 not even has to run the motor hot... get on and fulltrottle.
Awesome good to hear that it’s still running well!!
maybe check your bolts and shit 🤣
@@Bumfluff-k2d ..it´s not an cheap chinese crap where bolts fall out all the time ;)
@@Bitplanebrother doesnt matter how expensive your bike is any movement or vibration rattles them lose???
@@Bumfluff-k2d ..even thou this is a KTM...the bolts should hold up..;)
the Freeride is not like the older KTMs like my 600-ER Lc4...where everything gets lose even the dentures of the driver! ;)
greetings from germany
Can't wait for the technology to catch up so that the performance gets better and the price gets lower. Sounds like a perfect bike to get people into our sport that otherwise are afraid to throw a leg over a bike.
I hope this helps keep our sport alive. There are definitely some downsides to electric bikes but if it gets more people buying and riding dirt bikes all the better.
there was an real electric dirt bike on the market...the ALTA redshift...but the company has gone out of buisness after a deal with harley had gone wrong..
@@Bitplanebrother yeah I know. Alta had a bike in the straight rythem contest a year or so ago
Yeah it’s really disappointing about Alta
Backcountry Life desapointing about who?
Thanks for watching. We forgot a couple stats...18kW (24.5 hp) @ 5000 rpm and Weighs 244 lbs. Let us know if you have any questions in the comments below.
Can’t wait to see this thing jump!
Yes, we are interested to see how it jumps as well.
Looking forward to seeing it in action!
Us too!
Just got one today.! Paid 6K for it so it looks like a sweet deal.!
Now time to actually ride it and find out if I actually got a sweet deal or not lol.
Enjoy watching your videos thanks for all the info about the bike.!
Can you use a 220-110 adapter and slow charge? Or does it not support that at all? Thank you
That’s a good question. I don’t know if that’s possible or not.
I think you can buy pretty decent voltage converter with circuit breaker protection for 100 bucks. Search for one that has multiple combinations for converting power. A Step up(110 to 220v) and step down (220 to 110) Combo since those are safer. You can also find and use a nice step up only voltage converter. Not sure how well these can work for charging, but it can be solution to charge it on 220v.
Sam, Rich i am not sure how you gonna charge this bike but, in case you guys test some of the converters, please add some links.
Thanks
@@alex_atan Yeah I thought about that as well. I do have a 220V in my house but its for my dryer and has the industrial plug. Looks like we need to continue to do some research.
@@alex_atan not sure if that will work since usa 220v power is 2 hot lines instead of 1 hot line 110v. Basically its 2 hot lines feeding power instead of 1 that could potentially get to hot trying to deliver power. But I'm no electrician
@@alex_atan problem with a 110v to 220v converter is to supply the 10A to 13A @ 220V the charger wants, you need 20A to 26A @ 110v... that's just not commonly available in the US. I'm really REALLY surprised KTM didn't learn from the 2017 trial that you need a 110v option in the US, even if it's slower. The car industry did, Alta did... get with the program KTM!
Hai there,my ktm free ride exc malfunction al lamp indicator is flashing and beeping that disabled the bike from running.i tried to charge the 12v battery but the error was not eliminated how can this error be eradicated.thank you!
I could contact these guys for help - www.solid-performance.com/
I have a Sur Ron X bike. It has a 1.5 hour endurance. Also with the governor off it will hit 48mph. Same capability but only cost $3,600 and a spare battery is $1,500. Also you can charge it on a 110 outlet. Much better deal, also I own a KTM 350 XC-F. Love my KTM.
Jerry Sarnataro Sur Ron did it right by allowing it to charge on 110. That price is hard to beat
My surron only gets 25 to 30 miles range and that is in economy mode. Much less in sport mode. Not enough range even for casual family riding so looking for something to get 50 to 60 miles of casual family trail riding. With the surron, I mostly ride it by myself and do out and back rides in the mountains so i can turn around at 50% battery. Loops are stressful. Ha. Ride my gas dirtbike with others. Will get a freeride or zero this year to get the range i need, but looking like the ktm freeride won't get enough range, which is a bummer because I prefer it over the zero.
@@MrChadx1 They do need a larger range for sure. But we have to start somewhere.
you can´t compare the surron with an Freeride..the surron is more like a Mountainbike than an aktual dirtbike...especially without mods..
Jerry Sarnataro I have the Sur-Ron on the way and ride a 2019 KTM XCF250. Can’t wait to ride the electric bike.
How tall are you too so I can compare the bike thanks
5’11
6:00 why is that a thing anyway? Why isnt this the same as on motorbikes
Have you wondered about radiator guards
The Freeride comes with some plastics guards that seem ok. I don't think any one makes an aftermarket radiator guard yet.
Sort of bummed about the 220 power required to charge. Not sure what that means for a generator. I talked to a dealer in Dallas and he said these bikes are being bought by folks who ride on their own land and ranches and can come back to the house/shop and plug it in. I would probably buy this for my ranch and use it as a ranch/farm “tool”. Use it to check on the cows and fences and deer feeders.
Yeah it makes it a bit harder to charge. The battery is removable so you can charge it in a different location then the bike. It is the perfect hop in and rip around bike.
Not worth it, i had one. Takes too long to charge and filling a generator with diesel is more expensive then filling a gas bike up. Also defeats the purpose of a ev-bike to use a generator to charge it😂. I sold it i regretted it after i rode it for 11miles and it was dead and waited like 2hrs before i can ride again cuz i didnt bring my gas bike with me as well
Coal powered or gas powered anyhow haha.
@@BackcountryLife ...or solar, wind or hydro. Depends on what state you live in as to what percentage renewable source. For example, Montana is over 50% renewable (mostly hydroelectric). Looking forward to your range tests. Have seen videos where empty in 30 minutes but that is wide open. Would like to see multiple range tests with both regular riding and in slow trail riding. Not only time, like ktm gives, but miles. So please include miles traveled in your range tests. On family rides, we do 40 to 60 miles at a casual pace. My surron only gets 25 to 30 miles so I'm usually on one of my gassers. Will buy a freeride or zero this summer, but freeride may not have the range so will have to do a zero for now (and mess with chain conversion, etc. which is a pain). Zero won't sell the mmx to the public, which would make a great trail bike. Zero makes you buy the fx and convert it to chain drive, knobbies, rear flap, seat, signal delete, etc.
Dream bike😢
It’s such a fun bike
@@BackcountryLife wish i could get one😞
Got 11-13 miles on mine for a charge. Sold it after a season, i ride on my land that has no power so id have to use a diesel generator to charge it and it took too long. Its cheaper fil my gas bike up with 93 then to fill my generator up with diesel to charge the bike. Plus its sounds like a r/c car and its really annoying
The charging part is a downside. Same with the mileage. We plan seeing how long this new one will last.
Can you charge it at a local charging station with the right adaptor?
If the right adapters exist then it would work.
I'm at a loss.
This is stupid KTM did it this way.
It's like heres a cool bike! Hope you have 220!
I’m all about the electric mx bikes, but 24hp and 50 mph.... seems a little sluggish for me to spend almost 12k on. I mean Alta was way past this level years ago, wonder why Ktm hasn’t surpassed that level yet :(
Taylor Moesly I actually agree with that. It’s a really cool bike but I wish it was more competitive like the Alta was. Who know maybe KTM will come out with a full size e bike 🤷
Backcountry Life I agree, I’m hoping they step it up and introduce a ebike that can compete in the 250f and hopefully even the 450f class within the next year or two, Ill be keeping my eye on them and their ebike progress
Taylor Moesly that would be sweet! I feel like it has to be one of the big bike manufacturers to get the ebike to stick
What chemistry of li- si there. Lifepo or liion or lipol
its a lithium Ion battery
I want this bike
We did to. Haha
Hi
Спасибо !
Has anyone figured out how to unlock the speed limit? That motor should be able handle 40%-60% more power. They under power it to get more battery range.
Not anyone that I know of!
@@BackcountryLife as a owner of the bike please look into it! Lol i know one day there will be battery upgrades controller upgrades like there is for the sur-ron you can upgrade and customize every part of that bike. But someone has to be the 1st
Good
Thanks
just imagine in few years:
-200km/124miles range
-100kmh/60mph top speed
-3000k price
That would be pretty awesome!
Rich, Sam, Great information - keep the videos coming. Greatly appreciate your efforts...... Dirt Rider did a review of the KTM Freeride E-XC back in 2018 www.dirtrider.com/ktm-electric-bike-freeride-e-xc/. That article details a bit about the charging aspects with voltage requirements, generator use as well as spare battery cost, etc - not sure if things have changed that much with the bike since that time. The article also states that you can switch to a traditional rear brake setup by using the gas version of the Freeride’s brake hardware. I’m very interested in your review of this bike. Since you own it I feel your review will be more realistic to “real world” expectations and results. Again from my earlier post, I live in Maryland where we have extreme noise restrictions in every county so most of us just get to look at our gas bikes in the garage - not ride them 😁. I’d love to be able to just open my garage and cruise around on one of these in my woods. It would open up so much more riding opportunities for everyone. Would be nice to see KTM move this eventually to an XCW type frame. Thanks again for the videos.
Sorry we said Maine instead of Maryland 😬 I’ll do a deep dive into that article. Thank you for sending that over. I’ll let Rich decide if he wants to change the rear brake down to a foot brake. It’s just different and there are pluses and minuses to each locations. We want to provide a real world view. Living with an electric dirt bike is going to be different but also a huge learning curve. We are no experts in electric dirt bikes so we are learning as we go! We really appreciate your input.
actually..220Volts is becouse its an european bike..acually its 230 volts in most of europe..until about 187 we had 220V ...since then they swapped to 230 in steps..
greetings from germany
Your exactly right. Thanks for the info
Great bikes, system way too much expensive to ride 4 hours a day. I would still buy one if I had the money, because I only ride 2 hours a day maximum, but I don’t have it🤷🏻♂️
Yeah a bit expensive for what it is but pretty cool still. I think it will only get better though
Backcountry Life , if you have to had a guess when would they release a newer model? Don’t you think with these bikes getting more populair they would have more budget and time to work on electric bikes? Thank you very much for the nice video!
Wow that’s too much money for your freeride. My 2022 KTM freeride e-xc brand new $8400
Yeah we had one of the first ones in the USA and that was what they were going for at the time.
@@BackcountryLife yea sorry y’all had to pay the extra but I completely understand reason 🤟🏼
@@mainyakmainer7162 how are you liking yours?
@@BackcountryLife
Only have a few days on it now that’s it’s set up for me. Went with a 13T counter shaft sprocket,lighter weight 520 chain,gummy tires,bars and aluminum throttle tube to fix throttle slop. Perfect for a hard 30 minute silent single track rip in the so.Maine woods.. I’m a wheel builder by trader and just built a new wheel set for it
4 hour run time/15 min full charge/Cost of bike $6500 Ok im in.
I like this bike but 1 1/2 hours of ride time sucks
That’s what KTM claims but we will see what it is in real world trail riding.
@@BackcountryLife I have been looking into electric off road dirt bikes and motorcycles because I wanted to buy one but the ride times don't justify the cost.Unless you live near a track or a place to ride where you can charge up the bike you will only go so far.Surron has a model coming out this year and I'm curious to see the specs on it.
Steve kokkinidis that’s really the issue. The Sur Ron Storm Bee. Hopefully we will see more manufacturers join the electric dirt bike club.
how can it be that USA pays less for the freeride than austria .
u cant even reach out to ktm for any questions unless u allry bought one of their bikes ,
way to lose customers
Who knows...
1. The exchange rate. >>> $1.00 USD = $1.50 AUD
@@warped2875 I would totally understand that but I'm from Austria not Australia.
We make these things lol
And euro is higher than usd + we have lower incomes than u in USA in generell
@@hp4p110
Oops, totally mis-read your home country.
Ich bin ein Idiot ....Lol
At least my reason #2 is still valid, though!!!
1.5 hours not for me
On the low setting it will last 3 hours but agree it needs to be able to last longer
Yea more like 11miles😂
Haha we will be testing that out for sure
@@BackcountryLife please test with different riding styles and terrain. Like one wide open fast trails, another with just casual family riding speeds, another slow technical single track. And record miles traveled and not just time to empty. GPS track will give you average time overall and average moving time which are important stats to share. Thank you!
@@MrChadx1 That is EXACTLY what we plan on doing. Thank you for the feedback.
♻🔋👏💪🔝❤
Electric dirt bike God help us gimmick hope I never live to see the day if this becomes the norm
You guys have start up intro that lasts too long and then it just gets worse.
Thanks for your feedback
@@BackcountryLife I don't think it's too long, but it is too loud. Both intro and outtro, the volume is set way louder than your main video content. Would be great to modulate it so it all flows rather than require multiple volume adjustments when watching your vids. Love the content, though, so thank you!
@@MrChadx1 we appreciate the feedback and the support.