ELECTRICMOTO BLADE XT OWNERS? Any out there?

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ELECTRICMOTO BLADE XT OWNERS? Any out there?

Hello. Just looking for some feedback from Blade owners, or just people that may have some info to share about Electricmoto.

May purchase a bike. Let me know what you think, Thanks

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Re: ELECTRICMOTO BLADE XT OWNERS? Any out there?

I too am hoping to get an ElectricMoto Blade XT soon... heck, I'd be happy with the original Blade!
My research has turned up zero retailers.
Any luck in finding out where people can actually buy one?
Actually, does anyone know if ElectricMoto is still in business?
The website http://www.electricmoto.com is currently a dead link.

Thanks everyone!

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Re: ELECTRICMOTO BLADE XT OWNERS? Any out there?

I have the New Blade XT that I purchased from Electricmoto through there Beta program. I wasn't happy with the quality and performance of the bike.

The good points or the bike are......
1. Great Controller (Alltrax 4844)
2. Good motor (PMG132)
3. Unreal Suspension
4. Better Brakes

Some of the bad points
1. Poor battery set (Thundersky 40 ah) Puts out only 46v @ 120amps cont. This equals to 5.5kw of power. Not the 13kw advertised. Voltage drops bellow 40v during acceleration.
2. Poor quality in the plastic finish
3. Plastic mounts too thin of material
4. Front knob MX tires used for the rear tire.
5. Front and rear hubs not machined correctly causing wobble at sprocket.
6. No return spring installed at the foot pegs.
7. Kick stand mounting wears through you riding boots after short ride due to sharp edges
8. Poor wiring. (wires were wrapped with electrical tape, and or hanging loose etc)
9. Batteries drain if they stay plugged into the controller.
10. No BMS in the charging of the Lithium batteries
11. More attention to detail is needed

This list goes on. Electricmoto has heard all my complaints and has offered me a full refund. I have crated the bike and am waiting for payment from Electricmoto. It has been almost 6 months and Electricmoto still doesn't have the funds to give me a refund. Also at the moment the Electricmoto web site is down.

Last I have heard Electricmoto is in the works of installing a better battery pack and repairing all the problems of the earlier Blade XT.

If anyone has questions or wants pictures of the Blade XT let me know on this post.

Cheers

frame_BladeXT.jpg

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Re: ELECTRICMOTO BLADE XT OWNERS? Any out there?

Thanks for comprehensively detailing the pro's and con's. Very informative!

Yes, please post lots of photos! I'm sure many people will appreciate it! :)

Thanks again!

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The new Electricmoto web site is up now..............looks OK but not finished.

Still waiting for the refund money. Hope to get it next week as that is I was told. Hope so.

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Re: ELECTRICMOTO BLADE XT OWNERS? Any out there?

I just got an e-mail from Dario of Quantya.us and he will be in Seattle with a couple of bikes in mid August. If a few more people want to meet up ,just drop Dario a line.

dario [at] quantya.us

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