Thanks to AES for bringing 2 bikes out to demo.
THEY ARE AWESOME. I would EASILY be quicker on the Alta than on my RMZ.
When you first take off you are expecting all this weird stuff to happen....but it doesn't. It just goes just like any other bike does, but silent, no clutch, no shifting, no stalling in the turns, just go.
Honestly, for old slow guys like me, or beginners, these things are the absolute hot setup. That doesn't mean they are NOT good for others, I just can see immediately for vets and novices how much easier to ride they are. If they made a slightly smaller sized model I would probably buy one right away for the Mrs. She would LOVE it.
I was washing my RMZ Sunday and just looking at it and thinking how much of a waste it is having all the stuff on there like valves, exhaust, airbox, etc.
I could totally see me owning one of these in the next couple years! Everyone is all hung up on the Big 6 bikes having electric start --- really they need to be working on ELECTRIC bikes.