I got an early taste of Dust Moto's prototype electric dirt bike this spring. It was a very short test in my backyard. Further, I had the weight of the company's founders' eyes watching me as I took their one and only prototype for a quick rip.
Suffice it to say, I didn't shred as hard as I would've liked.
But from what I felt beneath me, how the bike handled, the power delivery, the dynamics, the brakes, and everything else—albeit at slower speeds than I would've liked—it felt like it had real potential to become what the company envisions: a return to backyard fun.
Now, only a few short months later, Dust Moto is ready to debut the production-ready model and, like the prototype, it looks pretty solid, both in spec and design. It also has a new name: Hightail. Count me in the hype camp as it looks ready to hit your local motocross track, single track, or backyard with a vengeance.
