ICE VS ELECTRIC

EVERYONE KNOWS THE STARK VARG IS FAST… BUT IS IT REALLY FASTER THAN OUR SHOOTOUT-WINNING YAMAHA YZ450F? BOYDY HITS THE TRACK TO FIND OUT…

MAT BOYD

Electric bikes are not necessarily anything new to the motorcycle industry. We have seen a few of them floating around over the last decade, and we have seen a few brands and designs come and go, but when the Stark Varg was launched it basically blew up the competition and turned the whole electric dirtbike scene upside down. The Varg is an electric dirtbike that produces 80hp in full power mode but can also be tamed down using a tuner attached to the handlebar cross-bar pad. The power characteristics are completely adjustable, as is throttle sensitivity. With the Stark Varg being the elite electric weapon, and the internal combustion engine (ICE) Yamaha YZ450F being the winner of our 450cc shootout (issue #544), we thought we should ride them both back…

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