Dirt Bikes

​There is no cleaner or easier way to get kids onto a dirtbike than throwing them onto an electric minibike, and Husqvarna has just launched its new EE5, an electric super-Peewee (with apologies to Yamaha) featuring a 5-kilowatt (6.7 hp) motor and some nice looking componentry.​

Dirt Daze is a three-day moto-festival held outside Melbourne, Australia, where attendees are encouraged to bring their least appropriate machinery along for a spot of flat tracking, hill climbing, scrambling and dirt dragging in the name of giggles. New Atlas went along to check out the action.

​Adventure riding comes in many shapes and sizes, but Honda has just released one of the most hardcore road/trail bikes we've ever seen. The 2019 CRF450L is a street-legal version of the CRF450R motocrosser – something that you could easily punt through an enduro race but then ride home.

Yamaha's latest electric motorcycle is an interesting one – it's a trials bike weighing less than 70 kg (154 lb). It's also one of the few electrics you'll see with a clutch, for fine control and extra punch when it's time to wheelie over a log or jump on top of a rock.

Spanish dirt bike company Gas Gas exploded back into relevancy last year with the release of its EC and XC 300 two-stroke enduro and cross country motorcycles. Now, it's released a tricked-out Enduro GP 250 and 300 with enough upgrades to bring them into line with its factory race bikes.

Price is typically the biggest barrier for prospective EV buyers, but bikes like this prove the tables are turning. At just US$3,475, the Sur-Ron Light Bee is a 6,000-watt electric beast that'll give you 90-120 minutes of trail blasting up to a top speed of 40 mph (64 km/h)

A helmet is essential, but it's typically the machine accompanying the helmet that really impresses. Perhaps that's why Stefan Ytterborn, founder of helmet brand POC, turned his attention to the world of powered bikes. His new company Cake debuts to make dirt trails a little quieter and cleaner.

Since 2014, Turtleback Trailer's lineup has grown from a single trailer to a range for everything from extended expeditions to weekend adventures. Its latest trailer carries more than just cooking and camping gear, shouldering an ATV or dirt bikes for a fun stay in the desert or mountains.

Somewhere between motorcycle and electric-assist bicycle lurks what we've come to call the electric superbicycle, your Stealth B52, Greyp G12S and Trefecta DRT. The all-new Neematic FR/1 is more powerful than all of those models, further blurring the line between e-bike and motorbike.

​Fans at the RedBull Straight Rhythm race next Sunday will see the Alta Motors Redshift MX lightweight torque monster go head-to-head with 250 cc gas bikes in a supercross-like event, but without the turns.

The new Kuberg Freerider electric motorcycle serves up power and durability in a 79-lb (36-kg) package with a double cradle, powder-coated steel tube frame and a 48 V motor that can propel the bike to 34 mph (55 km/h).

The super e-bike is far removed from the average electric bicycle and is essentially a motorcycle hiding inside a lighter, simpler bicycle body. The new Trefecta DRT bike doesn't even hide it that well as its military-spec aluminum frame is as much motorcycle as bicycle.