Alta Motors is no more, but some of its products are still out and about. One is the Alta Redshift electric dirtbike. A Redshift owner let pro rider Jeff Walker take his bike out for a ride at the Fox Raceway in Pala, California. After a quick lap to get the layout down, Walker proceeds to catch and pass most of the four-stroke bikes on the track. And he does so silently… ok, well not so silently, because once he finds the horn button he proceeds to wear it out a bit.
Walker notes that the suspension setup is far too soft for this sort of thing. But that doesn’t discourage him from ripping around the course. At on point, Walker overshoots a corner and he says it’s because without the engine noise it’s hard to tell just how fast you’re going.
Alta Motors folded towards the end of 2018. It’s a shame because the company appeared ready to produce some great all-electric options. A pending deal with Harley-Davidson didn’t work out and that left the company seemingly out of options. At least some of its products are still out there turning fast laps.
