to go along with my Suzuki
RM125 and went to town on
it. You needed a crowbar to
pry me off it. Unfortunately, it
never brought me motocross
stardom. It did, though, give
me hours of great fun and
huge respect for really good
trials riders. However, I do
believe that Montesa made
me a better motocross rider,
just not that much better.
Trials has many times
come and gone throughout
my motorcycle-riding life,
usually with long gaps in be-
tween. My latest trials ven-
ture came recently with the
folks at Electric Motion (EM),
a French motorcycle com-
pany founded in 2010 that
focuses on, you guessed it,
electric (off-road) motorcy-
cles. Its first production mo-
torcycle emerged at the end
of 2012. A year later came its
first competition trials bike,
the EMSport. In 2020, the
company reached its highest
pinnacle yet, taking second
place in the TrialE World
Championship with factory
rider Gael Chatagno aboard
its latest competition model,
the ePure Race, which
brings me to now. The folks
at Electric Motion invited me
to the El Trial de Espana to
take a quick spin on their
latest line of electric trials
motorcycles. There are four:
ePure, ePure Race, eScape
and eScape R.
The two ePure models are
just that—pure trials bikes
with emphasis on competi-
tion. If you want to compete
in local trials events, one of
these ePure bikes will be
your choice. If you are look-
ing for something for trials
riding while also exploring
the nearby hills, one of the
two eScape models will be
more up your alley.
Starting with the two
ePure bikes, they are essen-
tially the same motorcycle.
QUICKSPIN I Electric Motion Trials Bikes
P102
There are 50.4 volts of fun
is packed into the ePure
and eScape's motors.
