The Stark Varg is offered in three colors. This is the white option.
We arrived at Golf MX Track
and were greeted to primo con-
ditions along with our first look at
the Stark Varg, meaning Strong
Wolf in Swedish.
With the creation of an all-new
bike it begs the question, how
would you design a modern
motorcycle? A blank canvas,
a clear drawing board and no
real parameters other than
building the best bike you can.
It's a tall order when you really
think about it. The Stark imme-
diately looks the part of a real
motocross bike but has obvious
futuristic touches. Odes to tradi-
tional bikes are clear as the Varg
still has fenders, number plates,
shrouds, and all the usual stuff.
Steel braided brake lines, Split
triple clamps, KYB suspension,
D.I.D wheels, Pirelli tires and
Brembo brakes show these guys
really did their homework when it
comes to quality components.
But when you get closer to
the bike you start to see the real
details. For starters, the battery
acts as a functional part of the
frame to save on overall weight.
The battery pack with 400 indi-
vidual cells sits where a regular
engine would be and the electric
motor is mounted just ahead of
the swingarm. Since there's no
need for a fuel tank, the flat seat
runs almost all the way up to the
bars and makes for a huge rider
cockpit. Up front there's an An-
droid phone in place of the bar
pad which serves as the bike's
main control unit. This allows
users to tune the bike's "map-
ping" or see outputs like bat-
tery life, speed, directions, etc.
Another cool trick is the "clicker"
chain adjusters that work like
suspension clickers rather than
the pain-in-the-butt double nut
system. Stark's engineers also
manufactured their own foot-
pegs, brake pedal and body
work that mounts up entirely with
QUICKSPIN I Stark Varg
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