KILLER BEES!?
Building a full-size enduro bike in today's world
takes guts. The ones already here are so
damn good! Building an electric one? That is
a bold step. I've seen plenty of e-bike startups
come, promise and under-deliver, as they try
to compete with the massively efficient and
capable crop of current new and used gas-
powered machines in the market. They usually
come into the market over-hyped, over-priced
and quickly running out of range to really make
it in the real world as a replacement machine.
Can the Surron Storm Bee F shift that
trend? That depends on what it's truly trying to
be here.
RIDE REVIEW I 2023 SURRON STORM BEE F
P86
The Surron stands out with
electric motor torque numbers
that pump out an eye-popping
520 nM, or 383 lb-ft of torque.
The bike claims a 68-mph top
speed and zero-to-31 (50km/h)
in 1.8 seconds. Thanks torque!
Right at official launch, Surron
upped the ante on the battery
boldness with an increase of 14V
from 90V on the bike I raced
First, Surron is skipping a big
part of the electric-bike hype
here in that they never claim to
out-perform any of the industry
standards. That's smart as this
is the first full-size motorcycle
they've built. Surron isn't trying
to replace GNCC racing 250s,
350s and 450s just yet. What
they're doing is dropping a full-
size enduro bike, with adequate
performance specs and com-
ponents, into the market at a
competitive new-bike price.
Performance specs are ca-
pable at 22.5 kW of peak power
(about 30 horsepower) jolting
out of the liquid-cooled brush-
less electric motor and put it in
line with enduro stalwarts like
the Honda CRF250X and the Ya-
maha WR250F, for example.
(Right) At a
claimed 290
pounds, the Storm
Bee F isn't light.
(Below) The Storm
Bee F should have
enough juice to
get you through
a hard enduro
race like the
amateur portion
of the Tennessee
Knockout.
