Electrickery - Livewire
All photos by Scott Toepfer
When I first rode the LiveWire bike, it blew my mind & contradicted my initial belief that an electric motorbike would be a less pure biking experience: no barking exhaust, no gears, no explosive octane smell… WTF?! All the things I love about bikes… gone! I was wrong. This bike is warp speed fast, and the experience is almost surreal, maybe closer to flying than riding and quite possibly a purer experience. It blew my mind! I was also really struck by the stealthy nature of this thing, despite its speed and size. This installation plays on that stealth-like riding experience and the idea of ‘it’s there, but is it?’ - kinda thing. This was a pure connection to the ‘wingbolt’ iteration of my D-Dog’s wing, combining the flight like feeling of riding with the electric power of this bike.
Yes, I’ve driven a Tess, yes the bike isn’t cheap , yes it’s not perfect and yes I still and always will love the combustion engine BUT, this is a big step forward. So, give it a try, you might just love the thing you thought you’d hate…
