LiveWire, the all-electric motorbike firm spun out of Harley-Davidson’s electrical motorbike division, has simply unveiled its newest electrical motorbike. The brand new LiveWire S2 Mulholland is the model’s first cruiser electrical motorbike, and actually the primary cruiser of any main electrical motorbike maker.
It may not look fairly like a typical H-D cruiser. Gone are the chrome pipes and leather-based bar tassels. As a substitute, LiveWire is asking the S2 Mulholland a “efficiency cruiser”, and it’s bought the specs to again that up.
A 3.3 second 0-60 mph time provides sportiness to the laidback cruiser geometry with taller bars and a extra relaxed-looking journey. The usage of a 19-inch entrance wheel and 17-inch rear additionally offers the bike a squatter rear finish.
There’s no cruiser body, however that’s as a result of there’s not likely a body in any respect. As a substitute, the S2 Mulholland makes use of the Arrow platform seen on the S2 Del Mar, which is centered round a structural battery that enables for a number of bikes to be constructed round the same structure.
When Harley-Davidson’s electrical motorbike model LiveWire rolled out the S2 Del Mar on a flexible new platform two years in the past, we knew it was probably the primary of a number of bikes to share that Arrow setup. We speculated that the subsequent bike could possibly be a cruiser format, and now we’re lastly getting a take a look at that very mannequin within the S2 Mulholland.
Regardless of sharing the identical basis, the S2 Mulholland definitely carries a daring new design.
As the corporate defined, “Mulholland represents a shift in design at LiveWire as the corporate has reimagined the profile and silhouette of the motorbike—historically knowledgeable by the gasoline tank—whereas additionally utilizing sustainable supplies in key parts for the primary time.”
That features minimizing petroleum-based plastics wherever attainable, akin to within the seat, bodywork, and secondary plastic parts.
Hemp bio-composites are used within the fenders, the radiator shrouds and wiring caddies are created from a kind of nylon produced from recycled ocean fishing nets, and the seat is made from recyclable silicone as an alternative of leather-based or vinyl.
On the powertrain facet, the S2 Mulholland shares a substantial quantity of {hardware} with the S2 Del Mar, together with a ten.5 kWh battery with a 78-minute recharge time on Degree 2 charging.
Nevertheless, it sports activities the next metropolis vary of 121 miles (194 km) in comparison with the S2 Del Mar’s 113 miles (181 km), maybe indicating that they’ve discovered a technique to make the 62 kW (84 hp) motor a bit extra environment friendly.
That vary turns into 73 miles (117 km) on the freeway at 55 mph (88 km/h). For reference, I personal a LiveWire S2 Del Mar and I discover that I get round 1 mile per battery % once I’m within the metropolis and sticking to roads which might be posted as much as round 45 mph, with occasional sprints as much as 55 mph. Nevertheless it sounds just like the S2 Mulholland ought to do barely higher than the S2 Del Mar on vary.
A giant a part of the bike will probably be its customization choices, which LiveWire sounds able to help.
As the corporate added, “a variety of S2 Mulholland equipment together with passenger seats and pegs, windscreens, tender and onerous baggage, baggage racks, and beauty items will probably be launching to additional add to the distinctive using expertise and visible attraction of S2 Mulholland.”
The bike is now accessible throughout LiveWire and Harley-Davidson dealerships in North America, the place it carries a value of US $15,999 and CAD $21,999.
The S2 Del Mar expanded to Europe a number of months after its US launch, although worldwide riders might want to wait till 2025 for the S2 Mulholland to enter worldwide markets.
