More details of the electric motorcycles prepared by Harley-Davidson and Kymco, with a simulated clutch

Although Kymco presented its proposals for SuperNEX and RevoNEX electric motorcycles to go ‘on your own’, the truth is that for some time now they established an agreement with LiveWire, the zero-emission mounts division of Harley-Davidson, and of which The Taiwanese firm owns 4% of the shares.

This has made things easier when it comes to agreeing on the association, which will give rise to the aforementioned models, one with a sports body and another with a naked style, and which it is already known will borrow the Arrow platform of the current LiveWire S2 Mulholland.

A joint development to save costs

It is the most recent launch of the North American brand, but it will not take long for the so-called LiveWire S3with some components inherited from its sisters T2 Del Mar and S2 Mulholland, but some interesting new features, the result of the collaboration that has been established with Kymco.

An interesting proposal from the Taiwanese brand is that they want return the manual clutch to your motorcycles electric, something that allows us to recover part of the driving experience that these types of mounts have lost, and that could be one of the keys for bikers to better accept the step towards electric mobility.

But, despite the fact that in 2019 it was proposed in the Kymco prototypes a physical gearbox in the conventional style, now what is reflected in the official patents is a simulated manual transmission.

That is there will be a clutch lever traditional on the left area of ​​the handlebar, as well as a lever to operate the ‘gears’ with the foot, but there will be no mechanical connection but rather it will be done virtually.

What has to come to the Kymco and LiveWire ranges

One way or the other, The idea is that the driver feels more in control. and recover part or all of the sensations associated with driving a motorcycle of this caliber. Furthermore, opting for this solution would save some weight, if we compare it with what was shown a few years ago.

Some details remain to be known, such as the power that the RevoNEX and SuperNEX from Kymcoas well as the future LiveWire S3 from Harley-Davidson, although everything indicates that they will have smaller electric motors than what manufacturers have in their ranges right now.

That means they will be below 84 hp of the LiveWire S2 Mulholland, possibly adjusted by half, in terms of nominal power, which would allow access to a much larger audience than now.

First for price, because for a Harley-Davidson electric motorcycle you now have to pay at least $15,000, but also for power, because if it is reduced by half, the possibilities of reaching more people would expand.

And as for Kymco, it also needs to present two proposals that do not go too far from priceand find a balance with power and performance delivered.