Trevor’s DTRe Vince Has Riders in Its Sights
It’s easy to announce an electric motorcycle. Getting actual bikes into customers’ hands is the harder part.
Trevor Motorcycles is now delivering the first DTRe Vince motorcycles, giving us a chance to see what the company learned from the Stella, and whether it matters when you're looking for seat time on the new bike.
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From Stella to Vince
The Vince has been around in one form or another for a while, but it is now reaching customers. The entry-level Vince starts at €9,995 including VAT with a 3.5 kWh battery, while the first bikes coming out of the factory are the Track & Trail, priced at €11,999 including VAT and fitted with a 5.0 kWh battery.
Trevor appears to have used that time to learn from its first production motorcycle, the DTRe Stella, a lightweight electric tracker.
Trevor's Jeroen-Vincent Nagels says the company originally relied on a technology partner for the Stella's drivetrain. But racing the bike exposed its limitations. Then a Stella race bike was fitted with an eRacing Denmark drivetrain and suddenly started fighting for podiums.
For the Vince, Trevor worked with eRacing Denmark on a new drivetrain, reconsidering the battery, BMS, controller, motor and power delivery as one system. Trevor has also moved from chain to a Gates belt drive for the Vince, which makes sense for a bike aimed at urban use.
The Vince also gets a revised chassis and suspension layout. The battery has been repositioned and the rear suspension moved towards the centre of the bike to improve weight distribution.
And there's more mass to deal with. The road-going Stella weighed around 101 kg. The Vince is 121 kg. That's 20 kg more motorcycle, although Trevor says the new bike uses stronger construction, motorcycle components and a bigger battery.
In Europe, the Vince is homologated as an 11 kW enduro. It produces 11 kW nominal and 22 kW peak, with Trevor quoting around 100 km of typical real-world range from the 5.0 kWh battery. Top speed is around 90 km/h.
The BCB Take
Trevor hasn't just built another electric motorcycle. The company seems to have listened to what the Stella was telling them.
More power. Better weight distribution. A new drivetrain developed with eRacing Denmark. A chassis built around the new setup.
Yes, 121 kg is a lot more than the Stella. But if those extra kilos buy you a motorcycle that rides better, has better power delivery and puts that weight in the right places, that's a trade worth making.
Ride safe, folks.
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