Even although it was born from the world’s most prolific cruiser firm, the all-electric LiveWire model’s catalog has been curiously devoid of any cruisers… till now. Get a load of the brand new $15,999 LiveWire S2 Mulholland. LiveWire calls it an electrical efficiency cruiser—which is ok, supplied you’re completely happy to play quick and unfastened with the time period ‘cruiser.’
Available instantly in North America, the LiveWire S2 Mulholland is the second electrical motorbike to make use of LiveWire’s S2 platform. It follows the S2 Del Mar, however trades the Del Mar’s avenue tracker type for a laid-back, cruiser-inspired structure.
To get that proper, LiveWire raised the entrance finish with longer forks, lowered the rear shock’s journey, and swapped out the Del Mar’s 19F/19R wheels for a 19F/17R combo. The Mulholland nonetheless wears alloy wheels with Brembo brakes, however trades its Showa suspension for Hitachi elements, providing full adjustability and 5.3 inches [135 mm] of journey up entrance, and preload and rebound adjustability with 2.9 [74 mm] inches of journey out again.
It comes specced with Dunlop Sportmax Roadsmart IV tires, with a claimed lean angle of 55° and 50° on the left and proper respectively. The seat dips to an accommodating peak of 30.25 inches [768 mm], and the bars have been raised to create a knuckles-in-the-breeze using place.
The muscular 6” bar risers and low-rise handlebars look nice, as do the bar-end mirrors and the intelligent positioning of the Mulholland’s spherical TFT sprint. Combined with the tall forks and tucked headlight (which appears to be like to be borrowed from the flagship LiveWire One), your complete entrance finish is a transparent nod to club-style efficiency cruisers.
The rear fender is equally straightforward on the attention, but it surely’s in the course of the bike the place the design falls flat. According to LiveWire, they’ve “reimagined the profile and silhouette of the motorcycle—traditionally informed by the gas tank.” So, without having for a gasoline tank, the bike merely contains a neatly dressed hump up prime that serves to cover a handful of elements, and to attach the seat and battery casing to the bike’s steering neck, visually.
That small space is a superb piece of design by itself, however its diminutive dimension leaves the seat to fill the remainder of the true property on prime of the Mulholland. The result’s a saddle that makes an attempt to mesh the look of a supermoto with the look of a cruiser—however finally ends up wanting janky as an alternative. (TL;DR: The Mulholland has numerous good particulars, however they don’t mesh.)
Add to that the Mulholland’s comparatively quick wheelbase (57.8 inches; longer than the Del Mar however considerably shorter than a Harley-Davidson Evo Sporty), and the bike doesn’t fairly nail the idea of a cruiser. Plus it appears to be like notably cramped—significantly in the event you add the optionally available pillion lodging and take a passenger alongside.
The passenger equipment features a rear seat, backrest, and passenger footpegs. Other aftermarket add-ons embrace totally different windscreens, gentle and arduous baggage, baggage racks, and a handful of dress-up elements.
The LiveWire S2 Mulholland can be the model’s first motorbike to make use of sustainable supplies in its development. And whereas dyed-in-the-wool bikers are more likely to write that off as a advertising and marketing spiel designed to achieve a youthful and extra enlightened viewers, it’ll definitely pique the curiosity of eco-conscious riders who see electrification as a way to sustainability.
The Mulholland’s fenders are produced from a hemp bio-composite materials, whereas the radiator shrouds and wiring caddies are produced from Hylon—a recycled materials that’s made utilizing discarded ocean fishing nets. The seat cowl makes use of a petroleum-free and recyclable silicon, eschewing the everyday leather-based or vinyl choices.
Taking the idea one step additional, the Mulholland’s ‘Lunar White’ coloration possibility makes use of no paint, exhibiting off the hemp-based materials as an alternative. (You can get it in a painted ‘Liquid Black’ end too.)
Performance-wise, the 432-pound LiveWire S2 Mulholland trades a smidgen of the Del Mar’s zest for a smidgen of additional vary. Its motor kicks out the identical 84 horsepower and 194 fl-lb of torque, but it surely lists a zero to sixty time of three.3 seconds and a most vary of 121 miles (the Del Mar’s numbers are three seconds and 113 miles, respectively).
121 miles is listed because the Mulholland’s metropolis vary; LiveWire lists a spread of 73 miles of freeway using, or 91 miles of mixed using. Those numbers will differ in keeping with the way you trip in the true world, and which of the LiveWire’s myriad using modes you employ. (There’s a full suite of digital rider aids, together with ABS, traction management, and rear wheel anti-slip management.
The 10.5 kWh battery pack can cost from 20 to 80 % in 5.9 hours and from zero to 100% in 9.1 hours on a Level 1 charger. Plug it right into a Level 2 charger, and also you’ll get it from 20 to 80 % in 78 minutes and nil to 100% in two hours and 22 minutes.
If you’re primarily based within the US or Canada, you possibly can snag your personal LiveWire S2 Mulholland straight away. But in the event you’re in every other a part of the world, you’ll have to attend till subsequent yr, which is when LiveWire says they may roll it out to different (undetermined) elements of the world.
The massive query is whether or not there’s a marketplace for an electrical efficiency cruiser that doesn’t fairly really feel like a efficiency cruiser—particularly when its stablemate (the Del Mar) appears to be like heaps higher and prices $500 much less. As my pal Jensen Beeler is fond of claiming, solely time will inform.
Source: LiveWire
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