The second-generation LiveWire (or more accurately the LiveWire S2 Del Mar) is essentially a simplified, more affordable follow-up to the original electric bike which won plaudits for its performance, but received criticism for its hefty £29,000 price tag.
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The S2 Del Mar is actually the first electric bike to appear since the American factory created a separate brand for its electric bike last year. It features an all-new ‘Arrow’ monocoque chassis which houses a 60kW electric motor and 100-mile capable battery. As a result of the new chassis, it’s claimed to weigh in at 199kg, which makes the S2 significantly lighter than H-D’s first LiveWire (which weighed 249kg).
Pictured here is the special Launch Edition (of which only 100 are being produced) but, sadly, you won’t be able to get your hands on one, because the $17,699 machines sold out almost immediately when they went on sale last month. Thankfully, there’s a standard version heading into production imminently, which is expected to be even cheaper (in the USA at least), costing a respectable $15,000. If we look at the LiveWire 1’s (that’s what it’s called now…), which costs $22,799 in the States and £28,995 in the UK, it’s reasonable to estimate that the Del Mar will come in at around the £19,000 when it eventually arrives on British shores.
And there’s more good news. The Del Mar design is modular, which means it can be nipped and tucked to create a whole host of unique models from the same base – and it’s rumoured that we’re going to see an ‘urban street tracker’ with 19-inch wheels first. Sounds good to us.
Speaking about the bike, Jochen Zeitz, Chairman, President and CEO of Harley-Davidson, said: “The S2 Del Mar model represents the next step in the evolution of the LiveWire brand. The Arrow architecture underpinning the Del Mar, developed in-house at LiveWire Labs, demonstrates our ambition to lead in the EV space and establish LiveWire as the most desirable electric motorcycle brand in the world.”
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