Meh. Lol. The protagonist is insufferable. Can we have Jin back please?

Throttling, Runtertakten, niedrige Power-Targets und Undervolting, falls der Chip das alles abkann. Vielleicht läuft er dann mit 2/3 der Geschwindigkeit bei ca. 150W und 50 - 60 dB. Egal, Hauptsache, er kann für €10.000 verkauft werden. Gläubige finden sich immer.

Talaria Sting MX5 Pro — is it still the 72V bike to beat in 2026?

Been thinking about this one a lot lately. When the MX5 Pro landed it was the obvious answer: first proper 72V bike in the Sting line, 40Ah Samsung 50S pack, 13.4 kW peak, moto-spec brakes, TFT dash, around 59 mph. About a 45% bump over the 60V bikes. For the money, nothing else was really close.

Two years on I'm less sure. The price crept up — it's near $4,990 now, sitting above the MX4 after the July repricing — and the 72V class filled in around it. E Ride Pro SS and the Arctic Leopard both put up numbers that at least match it, and the Leopard's direct-drive motor and bigger pack make the value math genuinely close.

Where I think the MX5 Pro still wins is the boring stuff: dealer network, parts you can actually get, a bike that mostly doesn't need upgrades out of the crate. That's worth something if you'd rather ride than wait three weeks for a controller from overseas.

So, questions for anyone running one:

How's it held up past the first year? Anything failing that shouldn't?
Real-world range in rough terrain, not the brochure number?
If you were buying today at ~$5k, would you buy it again or go Leopard / E Ride?

Curious whether the people who own them still rate it, or whether it's coasting on being the recognizable name.

"Entry-level" is doing some heavy lifting there. The MX5 Pro sits around $4,990 now — real money, and it was repriced above the MX4 in July 2026. Compared to a Stark or a Komodo, sure, it's cheap. Compared to what most people picture when they hear "entry-level e-moto," it isn't.

What you actually get: a 72V/40Ah Samsung 50S pack (2,880 Wh), 5.5 kW nominal with 13.4 kW peak — about 45% up on the 60V models — and roughly 59 mph, plus moto-spec brakes, three ride modes including a "hyper" mode, four levels of regen, and a colour TFT display. That's a genuine jump over the MX4, not a sticker change — more power, bigger brakes, stronger forks, for not much more money.
TALARIA STING MX5 PRO - TALARIA USA | TALARIA X3 +2

The honest caveat is that the 72V field got crowded. Reviewers put the E Ride Pro SS and the Arctic Leopard right alongside it, and the Leopard's 20 kW direct-drive motor, bigger battery and 62 mph for sometimes only a few hundred more makes the value argument less lopsided than the headline suggests. The MX5 Pro's edge is dealer network and parts availability, not spec-sheet dominance.
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Also worth saying out loud: 59 mph on a 165 lb bike with no ABS is not a beginner machine, whatever the price tier implies.