7 Electric Dirt Bikes That Pro Riders Are Secretly Switching To…
Something strange is happening in professional motocross. Factory-backed riders who spent their entire careers on gas Hondas, KTMs, and Yamahas are quietly adding electric dirt bikes to their training routines. Not announcing it. Not posting about it. And once they start, they stop going back.
A former AMA 250SX champion hasn’t touched a gas motorcycle in over a year. More than half the entries at a Red Bull event chose a $6,499 electric bike over machines costing twice as much. KTM factory riders are using an electric bike for backyard training that KTM will never advertise. And one bike offers training data that no gas motorcycle in history has ever provided.
In this video, we reveal the 7 electric dirt bikes behind the quiet pro rider migration from gas to electric — and explain the training pipeline that makes the switch inevitable.
Chapters:
0:00 Something Strange Is Happening in Pro Motocross
0:47 #7 Sur-Ron Ultra Bee HP — Red Bull TKO’s Most Popular Choice
2:17 #6 Arctic Leopard XE Pro S — “Tested By Pro Riders: Damn”
3:56 #5 KTM Freeride E-XC — The Industry’s Worst-Kept Secret
5:24 THE SWITCHING PIPELINE — Why Pros Can’t Go Back to Gas
6:18 #4 Segway Xaber 300 — Training Data No Gas Bike Can Provide
7:28 #3 Ventus One Plus — Replaces $10K Modified Sur-Ron Builds
8:39 #2 Y-Volt Surge V — Same Power on the 4th Moto as the 1st
10:01 #1 Stark Varg — A 250SX Champion’s Confession
11:39 What Does Justin Bogle Know That You Don’t?
BIKES FEATURED:
Sur-Ron Ultra Bee HP ($6,499) — Most entered bike at Red Bull Tennessee Knockout eMoto. Pros choose it because crashing it doesn’t end their season financially.
Arctic Leopard XE Pro S ($5,399) — GritShift: “Tested By Pro Riders: Damn.” Direct drive = zero drivetrain maintenance. Dakar 1st/3rd/4th 2026.
KTM Freeride E-XC (~$11,299) — The industry’s worst-kept secret. Factory riders train on it because it’s silent. WP suspension. Street-legal.
Segway Xaber 300 ($5,299) — Lean-angle telemetry, GPS laps, traction data. Training intel no gas bike can provide.
Ventus One Plus ($5,999) — 32 kW in 152 lbs. Replaces $8K-$10K modified Sur-Ron builds, out of the box.
Y-Volt Surge V ($6,199) — Only liquid-cooled motor in the lightweight class. Same power on the 4th moto as the 1st.
Stark Varg ($12,900) — Former 250SX Champion Justin Bogle: “The last year it is the only bike I’ve ridden.”
THE PRO SWITCHING PIPELINE:
Step 1: Add electric bike for quiet training
Step 2: Notice you’re riding it 4 days a week (no warm-up, no maintenance)
Step 3: Skills get sharper from 2x the seat time
Step 4: Race the electric at an event
Step 5: Gas bike hasn’t been started in 3 weeks
KEY NAMES:
Justin Bogle — Former AMA 250SX Champion. Only rides Stark Varg. Over a year without gas.
Josh Hill — Former AMA Supercross winner. Competing on Stark Varg in 2025 AMA Arenacross.
Jack Brunell — Won 2024 British Arenacross Championship on Stark Varg vs gas bikes.
Eddie Karlsson — SuperEnduro podiums on Stark Varg.
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