Walt Siegl builds dream machines. They?re analog fantasies on two wheels: limited edition European thoroughbreds packed with unobtanium components and clothed with impossibly beautiful bodywork. Bucket list material for the discerning petrolhead.
But Walt has just done a 180-degree spin, and turned his attention away from the bellowing Italian twins and triples that have made him famous. He?s formed a partnership with industrial designer Mike Mayberry to explore the potential of electric motorcycles.

Walt believes that electric bikes are the gateway drug to get younger folks onto two wheels. ?I think that electric bikes have a strong future,? he says. ?Young people embrace the romance and fun of traveling on two wheels. Newcomers don?t have the reference to combustion engines, so they won?t miss them.? And for Walt, electric power distills the riding experience. ?There is no sound other than the wind. It?s the next best thing to flying. I feel like I enjoy riding even more, because it happens in silence.?

Mike Mayberry is another fan of magnetic fields and electric currents. If his name sounds familiar, it?s probably because he?s the co-founder of Ronin Motorworks?and the man behind the striking Ronin 47 bikes.
All 47 of those Buell 1125-based machines have now been built, and the workshop and design studio have closed. So the time was right for Mike to hook up with Walt and explore new avenues in motorcycling.

?We have similar philosophies on what makes design a...