E-Motiv Demo 1: Two Gears, No Price, Not for Sale
E-Motiv Shift Systems will show Demo 1 at EICMA from 3 to 8 November 2026. It is an electric motorcycle demonstrator with two gears, built so a shift does not cut torque. Electrek, 28 October 2026, prints a £1 million UK project with BSA, the University of Bath, and IAAPS. The design house is Envisage. The page prints no kilowatts, no top speed, no weight, and no price. Road testing is early 2027. It is not a Class 1, 2, or 3 bicycle, and it is not in a shop.
By SickEBike desk
The short answer
E-Motiv Demo 1 is a British electric motorcycle demonstrator with two gears, shown at EICMA from 3 to 8 November 2026. The claim is a shift that does not cut torque. There is no price, no kilowatt, and no sale. Road testing is early 2027. It is not a Class 1, 2, or 3 bicycle.
Most electric motorcycles are one gear. E-Motiv Shift Systems says Demo 1 is two, and that the shift does not interrupt torque. Electrek, Micah Toll, 28 October 2026, is the story this desk is using. The bike is a demonstrator for EICMA in Milan, 3 to 8 November 2026. Real-world testing is scheduled for early 2027. A second writeup of the same announcement says the first quarter of 2027. Those are the same season until a test date exists. There is no price. There is no kilowatt. There is no weight. There is no top speed. A launch without those four lines is a stand at a show, not a motorcycle you can order. This desk did not ride it.
What two gears would be for
Electrek's account of the claim: a lower first gear for acceleration, a taller second gear so the motor is not spinning as hard at speed, and a shift that keeps torque flowing instead of cutting it the way a conventional gearbox does. That is a reason to have two ratios. It is not a test. No watt, no newton-meter, and no miles per kilowatt-hour are on the page, so this desk will not invent an efficiency percent. The motors guide is the bicycle version of the same idea: a mid-drive uses the cassette, a hub does not. Demo 1 is not a mid-drive bicycle. It is a motorcycle concept with a gearbox of its own.
Who is actually building it
Electrek, 28 October 2026. The £1 million is the project, not a price for the motorcycle.
| What the story prints | |
|---|---|
| Company | E-Motiv Shift Systems. The site Electrek names is emotivss.com. |
| Money | A £1 million UK government-funded project. Not a sticker price. |
| Partners | BSA, the University of Bath, and IAAPS, the Institute of Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems. |
| The object | Demo 1, conceived by Envisage, being built by IAAPS. |
| When | EICMA, 3 to 8 November 2026. Road testing early 2027. Not for sale. |
| Missing | Kilowatts, top speed, weight, price, battery size, and a gear ratio. |
One million pounds is the grant. It is not the price of the bike, because there is no price of the bike.
It is not a bicycle
Do not file Demo 1 next to a Class 1 hardtail. It has no pedals in the story, no 20 mph assist cap, and no 750-watt ceiling, because those are bicycle tests and this is not a bicycle. The class chart does not have a row for a two-speed motorcycle demonstrator. The NOVUS One is the other electric motorcycle already on this list that is a product rather than a stand: a price, a kilowatt-hour pack, and a top speed. Demo 1 has none of those yet. If EICMA produces a spec card, this page should be updated. Until then the honest line is two gears, a November booth, and a test in 2027. This desk did not find a public ride film with a watch page it could embed.
Questions people ask
Can you buy the E-Motiv Demo 1?+
No. Electrek, 28 October 2026, calls it a development project. EICMA is 3 to 8 November 2026. Road testing is early 2027. There is no price.
What is the two-speed claim?+
A lower gear for acceleration, a taller gear at speed, and a shift that keeps torque flowing. No kilowatt, no newton-meter, and no efficiency number are printed, so the claim is not a test.
Is Demo 1 an e-bike?+
No. It is an electric motorcycle demonstrator. The class chart does not apply. The £1 million figure is a UK project grant, not a sale price.
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