‘…and I’d consider an electric bike’

Dave Walters

Age 44 Height 6ft

Current bike 2018 KTM 1290 Super Duke GT

Dream bike Honda NSR500

How long have you been riding? 28 yrs

I love technology and being an IT Director the idea of a cheap-to-run, lightweight bike with lots of torque makes a lot of sense to me. My 25-mile commute is half motorway, half city riding, so I want a bike that can cruise happily with decent wind protection, but that can filter easily. I do it most of the time on my KTM, but I’ll swap to my car if it’s icy, or if I need to carry stuff. I’ve ridden a KTM Freeride-E, which I loved. It’s very light, has loads of grunt and is very easy to ride, so I’d consider an electric bike, but purely as a commuter and I’ve just moved to new offices with charging points.

Living in the north west of England, I take regular day trips into north Wales at the weekend for fun, either on my own or with a mate or two. I’d definitely get range anxiety doing that on an electric bike. I did my first proper track day last year at Oulton Park on my ’01 GSX-R750. I’d definitely consider an electric sports bike for that.