Enjoy the Silence: A KTM electric bike built for Schuberth

Electric motorcycles are gathering momentum, whether we like it or not. And customizers are slowly starting to discover the potential of e-bikes—which makes our job here way more interesting. But there's one shop we'd never have pegged as early adopters: Urban Motor of Berlin. Peter Dannenberg and his crew have made a name for themselves building classy petrol-driven machines, using old school techniques. So this battery-operated whippet based on the KTM Freeride E is a literal volte-face. Peter refers to this project as a 180 degree turn for the shop. “As you know, we usually build 'mechanical' bikes,” he says,...