EICMA 2026 electric wrap-up: what was hot, what was not, and who is coming for the e-moto market

EICMA 2026 closed on Sunday night with 754 exhibitors across ten halls and, on the electric side, one clear verdict: the money has moved to the small end. The bikes that mattered were a sub-£8,000 Zero, a Harley-backed electric dirt bike, a Segway built for the Dakar, a 24kW Sur-Ron and a wave of A1-licence machines priced against 125s. The big petrol factories mostly showed petrol. Honda's electric headline was a design study for 2030. KTM's was a kids' bike. Here is what was hot, what was not, what CFMoto did with four wheels, and what to keep an ear to the ground for between now and summer 2027.

What were the hottest electric bikes at EICMA 2026?

Zero's Project Ventura, LiveWire's DUST Hightail, Segway's Xaber X Series and the Sur-Ron Light Bee 2.0, in that order, with Ultraviolette's radar-equipped X-47 Venom as the one road bike that surprised everyone.

Zero Project Ventura. A 17-inch-wheeled electric supermoto for A1 riders, more than 20kW peak, 65mph sustained, 81mph for overtakes and 75 miles of real-world range on Zero's own project page (show-day reports had the last two at 80mph and 93 miles), onboard Level 2 charging, ABS, a pillion seat, and a UK target under £8,000 for summer 2027. Alongside it: the 2027 XE with a 60mph top speed at the same £5,590 as today's bike, a new app with custom ride modes, DC fast charging for the big Zeros in 2027, and the LS3 scooter. We covered every line of it in our Zero post; the short version is that this is the first Zero built for e-moto riders rather than petrol converts, and it is the bike every other brand in this article is now measured against.

LiveWire DUST Hightail, DUST Spur and S4 Honcho Skate. Harley-Davidson's electric arm shared Hall 14 with its parent and brought the broadest line-up it has ever shown: the S4 Honcho Trail and Street (12-inch wheels, two removable packs totalling 3.48kWh, 59mph, A1, Street from €5,799 in Europe and on sale straight after the show), the new S4 Honcho Skate for 2027, and two DUST bikes. The Hightail is the electric dirt bike LiveWire bought when it acquired Oregon start-up Dust Moto in May. LiveWire's own page now lists 36kW, a 4.4kWh battery and 246lb (about 112kg), and still marks the bike as a prototype. Dust's earlier sheet, which LiveWire has not replaced in full, quoted 32kW, 60Nm, 107kg, 260mm and 285mm of travel, a 21/18 wheel pair and a $10,950 price. LiveWire showed the Hightail in production-intent form for a 2027 launch and previewed a second DUST model, the Spur, with production specs and prices promised in the first quarter of 2027. That makes Harley-Davidson, by way of LiveWire, the first legacy American manufacturer with a full-size electric dirt bike on a show stand. Motorcycles.News has the full breakdown.

The catch is the company behind it. Nine days before the show, LiveWire's quarterly report raised "substantial doubt" about its ability to continue as a going concern, citing recurring losses and limited liquidity, and announced a special restructuring committee to look at financing, a sale or a partner. Harley-Davidson has said it will not keep covering the losses. So the most interesting established-brand electric dirt bike in Milan belongs to a company that may not own it by the time it ships. Engadget has the filing.

Segway Xaber X Series. The company most people still associate with mall security showed three directions at once: the Orca maxi-scooter concept (800V, nearly 20kWh, 0 to 62mph in 4.5 seconds, 124 miles of range in 20 minutes of charging, all engineering targets), the X Cruiser, a roll-caged, seatbelted commuter with a confirmed production plan for Europe between 2027 and 2028 and BMW-licensed know-how in it, and the X Series of electric dirt bikes: the Xaber X1000 that ran the Dakar's Mission 1000 class, the Xaber 350, the Xaber 300 for the US and a Xaber 300 DS for Europe. The Xaber 300 we know: 21kW peak, 85kg, a 72V 44Ah Samsung-cell pack of just over 3kWh, adjustable Marzocchi suspension with 220mm of travel, four-piston brakes on 220mm discs, 60mph, selectable traction control, a wheelie-angle limiter, GPS tracking and over-the-air updates, $5,299 in America. Electrek's review headline in July called it a better Sur-Ron for less money. Segway also signed Michelin for a Dakar factory team to develop electric off-roaders in competition. European availability for the Xaber range is still unannounced, which is the only thing stopping it being the most important announcement of the show for a shop like ours. Electrek and The Pack have the detail.

Sur-Ron Light Bee 2.0. The bike that defined this category in 2018 got its first real replacement: 24kW, 410Nm at the wheel, a 3.53kWh semi-solid-state battery, a forged aluminium frame, IMU-based wheelie and traction control, 65kg. It is on our site at £4,695 and we are waiting on allocation. Full detail in our round-up of the brands we stock.

The A1 brigade. The clearest trend of the week was electric bikes priced and licensed like 125s. Ultraviolette's X-47 Venom goes on sale in Europe at €8,450 in early 2027: 30kW peak but A1-legal on continuous rating, 206kg, a rear radar for blind-spot and rear-collision warning, front and rear dashcams and 235km of WMTC city range. Yamaha's NMAX E is the first electric MAX, 7.5kW, 3.5kWh, around 104km, spring 2027, with a Xenter E high-wheel scooter beside it. QJMotor's OAO MAX is a faired electric sports 125 with 14kW peak and 120km/h. Cake's founder is back with ReBake and the Abler cargo bike at around €4,000. Zero's LS3 does 75mph. Every one of those is a bike a 17-year-old can legally ride, which is exactly the audience the headlines say is a problem. We wrote about that too.

Hero Vida. The world's biggest motorcycle maker by volume showed the DIRT.E MX7 electric motocross concept for a second year, the VXZ streetfighter it is developing with Zero Motorcycles, the DIRT.E K3 kids' bike that grows with the rider and the NEX 2 electric trike, and started European customer deliveries during show week. Still no specs, no price and no date on the MX7. Autocar India has the stand.

What was not hot: who said nothing about electric?

Honda, KTM, Husqvarna, GasGas, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Ducati, Triumph and BMW. Between them they launched a dozen new petrol bikes in Milan and not one electric motorcycle you can buy.

Honda had a fantastic show and almost none of it was electric: a 1,131cc Africa Twin family with radar, a 75 percent new Fireblade, the V3R 900 E-Compressor as a planned production model, an ADV125 and a CBR500R Four. Its electric exhibits were the EV Outlier concept, a low-slung design study with in-wheel motors that Honda says points at 2030 and beyond, the RN0 e-mountain bike and the WN7 it already sells. The CR Electric Proto that ran demo laps at the Motocross of Nations in October stayed at home. Our Honda and Yamaha post explains why that is not changing soon.

KTM is the one people keep asking us about. KTM returned to EICMA after skipping 2025 during its restructuring, and CEO Gottfried Neumeister used the comeback to show the 2027 SX-F Factory Editions, the first bikes of an all-new motocross generation that will underpin every 2028 SX, back on a spring fork, 105.6kg for the 450. He also showed the 450 RC parallel-twin supersport for late 2027 and the 1390 Super Duke GT EVO with an automated gearbox. Not one of them is electric. KTM's electric range today is the 2014-era Freeride E and the kids' SX-E 5, SX-E 3, SX-E 2 and the SX-E 2.12 that launched in October. Husqvarna's stand was a blue Norden 901 and, in Motorcycles.News' words, off-road plans still secret. If you have heard that KTM has released an electric motocross bike, you have heard about the SX-E 5, which is a motocross bike with 5kW for eight-year-olds. The full Milan model list is here.

Kawasaki brought a Versys 900, a new fuel-injected KX327 two-stroke and a four-legged hydrogen robot called CORLEO. Suzuki brought the GSX-10R and the return of the SV. Ducati brought dry clutches and a petrol Desmo250 EDS enduro for 2027. Triumph brought a Tiger 1200 and updated TF enduros, petrol. BMW brought an M 1000 RS and its F 450 family and talked about a new GS; the CE 02 and CE 04 carried its electric flag unchanged. None of that is a criticism of the bikes. It is a map of where the big factories think the next two years of profit are.

Stark Future was not in Milan at all; it was running a street event in Miami the week before. It does not need the show. The Varg EX is the best-selling enduro of any kind in Germany, France and Italy, first-quarter revenue was three times last year's, the Varg SM is beating its own targets, the Factory Editions with full KYB A-kit suspension are £13,990 and £14,990, and the company has confirmed a capital raise this year and an IPO inside three years. The most important electric motocross company in the world skipped the most important motorcycle show in the world and nobody thought it strange. ADV Pulse has the numbers.

Energica used show week to mark its restart after insolvency, which is good news told quietly. And of the brands on our own floor, Talaria exhibited in Hall 11 without a new model, 79Bike showed the Falcons and a poster of the 42kW Y-Volt Surge V RS due in 2027, and RFN announced nothing.

What did CFMoto bring to EICMA 2026, and was any of it electric?

A lot, and almost none of it. CFMoto had two press conferences and the biggest Chinese stand in the building. On two wheels the headline was the production V4SR-RR superbike: an in-house 997cc 90-degree V4 with more than 210hp, 15,000rpm, active winglets, Öhlins, Brembo Hypure and an Akrapovič titanium system, around 180kg dry, with a Carbon Black show version alongside. Below it came the 550MT and 550MT-X adventure bikes on a new 526cc twin, a 675SR-R World Champion Edition to celebrate its second Moto3 title, a 125SC-S scooter and a preview of an aluminium-framed 550 platform with a configurable electronic clutch. The only electric two-wheelers on the stand were the Zeeho AEX Hyper2 and AE6 Ultra, both urban scooters.

On four wheels, which is where CFMoto makes its money (it is one of Europe's biggest ATV sellers and reported $3.11 billion of revenue in the first nine months of 2026, up 40 percent), the news was the CFORCE C7 PRO with a new twin-cylinder engine at a development-stage 67hp-plus and CFMoto's own OmniDrive CVT, a C10 OVERLAND concept with an Akrapovič pipe, the GOES Terrox 700 and 350 utility quads, the XFORCE X10 turbocharged recreational utility vehicle on FOX electronic shocks, and two UFORCE side-by-sides built for Alpine Europe: the U10 ALPINE and the electric U6 EV ALPINE. That U6 EV is the only battery-powered off-road vehicle CFMoto showed. There is no electric CFMoto motorcycle and no electric CFMoto quad, and the company's own release puts "electrification" as a commitment rather than a product. For a firm that builds KTM's 790 engines and has the manufacturing scale to flood this market overnight, that silence is the thing to watch. CFMoto's own EICMA release lists everything.

Which established petrol brands are actually in electric motocross?

Two that you can buy from in 2027 (LiveWire and Segway, if Segway comes to Europe), two that are racing but not selling (Honda and Yamaha), one that is showing a concept with no numbers (Hero Vida), and the rest are not in at all.

Sources: manufacturer releases and the outlets linked in this article, 9 November 2026.

Gossip, rumours and what to keep an ear to the ground for

Everything below is labelled for what it is: confirmed dates, stated intentions, or informed speculation. We will update this section as each one lands.

• LiveWire's future (confirmed process, unknown outcome). A restructuring committee is looking at financing, a sale or a partner. Kymco builds the Honcho; Harley will not fund the losses. Expect news before the Q1 2027 pricing announcement, and do not be surprised if the DUST bikes end up under someone else's badge.
• Zero Project Ventura UK price (stated target). Under £8,000, summer 2027. Battery size, weight and the continuous power rating that decides A1 eligibility are still unpublished. The XE update arrives early spring 2027 at £5,590.
• Stark's money (confirmed intention). A capital raise in 2026 and an IPO within three years. If the raise closes big, expect a cheaper Varg before the IPO; Stark has never had a bike under £10,000 and the gap below it is where everyone else is aiming.
• MXEP, the FIM electric motocross class (announced, undated). Honda and Yamaha are both building for it. The day it gets a calendar is the day the Japanese production timelines become real.
• KTM's 2028 motocross generation (confirmed). The SX-F Factory Editions preview it. Nothing KTM said in Milan suggests an electric version, and Husqvarna's off-road plans are "still secret". Speculation: with Bajaj in control and CFMoto in the supply chain, a KTM-badged electric would more likely come from a partner than from Mattighofen.
• CFMoto electric (speculation). The Zeeho brand, the U6 EV side-by-side and a stated electrification strategy, but no e-moto. CFMoto has the forged-frame and battery supply chain to build a Light Bee rival at a price nobody else could match. Watch CIMA in Chongqing next autumn, where CFMoto shows China-first products.
• Segway in Europe (unannounced). A Xaber 300 DS exists for the European market. The Pack notes that whether the full Xaber range reaches European dealers depends on announcements Segway has not yet made.
• Honda's dedicated EV plants (reported, unverified). Honda has talked about dedicated electric motorcycle production coming on stream around 2027. If that holds, the CR Electric's production path gets shorter.
• Our own exclusive (first-hand). 79Bike confirmed to us during show week that the Y-Volt Surge V RS, 42kW against today's 35kW, arrives in 2027. It was on posters on the 79Bike stand and in no press coverage we can find.
• The US startups (confirmed). Bonnell's 65kW 902 is due before the end of 2026 with no price yet; neither Bonnell nor Ventus has European distribution. If either announces it, the middle of the UK market changes overnight.
• Closer to home (confirmed). Motorcycle Live runs at the NEC from 21 to 29 November. If any of the Milan electric bikes reach the UK this year, that is where you will see them.

What this means if you are buying in the UK this winter

Nothing announced in Milan will be in a UK showroom before spring 2027, and most of it not before summer. What you can ride now is what you could ride last month: the Sur-Ron range with the Light Bee 2.0 coming, the Y-Volt Surge V, the Talaria Komodo, and the Zero XE as the one road-legal option at £5,590. The show told us the price of entry is falling and the number of serious manufacturers is rising, both of which are good for riders and hard on anyone holding stock at last year's prices. If you want to talk any of it through, message us on WhatsApp (text only) or come to Emley Business Park, weekdays 10am to 4pm. The brands page shows what is on the floor. The Zero collection is where the XE sits.

Frequently asked questions

Did KTM announce an electric motocross bike at EICMA 2026?

No. KTM showed the petrol 450 RC, the 2027 SX-F Factory Editions and the 1390 Super Duke GT EVO. Its electric range remains the Freeride E and the kids' SX-E models.

Did CFMoto show an electric motorcycle or quad at EICMA 2026?

No electric motorcycle or quad. Its electric exhibits were two Zeeho scooters and the UFORCE U6 EV ALPINE side-by-side.

Which electric dirt bikes from EICMA 2026 will be sold in the UK?

Zero's 2027 XE (early spring 2027, £5,590) and Project Ventura (summer 2027, target under £8,000) are confirmed for the UK. LiveWire's DUST Hightail and Segway's Xaber have no UK dates yet. The Sur-Ron Light Bee 2.0 is already listed through UK dealers.

Sources

• Motorcycles.News: EICMA 2026, all new models and premieres
• Electrek: Zero at EICMA 2026
• Zero Motorcycles: Project Ventura
• Motorcycles.News: LiveWire at EICMA, Hightail and Honcho
• LiveWire: DUST Hightail page
• Engadget: LiveWire's going-concern warning
• Electrek: Segway at EICMA 2026
• The Pack: Segway's three-part line-up
• Electrek: Segway Xaber 300 specification
• CFMoto: EICMA 2026 release
• Honda: overview of exhibits at EICMA 2026
• TechRadar: affordable electric motorcycles at EICMA (Yamaha NMAX E, ReBake)
• Autocar India: Vida concepts at EICMA 2026
• ADV Pulse: Stark Future growth, IPO plans
• The Pack: Stark Varg Factory Editions and UK prices
• KTM: 2027 SX-E 2.12