These include a lock, assist deactivation, and pinpoint location (the bike has its own cellular chip which remains powered even when the battery pack is out of the frame). The app also lets the rider take advantage of the bike’s built-in security features. It offers a more detailed dashboard, as well as navigation developed in partnership with Google (Google is a “strategic technology investor” in Serial 1). Colored LEDs provide basic battery and assist status if you want greater detail and more features, you need to use Serial 1’s smartphone app (for iOS and Android).
Serial 1 uses Brose’s compact Display Remote for information and control. We hope so because it is one of the very best e-bike motors we’ve sampled. However, there have been some notable reliability gremlins that everyone (of course) swears are handled. The motors are well regarded for their smooth and quiet operation. If the name Brose rings a bell deep in your cranium, it is because Specialized’s Turbo e-bikes run customized Brose motors. Serial 1 uses Brose drive units: The Switch/MTN gets the Brose Drive S Mag with a healthy 90Nm of peak torque. Company representatives hinted that an in-house motor project might happen someday, but for now, they’re turning to established players in the space. Though Harley Davidson is often called The Motor Company, Serial 1 did not design its own e-bike drive unit. There’s the proven Brose e-bike motor under that cover. And in a pretty neat way, Serial 1 is a return to Harley’s origin. The most recent model is the Switch/MTN you see here.Ĭlosing the loop on the brand's origin, Ser1 started off as an e-bike business unit within Harley Davidson but was recently spun off as a separate entity (although Harley remains Serial 1’s parent). In 2020, the brand launched with city and commuter models but continues to expand its line. Serial 1 began in 2018 as a “skunkworks” project at Harley Davidson and has some personnel ties to H-D’s LiveWire electric motorcycle. But it was the beginning of the Harley Davidson we know today.
The result was, to use the parlance of the time, a “motor-bicycle” that was ultimately deemed unsuccessful. In H-D’s case, it was when William Harley designed a motor intended to be fitted into a bicycle frame (which he eventually did with the help of the Davidson brothers).
Like a lot of the early motorcycle brands, Harley Davidson’s origins have a bicycle connection. The Switch/MTN is a refined and well equipped bike.
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