#Brisbane

Alta’s co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Derek Dorresteyn, is a motorcycle racer, and in his prime during the early 2000s, he was trying anything he could to squeeze more power and performance out of his KTM 450, but any gains he got somewhere, he lost elsewhere. Derek and his riding buddy Jeff Sand, another eventual co-founder and current Chief Development Officer, would get together and talk shop all the time, and they loved the idea of a smooth and perfectly responsive torque curve but understood how difficult this was to achieve with a gas-powered bike.

Monday Motorbikes is a Brisbane, California-based company producing a modern moped. Like the mopeds of yesteryear the Monday Motorbikes M1 is outfitted with pedals, but in place of a small internal-combustion engine resides a brushless DC motor.

From the images and video, it appears as though the annual Dust Hustle event held at Mick Doohan Raceway in Brisbane is the place to be every September. Hosted by Ellaspede, “a hub for motorcycle culture & creativity,” the event “is an amusing and inappropriate motorcycle expo! It’s a flat track fun day, trade show, gourmet food truck roundup, motorcycle show & shine, trackside bar, after party and concert all rolled into one.” Sounds like a blast!