Alta Motors Delivers First Motorcycle To Customers

Troy Siahaan
by Troy Siahaan

Alta Motors, the San Francisco based electric motorcycle company today announced its new factory is operational and has delivered its first motorcycle, the Redshift, to customers Eric Gauthier and Jeannine Smith, owners and operators of Suspension Performance in Mountain View, California.

Alta Motors was founded in 2010 by Marc Fenigstein and partners Derek Dorresteyn and Jeff Sand. According to the company press release, the Alta team now includes former Tesla, GM, Toyota, Volkswagen and AMA racing employees who have put together a “clean sheet, proprietary design” for both its on-road and off-road models.

Troy Siahaan
Troy Siahaan

Troy's been riding motorcycles and writing about them since 2006, getting his start at Rider Magazine. From there, he moved to Sport Rider Magazine before finally landing at Motorcycle.com in 2011. A lifelong gearhead who didn't fully immerse himself in motorcycles until his teenage years, Troy's interests have always been in technology, performance, and going fast. Naturally, racing was the perfect avenue to combine all three. Troy has been racing nearly as long as he's been riding and has competed at the AMA national level. He's also won multiple club races throughout the country, culminating in a Utah Sport Bike Association championship in 2011. He has been invited as a guest instructor for the Yamaha Champions Riding School, and when he's not out riding, he's either wrenching on bikes or watching MotoGP.

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