Kneel at the altar of Alta, which sacrificed itself to alter the path of motocross from the very top. The Alta RedShift was a made-in-the-USA electric dirt bike designed to go head-to-head with gas-powered bikes. The bikes were there, but before rules could be adopted to allow them to battle gas-powered machines, Alta ran out of money. BRP/Can-Am bought some of Alta’s technology on the scrap heap, but the brand is dead.

The electric-versus-gasoline argument is still going, though. You just have to go and listen at the kids’ table.

“It’s a lot harder to get older riders to change,” says Tom Moen, the KTM Group marketing and communications manager, when asked about KTM using a minicycle as its first full-on foray into electric mobility. “Kids are curious.”