Damon HyperFighter Colossus · the honest report

200 horsepower,
and zero bikes built.

A 200 hp electric streetfighter that exists on slides and press releases, from a company delisted from Nasdaq in 2025 with no customer motorcycle ever delivered. We list it because it is part of the electric-moto story, not because you can buy one. Every spec here is an unverified claim.

Start with what matters
The 10-second answer

One of the most ambitious spec sheets in electric motorcycling, attached to a company in deep distress. Damon has delivered no customer bikes since 2019, was delisted from Nasdaq in July 2025, and its CEO, CFO, and board have resigned. Treat the 200 hp, the 150-mile range, and the sub-3-second 0 to 60 as claims for a product that has never been independently tested.

Delivery
2026 delivery planned
0customer bikes built
company delisted 2025
Power
200 hp headline claim
0claimed, never road-tested
unverified claim
Range
up to 150 mi claimed
0brochure figure only
no third-party test exists
Price
preorder deposits taken
$0to $40,000 claimed MSRP
undelivered, see §9
Range reality · straight-line
claimed 150 mi, real, this mode:
0mi
est. mixed, no test exists
Damon HyperFighter Colossus · claim shown for scale
Start city, or drag the pin
Claimed (brochure)Estimate (mixed)
Both rings are manufacturer claims, not measurements. No HyperFighter Colossus has been road-tested because none has been built. Rings are straight-line distance from your pin; real routes are shorter.
What it really costs

The deposit is the
only real number.

$0to $40,000 claimed MSRP · no bike delivered to date
A full 5-year cost-to-own breakdown for this model is not possible: there is no production bike, no dealer price, no warranty terms, and no owner cost data. Damon collected a reported $100 million in refundable reservations from around 3,000 customers, but no HyperFighter Colossus has shipped. The honest cost story is the company's, not the bike's.
⚠ If you are holding a deposit Reservations were described by Damon as refundable. With the company delisted from Nasdaq (effective July 28, 2025) and operating with a reported 13 employees under going-concern doubt, anyone with money in should review their reservation terms and Damon's SEC filings directly. This is advisory, not legal advice.
Will it fit you?

A claimed
~30″ seat.

SEAT ~30″
Damon HyperFighter Colossus · to scale (claimed)
5′8″2′7″ inseam · est.
4′10″6′8″
Outlines are reference riders · the filled figure is you · seat height is a Damon claim, not measured
n/a
~30 in
Seat height (claim)
~440 lb
Weight (claim)
~105 mph
Top speed (claim)
20 kWh
Battery (claim)
Every dimension above is a manufacturer figure for a non-shipping motorcycle. Damon's Shift system claims handlebars and pegs that reconfigure between sport and upright riding, but no customer has sat on a production bike to confirm any of it. We show the tool for completeness; treat the fit as a render, not a fitting.

The full report

What the bike claims, what the physics would imply if it were real, and the company collapse that overrides every spec. All sourced.

The 10-second honest answer

On paper, a 200 hp naked electric streetfighter promised around $35,000 to $40,000 with Damon's CoPilot safety suite and Shift adjustable ergonomics. In reality, a pre-production project, not a product you can buy and ride. Damon has built no customer bikes, was delisted from Nasdaq in July 2025, and lost its CEO, CFO, and board. Admire the renders, keep your money, and judge Damon by what it ships, which so far is nothing.

A

Is this bike for me?

Start here. For now, the honest answer for almost everyone is the same.

01

Who it is actually for

We normally split this by rider type. For the Colossus the splitting question comes first: can you buy one and ride it? As of May 2026, no.

🏎Performance riders

The pitch is aimed at you: a 200 hp naked with Ohlins suspension and Brembo brakes in the renders. But there is no bike to ride, no road test, and no delivery date that has held. The performance is a claim only.

Verdict, nothing to buy
💰Deposit holders

If you reserved one, this whole page is for you. Reservations were described as refundable; the company is delisted and under going-concern doubt. Review your terms and Damon's filings.

Verdict, check your reservation
🔎EV-curious shoppers

If you want a fast electric streetfighter you can actually own today, buy one that ships. The Colossus is a catalog entry for the historical record, not a recommendation.

Verdict, look elsewhere
📚Industry watchers

As a case study in over-promising and corporate collapse, it is genuinely instructive. The technology pitch was bold; the execution never arrived.

Verdict, a cautionary tale
02

At a glance: claimed vs. real

Normally the struck line is the brochure and the big number is reality. Here both columns are claims, because there is no measured reality to report.

Delivery
production / 2026 delivery
0customer bikes built
delisted Jul 2025
Power
200 hp headline
0hp claimed, untested
no road test
Range
up to 150 mi
0mi brochure figure
unverified
0 to 60
sub-3 second claim
~3s claimed
never independently timed
⚠ Read this before the spec table Every figure on this page is a Damon claim for a motorcycle that has never been built for a customer or tested by a third party. We present the specs so you can see what was promised, not because any of it is confirmed.
B

Innovations

The two features Damon built its story around, and why both are oversold when nothing has shipped.

03

What makes it special, on paper

Both marquee features are compelling pitches. Both are unproven, because a safety or comfort system is only as good as its real-world track record, and there is no track record at all.

📡CoPilot 360 warning system

Damon's headline pitch: a radar and camera advanced-warning system claimed to track moving objects around the bike and warn the rider via haptic handlebars and LED windscreen lights. Compelling on paper, unproven in any customer's hands.

⚠ Oversold (undelivered)
🔨Shift adjustable ergonomics

Claims handlebars and footpegs that reconfigure between a sport and an upright riding position. A headline feature for a bike that has not reached production, so no one has confirmed it works as shown.

⚠ Oversold (undelivered)
20 kWh monocoque platform

The renders show a 20 kWh pack in a monocoque frame on Ohlins and Brembo hardware. The components named are real-world premium brands, but the integration has never been validated on a shipping bike.

⚠ Unverified
Why this is honest where the brand's page is not: Damon presents CoPilot and Shift as delivered differentiators. We label them as undelivered claims, because the company never began commercial production and lost its senior engineering leadership. A feature you cannot buy, test, or service is a promise, not a product.
C

Keeping them honest

We run the same physics on every bike. Here the inputs are claims, so the math shows what the numbers would imply if the bike were real, not a verified result.

04

The "200 hp" headline, in real units

Damon quotes 200 hp, which equals roughly 149 kW. That is a serious figure for a streetfighter. The catch is not the conversion, it is that no dyno has ever seen this motor in a customer bike.

# Horsepower = Watts ÷ 746
Claimed peak:  149,000 W ÷ 746 = ~200 hp  (manufacturer claim, not measured)
# Continuous (cruise) power is not published, so we cannot show it.
The honest read: Damon publishes a peak power figure (200 hp, ~149 kW) and a torque claim of around 148 lb-ft, but does not publish a continuous (sustained) rating. On every other bike we ask whether a number is peak or continuous; here we simply cannot, because the data does not exist and the bike has not been tested. Treat 200 hp as a launch claim, with no verified cruise figure behind it.
05

Where "150 miles" would come from

Damon's page claims up to 150 miles; some earlier listings cited about 146 miles in combined mode. We can show the energy math, but the consumption input is unknown, so this is illustration, not a verified range.

Step 1, energy in the pack. Damon publishes a 20 kWh capacity but, unlike a Sur-Ron or a Zero, does not publish the nominal voltage and amp-hours. So we cannot do the usual V × Ah split; we work from the kWh directly.

# Energy = published capacity (V and Ah split not disclosed)
Nominal: 20,000 Wh (20 kWh, manufacturer claim)
# Usable, BMS reserve + taper ≈ 88%:
20,000 × 0.88 = ~17,600 Wh usable (estimate)

Step 2, consumption is the unknown. A faired tourer might sip ~85 to 110 Wh/mi; a naked streetfighter ridden hard burns far more, and drag rises with the square of speed. Damon has not published a verified consumption figure, so the range below is a span, not a number.

# Range (mi) = Usable Wh ÷ Consumption (Wh/mi)

BROCHURE (gentle, the basis for ~150 mi):
17,600 ÷ ~117 = ~150 mi  ← the claimed number

REAL-WORLD streetfighter riding (estimate):
17,600 ÷ ~147 = ~120 mi  (our estimate, never tested)
⚠ This is arithmetic, not a measurement No HyperFighter Colossus has ever been range-tested by a customer or an independent outlet. The ~120-mile estimate simply shows what a hard-riding consumption figure would imply against the claimed pack. The real number is unknown and will stay unknown until a bike ships and someone rides it.
06

Charging: a claim with no charger spec

Charge time is just battery size divided by charger power. Damon has cited a fast-charge figure, but without a published charger wattage, the usual formula has a missing input.

If a roughly 45-minute fast charge were real on a 20 kWh pack, the implied charger would be very high power. We can show the relationship, but we cannot verify it:

# Charge time (hr) ≈ Battery Wh ÷ Charger W × 1.1
To hit ~45 min (0.75 hr) on 20 kWh:  20,000 × 1.1 ÷ 0.75 = ~29,000 W implied
# i.e. roughly a 29 kW DC fast charger. Charger spec is not published, so this is unconfirmed.
A 45-minute charge claim on a 20 kWh pack implies serious DC fast-charging hardware, but Damon does not publish the charger wattage or the charging standard for a production bike, because there is no production bike. We label the fast-charge claim as unverified.
07

Spec decoder: how to read a non-shipping bike

Shopping references for the Colossus, you will see confident numbers and even multiple model-year listings. Here is how to read them when no unit exists.

You will seeWhat it really isTrust it?
"200 hp / ~149 kW"Claimed peak. No continuous rating published, no dyno on a customer bike.claim only
"150 mi" or "146 mi"Brochure / combined-mode claim. Listings disagree because none was measured.unverified
"20 kWh battery"Capacity claim. V and Ah split not published, so cannot be checked.do the math, partly
"$35,000 to $40,000"Claimed MSRP range across sources. No retail transaction has occurred.claimed price
"2022 / 2026 model year"Spec databases carry multiple years for a bike that never reached production.no production
"In production / delivery 2026"Per SEC filings, the bike is at prototype stage; no customer unit delivered.not shipping
D

What it costs

There is no out-the-door price and no 5-year math, because there is no bike to own. Here is what is actually known.

09

The cost that cannot be itemized

On a normal report this is a full out-the-door table and a 5-year cost-to-own. For the Colossus, a full breakdown is still impossible: no dealer price, no freight, no tax basis, no warranty, and no owner cost data exist.

Line itemStatusNotes
Claimed MSRP$35,000–$40,000Range across Damon and spec sources; never transacted
Reservation depositrefundable (claimed)~3,000 reservations, reported ~$100M, per filings
Freight / setup / taxunknownNo retail channel to quote from
Insurance / registrationunknownNo VIN-eligible production unit
5-year maintenanceunknownNo owners, no service history
Resale valueunknownNo secondary market for a bike that does not exist
⚠ The hidden line: company viability The real cost risk here is not freight or tax, it is whether Damon survives. After an IPO in late 2024 near $4.95 per share, the stock collapsed to under a cent and the company was delisted from Nasdaq effective July 28, 2025, moving to OTC markets. A 2025 SEC 10-K describes going-concern uncertainty and a team of roughly 13 employees. Dated May 2026; confirm Damon's current filings before acting on any deposit.
E

Living with it

There is no ownership to report. There are no owners.

11

Service & reliability, from the record

We normally summarize owner-reported themes. There is no owner data here, so we report what the public record (SEC filings and established moto press) shows instead.

✓ What stands in its favor

  • The renders name premium hardware: Ohlins suspension, Brembo brakes, a monocoque frame.
  • The CoPilot safety concept and Shift ergonomics are genuinely ambitious ideas.
  • On paper the spec sheet is competitive with the most powerful electric nakeds.

✕ What the record shows

  • No customer motorcycle delivered despite years of preorders since 2019.
  • Nasdaq delisting and a share-price collapse from ~$4.95 to under $0.01.
  • CEO, CFO, board, and senior engineering leadership departed; no chief engineer in place.
  • SEC 10-K cites going-concern doubt and roughly 13 employees.
Our read: there is no owner reliability data because there are no owners. Per SEC filings and reporting from New Atlas, RideApart, and others, Damon never began commercial production and lost its senior engineering and executive leadership. We score this bike on what is verifiable, which is mostly the company's condition, not the machine's.
12

Parts & aftermarket availability

A bike is only as ownable as its parts supply. Here there is none.

There is no production, no dealer network, and no established parts or service channel for the HyperFighter Colossus. With the company delisted and operating with a skeleton team under going-concern doubt, the prospect of an OEM parts pipeline is, charitably, uncertain. If you are holding a deposit, this is the section to reread.

Part categoryAvailabilityNotes
OEM parts (battery, motor)noneNo production bike to supply
Dealer service networknoneNo dealers
Aftermarket supportnoneNo installed base
WarrantyunconfirmedCompany viability in doubt
F

The verdict

One scorecard, identical axes on every bike. The Colossus is scored on what is verifiable, which is little.

13

The standard scorecard

Every e-moto on the site is scored on these same eight axes. A product you cannot buy, service, or trust to be delivered scores low on almost all of them, by definition.

Value for money
nothing to value yet
0
Real-world range
claim only, untested
0
Reliability
no units, no data
0
Support & warranty
company in distress
0
Parts & aftermarket
none exists
0
Cost to own
cannot be itemized
0
Street-legal ease
claimed road-legal design
0
Family-friendliness
n/a, 200 hp concept
0
Bottom line: we catalog the HyperFighter Colossus because it is part of the electric-motorcycle story, not because you can buy one. As of May 2026 it is a set of impressive claims attached to a company in deep distress. Our honest advice: admire the renders, keep your money, and judge Damon by what it ships, which so far is nothing.

The math toolkit

Our standing methodology, run identically on every e-moto, including concepts we can only run partly because the inputs are claims.

5 formulas, every bike
1Real energy in the battery
Energy (Wh) = Voltage (V) × Capacity (Ah)

The only honest way to compare two batteries. Damon publishes 20 kWh but not the V and Ah split, so this step is partial here.

2Usable energy
Usable Wh ≈ Nominal Wh × 0.85–0.90

You never use 0 to 100%. The BMS holds a reserve and voltage tapers at the bottom. We assume ~88%.

3Real range
Range (mi) = Usable Wh ÷ Consumption (Wh/mi)

Consumption is the lever and is unpublished here, so any range figure for the Colossus is an estimate, not a measurement.

4Power you can feel
hp = Watts ÷ 746  |  Continuous = cruise · Peak = launch

Always ask which number a spec quotes. Damon publishes a 200 hp peak but no continuous rating.

5Charge time
Time (hr) ≈ Battery Wh ÷ Charger W × 1.1

"Fast charging" is meaningless without the charger's wattage, which Damon does not publish for a production bike.

Cost assumptionWe usedWhy it cannot run here
Annual mileage1,500 mi/yr (7,500 / 5 yr)No bike to ride, so no mileage to cost
Electricity rate$0.17 / kWh (US avg)No verified consumption to apply it to
Sales tax~8%No retail transaction occurs
Battery lifeNo replacement in 5 yrNo pack in customer use to age
Resale~50% of MSRP at yr 5No secondary market exists

Sources & references

✓ Every figure on this page traces to a source below

We cite everything and date it, because specs, prices and company status change. Manufacturer figures are labeled as claims; there are no independent road-test results to report. Spot an error? Our corrections policy means we fix it in public.

Claimed specs & performance
Company status & delisting

Sources retrieved May 2026. Manufacturer pages state claimed specs; treat them as marketing figures, not independent tests. The HyperFighter Colossus has never been built for a customer or road-tested, so no real-world performance figure exists.