India's electric sportbike, decoded with real physics: where the 211 km claim actually goes when you ride it like a sportbike, continuous versus peak power, what it really costs, and who it is for. Sources on everything.
A genuinely sporty, real-chassis electric bike at a price that looks like a typo (from about Rs 3.09 lakh, roughly $3,600), wrapped around a range number that assumes you ride it gently. Plan for ~90 real miles in mixed brisk riding (not 131), ~36 hp peak, and yes, it is street-legal as a proper road motorcycle.
Assumptions: approximate US-dollar equivalent of Indian pricing, ~1,500 mi/yr, $0.17/kWh, maintenance ~$140/yr, resale ~50% at year five. Insurance and on-road taxes excluded from the headline. Full table in §10.
Every module behind the headlines: who it is for, claims vs. physics, true cost, reliability, parts, and the standard scorecard. All sourced.
A genuinely sporty India-built electric bike at a price that looks like a typo (from about Rs 3.09 lakh, roughly $3,600), as long as you read its range claim with a skeptical eye. The base Mach 2 carries a 7.1 kWh pack and a 27 kW motor, claims about 211 km (131 mi), and is a real road-legal motorcycle with USD forks, disc brakes and 17-inch wheels. Plan for ~90 real miles in mixed brisk riding, and remember the 323 km headline you may have seen belongs to the larger Recon battery, not this one. Here is exactly how we get there.
Start here, the right answer depends entirely on who is asking.
Same bike, very different answer depending on the rider. We lead every report with this so nobody buys the wrong machine.
The sweet spot. Real sporting hardware, USD forks, disc brakes, 17-inch wheels, plus instant electric torque and a Ballistic mode reviewers describe as great fun. If you want a back-road bike, this delivers.
This is a young, single-maker brand. If you live in or near its growing Indian sales and service footprint, ownership is reasonable. Outside it, factor in a real support gap.
It is street-legal and quick, but the sporty ergonomics that make it fun on a back road are less relaxing for a plodding commute, and a hard-ridden EV sheds range fast. Workable, not ideal.
~96 mph and sharp electric torque on a 456 lb full-size motorcycle demand respect. Better as a confident rider's bike than a first one, and only with full gear and the gentler ride modes.
Same bike, two stories. The struck-through line is what the listing tells you; the big number is what to actually expect. The "why" is in Part C.
What is genuinely clever, and which "innovations" are really table-stakes. The part the brand's own page never tells you.
What sets the F77 apart from the budget electric pack, rated honestly. Each badge tells you whether it is a real engineering edge, normal for 2026, or marketing gloss.
USD forks, disc brakes and 17-inch wheels, genuine sporting hardware rather than scooter-derived parts. Reviewers note stable, confident handling. This is the F77's core, and the reason it earns the "sportbike" label.
★ Genuine edgeDistinct performance modes meaningfully change power and range, not just relabel the same delivery. Ballistic mode in particular is described as great fun, with an uninterrupted torque surge.
✓ SolidA faster top-up option that meaningfully cuts charge time over the standard unit. Useful, but it is an add-on, and there is no DC fast charging here, so do not read "fast" as car-style rapid charging.
✓ SolidA solid digital display, ABS and rider aids. Genuinely good kit for the money, but in 2026 a connected display and ABS are increasingly table-stakes on serious road EVs.
≈ Now standardNot a spec line, but the headline story: this much real sporting hardware at roughly $3,600-equivalent is genuinely aggressive. The catch is a young brand's still-thin support and long-term track record.
★ Genuine edgeMarketing specs vs. the physics. The math is simple, battery capacity and a few formulas, so let us run it.
Peak watts make a great headline; they are not what carries you down the road for more than a few seconds. Convert the spec to the unit everyone actually feels.
The base Mach 2 runs a 27 kW motor with a claimed ~90 Nm (about 66 lb-ft) of torque. The headline kW is the peak the controller will deliver for a launch, not a figure it holds indefinitely; sustained output sits below that as the motor and controller manage heat. Convert peak to horsepower:
The headline gap. The claim is not a lie, it is a best-case certification number you will basically never reproduce riding a sportbike like a sportbike. Here is the arithmetic.
Step 1, real energy in the tank. The base Mach 2 carries a 7.1 kWh pack. Ultraviolette does not publish the nominal voltage and amp-hour split for this pack, so we work from the kWh directly rather than inventing a V and Ah.
Step 2, how much you spend per mile. Consumption (Wh/mi) is the whole game, and it explodes with speed because drag rises with the square of speed. Gentle eco riding sips energy; flogging it in Ballistic mode burns far more.
~96 mph top speed is a genuine sportbike number. But hitting and holding it is exactly what destroys the range above.
Held near top speed, the bike draws hard just to overcome drag, so consumption spikes. Run the same range formula at a flat-out pace:
So the "96 mph" and the "211 km" on the same spec sheet are not promises you collect at the same time: you get one or the other, never both. That is the most important thing the marketing never says out loud, and it is true of every performance EV, not just this one.
Charge time is just battery size ÷ charger power, so a vague "fast" claim means nothing without the charger's wattage. Ultraviolette quotes times rather than full charger watts, so we use the published times and sanity-check them.
The maker quotes the standard charger at about 3 hours for 20 to 80%, and an optional boost charger at about 1.5 hours for 20 to 80%. There is no DC fast charging. We can infer the rough standard charger power from the published times:
Shopping for one of these, you will see the same name listed with wildly different numbers. They are not all lying, here is how to read them.
| You will see | What it really is | Trust it? |
|---|---|---|
| "323 km range" | The larger 10.3 kWh Recon variant, not the 7.1 kWh base Mach 2 on this page. | other variant |
| "211 km range" | The base 7.1 kWh pack, on the IDC certification cycle. Gentle, best-case. | lab best-case |
| 27 kW / 30 kW | 27 kW is the base Mach 2 motor; 30 kW is the Recon. Check which bike the listing means. | check variant |
| "36 hp / 40 hp" | Peak horsepower from those kW figures. Peak, not a continuous rating. | peak only |
| "100 Nm" | Peak torque, about 74 lb-ft, instant from zero rpm. Real and a big part of the fun. | real |
| "Street legal" | Genuinely a road-legal motorcycle, registered and ridden on public roads. | real |
The sticker is the smallest number in the story. Here is the whole bill.
The sticker is a headline, not a checkout total. The figures below are an approximate US-dollar framing of Indian pricing, so treat them as illustrative and confirm local on-road costs.
| Line item | Typical | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bike (ex-showroom) | ~$3,600 | From about Rs 3.09 lakh, base Mach 2 |
| On-road taxes / registration | varies | Road tax and registration add to ex-showroom in India |
| Insurance (first year) | varies | Required on a road-legal bike; region-dependent |
| Optional boost charger | $0–extra | Add-on if you want faster top-ups |
| Starter gear (helmet, gloves, armor) | $200–$400 | Non-negotiable at ~96 mph |
| Realistic on-road | ≈ $4,000–$4,500 | Plus local taxes and insurance, before a single mile |
The number almost no one shows you. We itemize it, show the math, and state every assumption. Insurance and on-road taxes vary so much by region that we keep them out of the headline and flag them.
| Cost over 5 years | Estimate | What drives it |
|---|---|---|
| Purchase (ex-showroom) | ~$3,600 | Approx. US-dollar equivalent; excl. on-road taxes |
| Gear (one-time) | $400 | Helmet, gloves, armor |
| Electricity (charging) | $80 | Almost nothing, math below |
| Tires, brakes, consumables | $700 | Sporty riding eats tires; ~$140/yr |
| Battery (replace / upgrade) | $0 | None expected in 5 yr; one owner reported ~95% health at ~1.46 lakh km |
| Insurance / registration | varies | Real on a road bike; excluded from headline, region-dependent |
| 5-year total (before resale) | ≈ $4,780 | Excl. insurance / taxes |
| Resale value (yr 5) | − $1,800 | ~50% of sticker; young brand, limited resale history |
| Net true cost to own | ≈ $2,900 | ≈ $580 / year, excl. insurance / taxes |
What breaks, who fixes it, and whether you can get parts.
We read the reviews and owner reports so you do not have to, and summarize the recurring themes, not cherry-picked raves. This is a young model, so long-term data is still limited.
A bike is only as ownable as its parts supply. Here the F77 is tied entirely to Ultraviolette's own footprint.
Ultraviolette runs a single-maker Indian sales and service network that is still expanding. Parts availability is tied to that growing footprint rather than a broad independent aftermarket, so coverage is good inside the network and thin outside it. There is no large third-party parts ecosystem the way an established petrol sportbike enjoys, which is normal for a young EV brand but worth planning around.
| Part category | Availability | Rough cost |
|---|---|---|
| OEM consumables (tires, brakes) | fair | varies; via network |
| Battery / electronics | fair | OEM only; via Ultraviolette |
| Body / crash parts | fair | OEM only; network-dependent |
| Independent aftermarket | limited | thin for a young brand |
One scorecard, identical axes on every bike.
Every e-moto on the site is scored on these same eight axes, by the same rules, so a 7 here means the same thing as a 7 anywhere.
Our standing methodology, run identically on every e-moto, including bikes we would otherwise have reason to flatter.
The only honest way to compare two batteries. When V and Ah are not published, as here, we work from the kWh directly rather than inventing the split.
You never use 0 to 100%. The BMS holds a reserve and voltage tapers at the bottom. We assume ~88%.
Consumption is the lever: gentle sips, brisk burns more, flat-out burns the most. Drag rises with speed².
Always ask which number a spec quotes. Peak sells bikes; continuous moves them.
"Fast charging" is meaningless without the charger's wattage. The ×1.1 covers losses and taper.
| Cost assumption | We used | Change it if… |
|---|---|---|
| Annual mileage | 1,500 mi/yr (7,500 / 5 yr) | You ride more → maintenance & tires rise |
| Electricity rate | $0.17 / kWh (US avg) | Your utility differs |
| Sales tax | excluded (Indian on-road taxes vary) | Add your local road tax and registration |
| Battery life | No replacement in 5 yr | Very hard use → sooner |
| Resale | ~50% of sticker at yr 5 | Young brand; limited resale history |
We cite everything and date it, because specs, prices and taxes change. Manufacturer figures are labeled as claims; real-world numbers are our estimates from the methodology above. Spot an error? Our corrections policy means we fix it in public.
Sources retrieved May 2026. Manufacturer pages state claimed specs; treat them as marketing figures, not independent tests. Autocar's real-world figures were recorded on the larger Recon battery; we scale to the 7.1 kWh base pack and label it as an estimate. We re-check prices and taxes periodically because they move quickly.