Where are the new ebikes YT?? How about just the long promised bigger battery??

[Jessiejames1108]

I asked YT a few weeks ago about the battery status and was pretty much told to forget about any new battery. I want to start racing my Decoy in the California E Enduro Series and need a second battery to switch out between heats just incase but they were sold out and have been for months. When I asked if they will be phasing it out and introducing the bigger batt like they said last year I was told not to expect it anytime soon if at all and the 540 battery will be back in stock in a few weeks. Not gonna lie, I was pretty bummed to wake up to that email. After getting my Maguras and everything else on my bike all set up and feeling like its the best the bike has felt since I got it last Memorial Day I'm feeling compelled to sell it just for an extra 100-150kw battery...smh

 

[Dirtnvert]

I wouldnt mind a bigger battery sometimes but for the most part i think id prefer to have the 540 in the bike and another 540 in my pack for long alpine trips or long days on our bigger vert dh tracks.
Half the time the 540 is fine or i can manage it. Our bike park has big vert(most in N America) so the trails are spread out with some climbs, a pedal into the alpine, and 6 or 7 trails that empty out a couple hundted m below the resort so the emtb is great for all that especially getting away from the extra weekend visitors. In that case the 540 is more than enough.
In a perfect world 2 x 540 and one 700 but atm im super pumped to have 2 540's.
Now how ez are those to swap out? I havent actually removed my battery from the cover plate and i dont think i want to pack an extra cover plate ,in my pack, with the extra battery