If you want a quiet-running dirt bike to take you to the backwoods hunting grounds or fishing holes, then Beta wants to talk. The new Beta Explorer Hunter electric dirt bike is here in North America for 2024, specifically marketed to hunters and other outdoorsmen.

We had our first glimpse of the Beta Explorer back in June of 2023, when it hit the market as an electric dirt bike aimed at utilitarian use. Here’s what we told you then:

With a 19-inch front wheel and 18-inch rear, a 33.8=inch seat height and 52.4-inch wheelbase, this is a scaled-down machine. That’s reflected in a 150-lb ready-to-ride weight (and that weight includes your battery). Good news, though—that also means a much less egregious sales price than other electric dirt bikes on the market.

As for the powerplant’s specs:

For that money, you get a quick-swap 74V 35 amp-hour battery, which is removable with only a minute’s tinkering. That battery is supposed to offer 50-100 miles of range on the bike’s Speed One setting, or 30-60 miles of range on the Speed 2 setting, Obviously, YMMV, depending how hard you are on the throttle, how big you are, how many hills you’re riding, and so on. Charging time is two-three hours from a standard household wall plug.

It seems the Explorer Hunter is basically the same idea, but with an olive drab paint job that the marketeers expect to suck in the outdoorsy types. There’s also a rear rack added to this model, which is highly useful for hauling your bow or rifle into the backcountry, and presumably hauling some quartered game back out,

While some riders poo-poo the idea of an electric off-roader, the reality is that if the battery bike can fit into the parameters (enough range, charging availability, etc.), then it can offer some advantages over a gasoline machine to hunters specifically. If you’re trying to slip in and out of your hunting spots without the scent of gas on your gear, and without making any noise, then an electric motorcycle can be quite useful. If you’re a hunter, you may have already noticed surprisingly rapid adoption of e-bikes specifically for this reason.

Beta also appears to be marketing the Explorer Hunter as a sort of ag bike, where widespread adoption seems less likely. No rancher wants to sit around waiting for their battery bike to charge, and existing models in overseas markets offer a lot more carrying capacity. All those fencing tools take up a lot of space, and you need a serious rack if you want to strap down a ewe and carry her out of the back pasture.

Asking price for the bike is $5,290 MSRP in the US—find more details at Beta’s US website here.