The Outlaw Tracker is a Porsche-inspired electric bike created through a collaboration between Vintage Electric and legendary Porsche restorer Rod Emory. It pairs a hydroformed vintage frame, a hand-sculpted aluminum battery box, and a 3,000 watt rear hub motor, capturing the look and soul of an air-cooled Porsche in e-bike form.
Who created the Outlaw Tracker?
Rod Emory has been feeding eye candy to Porsche purists for around 27 years, restoring and rebuilding classic Porsches through his business, Emory Motorsports. His expertise reaches far wider than that, and he decided it was time to take classic Ferdinand Porsche design cues to another field. This collaboration between Rod Emory and Vintage Electric brings a very special Porsche-inspired e-bike to the road.
What makes the Outlaw Tracker design special?
Glancing at the Outlaw Tracker for the first time will leave you astonished, trying to understand how such wonderful composition and inspiration could be drawn from a classic Porsche. You will not miss the classic details of the bike, with a leather seat and a set of leather accents around the front forks and handlebars. A bucket headlight up front safely holds a powerful LED light behind a mesh grill. The rear light is integrated into the frame, and all the wiring for the lights runs within the frame, connected to the main battery. Hydroforming was the process of choice to create the classic, vintage frame silhouette of the Outlaw Tracker.
How fast and powerful is the Outlaw Tracker?
The Outlaw Tracker looks vintage, but it is certainly no sleeper in performance. The heart and soul of the e-bike is a patent-pending aluminum battery box, beautifully sculpted and sand cast in California. It safely stores the 702 watt-hour lithium battery and electrical components while dispersing heat to lower the operating temperature. As the name suggests, the Tracker is capable of tackling your favorite backroads. An upside-down fork with road race valving is installed up front, and the stainless steel handlebars are shaped for the perfect riding position. Equipped with Schwalbe Fat Frank tires, grip is guaranteed on road and off-road thanks to the KevlarGuard woven material. The standout feature is the Race Mode function, which puts the 3,000 watt rear hub motor to its full capacity and pushes the e-bike up to 58 km/h, a considerable number for such a lightweight frame. There is a catch: Race Mode is not road-legal under USA and EU regulations, so it is reserved for country backroads. To rein in that power, Vintage Electric used oversized 203mm Shimano Alfine hydraulic disc brakes.
Vintage and classic looking, yet packing a punch, the Outlaw Tracker has never looked so charismatic and full of character. It is the incarnation of what an air-cooled Porsche would look like if it was crushed into an e-bike, thanks to the expertise of Vintage Electric and Rod Emory. For more on the build you can read coverage by Gear Patrol and InsideHook.
Where to find vintage-style electric bikes
If the Outlaw Tracker captures your imagination, TheArsenale curates a selection of retro-inspired and high-performance electric bikes in its e-bike collection. For the same handcrafted, vintage aesthetic, explore the Heritage Origine luxury electric bike and the retro Rayvolt Ringo TheArsenale Edition. For a more rugged tracker spirit, see the Michael Blast Outsider MX e-bike.
