The company is selling only about 100 RCRs electric dirt bikes to start. It's not clear if those are newly produced units, or if these are part of the batch of e-bikes made earlier this year by Onyx's Chinese supplier that were being held in limbo after Khatiblou's death. Seward, who has designed e-bikes for Bird and Ubco, built what would be the first Onyx e-bike, the RCR, in 2016. After launching the company with an Indiegogo campaign two years later, that design became a hit among a cult following of customers who loved the made-in-the-USA feel, the 1980s appeal of the design complete with a wooden body, and the powerful capabilities of the bike. In 2019, Seward offloaded his stake in Onyx to his friend and former co-worker, Khatiblou, who stumbled as a first-time owner as he tried to scale the company. Many of the decisions he made created a web of legal and financial troubles that still hasn't been untangled. Khatiblou died with no will and no succession plan, a complication...
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