The Savic C-Series isn’t a rippling, muscular machine like a Ducati Streetfighter or a Yamaha MT-10. It’s more like a 1920s prize-fighter, barrel-chested, upright, and carrying quiet confidence.
You don’t get the drama of a throaty intake roar like you do with an internal combustion bike. There’s no buildup, no growl. But when you twist the throttle, it still knocks the wind out of you. That silence isn’t lacking. It’s loaded. It makes the acceleration feel even more sudden, more deliberate.
The ride, again, is solid. Despite its hefty 280 kg mass, the C-Series moves with your intentions. There's no need to fight it. Internal combustion bikes demand attention—they growl, rattle, and roar. The C-Series does none of that. It feels like you're gliding, skimming across the road surface. Not disconnected, just... clean. Like piloting a precision machine built to listen rather than shout.
What surprises you most isn't the speed, or even the silence, it's how the bike changes the way you ride.
If you love riding, you don’t want a utility. You’re not after the two-wheeled equivalent of a vacuum cleaner, even if it is a Dyson. You're chasing something more: the feeling, the connection, the moment. And that’s what people worry about losing with electric bikes: the visceral hit of noise and vibration, the feedback loop of mechanical drama.
But you don’t lose it. It just changes.
Without the engine noise barking under you, your mind settles. The road comes closer. You notice your breath, your body position, the rush of wind past your helmet. The machine fades back, and you find yourself riding with more focus, more calm.
That’s the freedom electric bikes offer—not just from petrol and gears, but from the constant noise of the world. The C-Series gives you just enough silence to hear what really matters.
Cornering and braking are precise. You look, it goes there. No drama, no hesitation. The bike just does what it’s told—quietly, confidently. There’s no need to muscle it in or coax it out. It trusts you. You trust it.
So who’s it for?
Not everyone. If you ride to be seen, if the bike is part of your image then the C-Series might not be loud enough for you. But if you ride because it clears your head, because it connects you to the road, because it gives you space to breathe, then this bike will make perfect sense.
It doesn’t shout. It doesn’t posture. It just works. And that’s more than enough.
On my first ride, I smiled, a lot. Possibly even let out a little giggle, if I’m honest.