Frequently Asked Questions

The retail price is $7,790 NZD plus GST.

Place your order through the website. We'll respond with a tax invoice for $7,790 NZD plus GST.

We don't take card payments on this website. Payment is made directly against the invoice.

There are limited bikes in our December 2026 production run so get in quick.

If all December bikes are accounted for when you make your purchase you will have the option to pre-order from our next production run or cancel your purchase.

We ship throughout New Zealand. International shipping is not available at this time.

Galvbike comes with a 3 year manufacturer's warranty. Full warranty terms are provided during the order process.

If you purchase as a consumer, you also have rights under the New Zealand Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 that sit alongside the warranty - see our Terms of Sale for details.

Galvbike weighs 112 kg with the battery installed. That's lighter than most of the popular farm bikes today. The Galvbike has most of its weight down low compared to a petrol bike, so it's easier to move around and hold upright than an equivalent-weight bike with an engine. If it tips over it's easy to pick back up.

Up to 80 km on a full charge. Real-world range depends on terrain, load, and riding style - slow and steady gets you further than full throttle on hills.

What this means in the real world is 2-3 days of use on a flat dairy farm, and 1-2 days on a hilly farm.

Galvbike uses LiFePO4 (LFP) lithium chemistry. It's less energy-dense than other common chemistries - meaning a bit more weight for the same capacity - but for a farm bike, that's a trade worth making. Here's why LFP is the right fit:

Cycle life. LFP cells typically last thousands of charge cycles before capacity drops below 80%. Many other chemistries are rated for only a few hundred. On a farm bike charged daily, that's the difference between many years of useful battery life and a replacement after just a couple.

Safety. LFP is far more resistant to thermal runaway - much harder to set on fire, even when damaged. That matters when the bike lives outdoors and takes knocks.

Deep cycling. You can run an LFP battery down close to empty every day without significantly shortening its life. Other chemistries degrade faster under deep discharge.

The trade-off is weight: because LFP is less energy-dense, we carry roughly a 7 kg penalty compared with other chemistries. That's a deliberate choice - durability over weight savings.

About 3-4 hours from empty to full on a standard New Zealand 10 A wall socket. No special charging setup required.

The rear hub motor and wheel are removed together as one assembly - the cable detaches from the bike with 5 screws and unplugs from the main control box. The tyre is then changed on the rim like any other rim.

We've kept this as simple as possible so you spend more time riding and less time waiting for bikes to come back to the farm.

Brakes - you'll still need to service brakes from time to time like on an ICE bike. But our regen braking is strong, so for most day-to-day riding you won't be touching the mechanical brakes. That significantly stretches brake-pad service intervals.

Tyres - still need changing. We've made it easy to pull the entire rear wheel off and take it to a shop, or DIY the tyre change like you would on any rear wheel.

Swingarm grease - there are grease nipples on the swingarms that need a regrease from time to time, depending on how much time the bike spends in water.

Forks and shocks - standard units that may eventually need seals replaced. No different to existing bikes, and may never happen in the bike's lifetime.

Email info@galvbike.com for any question about your order, the bike, or the reservation process. We aim to reply within 2 business days.

Top speed is 50 km/h. That is a working speed for farm tracks and races, not a road speed.

112 kg. Light enough to pick up off its side on a hill without help, which is not true of a quad.

Yes. It charges from any standard 10 amp socket, so whatever is feeding that socket will charge it - mains, a shed inverter or a solar setup. There is more detail in the solar charging guide.

The pack is lithium iron phosphate (LFP), chosen over lighter chemistries because LFP cells last thousands of charge cycles rather than hundreds and tolerate being run flat every day. We have not published a replacement price yet - ask us and we will give you the current figure rather than an estimate.

Yes. A direct-drive hub motor has no engine note, no exhaust and no gearbox whine. You can move through a mob without lifting their heads the way a petrol bike does.

Full step-through frame, no clutch, no gears, and a reverse button. There is no gear selection to learn and no stalling. New staff are generally useful on it the same morning.

70/100-19 front and 110/90-17 rear - standard sizes any motorcycle shop can order. The suspension is conventional too, forks and twin shocks, so a rural mechanic can work on it without special training.

The frame is hot-dip galvanised right through, inside the tube as well as out, and the motor is rated IP67. What ends farm bikes in this country is water and effluent rather than hours on the clock, which is the whole reason the bike is built this way. See why galvanised.

Different tools. A quad carries more and tows; this carries 200 kg including the rider and goes places a quad cannot, at a fraction of the running cost. We have set the two side by side on the farm bike vs quad page.

It is built for on-farm work. Whether you can register a given machine for road use is a question for NZTA and depends on your situation, so we would rather you talk to us than take an answer off a web page.