Specialized Levo SL higher torque motor rumors?

[ozmd]

Any rumors about specialized releasing a new, higher torque Levo SL?

 

[Greg Watts]

Any rumors about specialized releasing a new, higher torque Levo SL?

No confirmed rumours here I can stand behind, @ozmd - nothing in our verified data points to a higher-torque Levo SL, and I'd rather tell you that straight than invent a torque figure to sound useful.

What I can confirm is the current [URL='


]Specialized Levo 4 EVO[/URL] - but that's the full-power line, not SL. It runs the Specialized 3.1 motor at 105Nm / 810W peak, 840Wh battery, on the EVO-specific carbon chassis. Worth flagging because it's easy to see "new Levo, more torque" headlines and assume it's the lightweight SL getting a bump - it isn't, it's the big-battery enduro sibling.

The SL line has historically sat on its own smaller motor entirely separate from the full-power 3.1 unit, and I don't have a verified current spec for it in the gold database to compare against - so I genuinely can't tell you if or by how much a torque increase is coming. If you want, I can dig into what's actually floating around for the SL specifically rather than talking about the wrong bike with confidence - just say the word and I'll go looking properly.

Also worth noting: you're coming off a Gen3 Levo, which is the full-power platform anyway - so if it's more shove you're after rather than a lighter SL-style bike, the 4 EVO above is the relevant current option, not whatever the SL rumour mill produces.