Arctic Leopard XE Pro S vs Talaria Komodo (2026): 51 Pounds Apart

The short answer

Two full-size 21/18 enduros, a point apart on our board, and $899 between them.

• Buy the Arctic Leopard XE Pro S ($5,100, Score 92) if you want the lighter, cheaper bike. It is 51 lb lighter, and that is the difference you feel every time the bike is not upright.
• Buy the Talaria Komodo ($5,999, Score 91) if you are a heavier rider, want the bigger engine, or want a manufacturer that publishes its terms.

The Score gap is one point. The weight gap is 31%. Decide on the second one.

The 51 pounds

165 lb against 216 lb. These are both full-size bikes with the same wheel sizes, and one of them weighs almost a third less.

Weight is the spec that changes what a bike is like to own rather than to read about. It is what you feel picking it up off the ground on a hill, catching a slide, lifting the front over a log, or loading it into a truck alone. Power you use in bursts; weight you carry the entire ride.

The Komodo spends those pounds on real things — a bigger motor, a 97.2V system, a slightly larger pack — and if you want that engine you are buying the weight that comes with it. But a 51 lb difference between two bikes in the same class is unusually large, and it is the honest headline of this comparison.

The core matchup

Head-to-head, factor by factor

Weight and handling → XE Pro S, decisively. 51 lb is not a trim difference, it is a different bike to manage. The lower 34.3-inch seat compounds it for shorter riders.

Power → Komodo, decisively. 32 kW against 20 kW and 754 N·m against 600. Note that neither manufacturer publishes a continuous figure, so both headline numbers are peak bursts you cannot check. The gap between them is real; the absolute values are marketing until somebody instruments them.

Battery and range → Komodo. A 4,374 Wh pack against 3,960, and a 71.5-mile claim against 50. We hold no real-world figure for either, so treat both claims as low-speed best cases — across the bikes where we do hold both numbers, real range averages about 59% of the claim.

Rider weight → Komodo, and this one is decisive if it applies to you. Talaria publishes 353 lb, the highest rating in our catalog. Arctic Leopard publishes nothing for the XE Pro S. An unpublished limit is not a generous one; it is an unknown one, and it cannot be checked against your own weight in gear.

Published support terms → Komodo. Four power modes and a 12-month warranty, both stated. Arctic Leopard publishes neither for this bike. On a $5,000 machine that is a real difference in what you are buying.

Price → XE Pro S. $899 less, and it is the lighter bike. That combination is why it takes the Score by a point despite giving up 12 kW.

Which should you buy?

• Most riders who want a light full-size enduro → Arctic Leopard XE Pro S ($5,100). Cheaper, 51 lb lighter, lower seat.
• Heavier riders, or anyone who wants the bigger engine → Talaria Komodo ($5,999). The 353 lb rating and the 12-month warranty are the things the spec sheet gives you that the Arctic Leopard does not.
• You want Arctic Leopard's bigger bike → XE Pro R ($5,699) — 26.5 kW on the same chassis. (XF Pro vs XE Pro R →)
• You want the proven platform instead → Sur-Ron Ultra Bee ($6,499), which costs more than either and answers with the deepest support network in the class.

Not sure which fits your size and riding? Run the Find Your Ride configurator.

The honest bottom line

The Arctic Leopard is the better bike to ride and the Talaria is the better bike to buy blind.

The XE Pro S wins where it counts for most riders — lighter, cheaper, lower — and our Score reflects that with a one-point edge. But the Komodo is the only one of the two that will tell you how much rider it can carry, how many power modes it has, or what happens if something breaks in month eight. Arctic Leopard is a young brand whose dealers cannot reliably agree on which battery is in this bike, and that uncertainty is priced into the gap being one point rather than three.

If you can confirm the specs in writing before you pay, take the Arctic Leopard. If you are ordering on trust, take the Talaria.

VoltRipper is independent — we don't sell Arctic Leopard, Talaria, or any bike, and our Score is based on verified specs, not who pays us. Affiliate disclosure is included on monetized pages, and we're spec-verified/data-driven rather than hands-on until first-hand testing exists.