The Shocking Truth About Electric Motorcycles – /RideApart
With 9kWh in its battery pack, nearly twice the capacity of the Toyota Prius, the 2012 Zero DS is the fastest, longest-range electric motorcycle to ever enter production. 84mph top speed, 112-mile range. Is that enough to make it practical, useful transportation? More importantly, can a bike that slow be fun to ride? For more about electric motorcycles, check out http://hellforleathermagazine.com
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The zero looks to small and dorky to. Would rather hv the scooter for cheaper.
$149/kWh. remember, this was made in 20 fucking 12.
The fastest bike on the planet is electric, the lightning, and that's got a 150 mile range
Lol brand new r6 is less expensive.
40 miles to go, 20 miles range left. what a surprise that he didn't make it
bet petrol bike in the same situation would make it
the scooter is like screwing a fat girl though, fun to ride but don't want your friends to see you on her.
i wasn't really taking this video seriously already. Then i saw the guy on the piaggio having the wrong turning light on at 7:35 and i really started to wonder who even let those guys on a bike
The ride seems to be all downhill.
Why is he trying to knee down on a motorcycle clearly aimed at the commuter market that want a little fun at the weekends.
9:40 fagboy can't even ride. You're supposed to pick up speed on the shoulder and then merge into traffic. Not pull out doing 20 and then cut somebody up.
Have you revisited this with the 2017 model? I'd love to see how you feel it compares to this early model. I'm genuinely interested in an electric bike, and I find that the best reviews come from people who are sceptical about the technology rather than people who go into it wanting to big it up. Tesla has succeeded by winning over many of the sceptics and changing the whole view of electric cars. Not by winning over silicon valley fanboys. I'd love to know if the new version changes your mind.
Has he never broken down before, what a nobber
you mother fucker have sum issue wit chinese?
Yeah they've gotten better in 2016 but I wanna give it five more years before I go to get a bike like this. I need cheaper batteries and longer range. My ideal bike is electric with serious torque, a belt drive so I don't have to lube a chain, touring cruiser style, low, with comfortably over 100 miles range, and below 9k. I'd like a top speed of 100+ but honestly I don't highway ride much at all so it's negotiable.
Battery technology is going to have to get a lot better before I buy one or an electric car. I want it to work but it's just not there yet….
I want to get one but I really don't need the extra range or cost of the SR . I think the S model would meet my needs , but the dealer seemed to want to push the SR so I walked away .
this is what I call a f**** bigot when he said that combustion bike was low maintenance I felt a tumor growing in my head electric bikes are almost essentially maintenance-free and they pay themselves very quickly this guy has such a skewed and narrow View it's almost sick
Two trucks and this pussy decides to ride bitch
how is this shocking electric motors will have the disadvantage over gas engines until they find a better way to recharge them so its just as quick as filling up a gas car/motorbike not everyone has 5 hours to wait for it to recharge again so they can continue going on doing what they were doing
You couldn't give me one of these fucking things. Dude is not a hater as some here clam; he's only speaking the truth. I know that is more than some of you can handle, but there it is. No engine, no clutch, no fun – no fucking way.
The end was great on the back of the scooter riding into the sunset… it lost to a scooter in every way…
With all of the talk about how dangerous the assignment was for the test rider, the most danger was at 9:45 when the guy driving the scooter takes the test rider back onto the freeway cutting in front of the black car. (wow!) Good thing the car driver was safe and put on his brakes in time…
You are an idiot and nothing more.