2017 Zero SR Review | First Ride
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Es are good. Unlike The Shamen?s 1992 smash hit, I?m not claiming ecstasy pills are good. No, I?m talking electric bikes, having recently sampled Zero?s SR at a cosy little press gathering in Surrey. Celebrating 11 years of existence and a resurgence in the UK with new dealers, Zero has gone from making flimsy off-road e-bikes to offering a fleet of battery-powered roadsters that pack plenty of punch ? a fleet that?s also A2 licence friendly.
There are currently several fundamental flaws with electric motorcycles. The first is battery life, the second is price. And there could be a third for the pedantic ? charge time. But there are also plenty of obvious advantages to electric bikes: a maintenance free schedule, next to bugger-all riding costs and saving the ozone layer and trees and baby pandas. There?s also the recent added bonus of our fine folk at Westminster offering a £1,500 grant for all electric vehicle sales, which essentially means £1500 off list price. Winner. And when you consider a total charge costs roughly a quid, that?s a quid for around 100 miles of playtime. Previous electric rides across the board have tended to imitate those shit mountain bikes from Argos: flimsy, sparrow-limbed and cheap looking. The £15,690 Zero SR ? with man-size components like pukka fully-adjustable Showa suspension ? is a naked roadster that brags an air of robustness and real substance. It?s small, don?t get me wrong, but there?s a big-bike element to its swa...
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