Electric motorbikes are here to stay, whether you like it or not. But are they a complete waste of space, or is there a time and place that electric motorbikes do actually make sense"

In the past month or so there?s been a lot of talk about electric motorcycles, hybrid bikes or bikes with ?alternative? fuels. And although they will, without doubt, one day be the bikes to have, there are still a lot of people that say they?ll never EVER ride a bike unless it?s got a ?proper? internal combustion engine. If you ride a motorbike simply because you enjoy burning petrol that?s up to you. But it?s not why I ride motorbikes.

There are a number of reasons I ride motorbikes, and whilst an electric bike wouldn?t tick all the boxes for me just yet, I?m pretty sure one would, for some people.
Thrill

The number one reason I ride motorbikes is because of the sheer thrill you get when you open the throttle and feel the power of the engine underneath you. Power that, on plenty of modern bikes is quite mind-altering. I?ve been lucky enough to ride loads of really fast bikes over the last 20 or so years, but the novelty of riding a superbike still hasn?t worn off. I?m not sure if it ever will.

Whilst there aren?t any electric bikes that can genuinely replicate the performance, and therefore the thrill, of a superbike, it doesn?t make them boring. Some of the better electric bikes out there are still capable of packing a fairly hefty punch; it might not be a punch that ...