Australia?s Grid Cycles know electric bikes are a blast. They know they?re damn quick, they know they?re simple, and they know they?re hilarious fun to ride. But they?re also aware that they?re unappealing to many grizzled bikers?and they want to change that.
?We want to get people excited about electric motorcycles,? Grid’s Tom Gilroy says. ?But I could be told about the benefits and performance specs all day and it still wouldn?t get me excited.? So he and the team went about remodeling this 2016 Zero SR to melt hearts as well as rubber?with a particularly Australian twist.

Grid Cycles are no strangers to electric bikes. A month back we featured their electrified KTM Freeride, a featherweight enduro with a retro bend. And having knocked that off-road build out of the park, Grid (a subset of Purpose Built Moto) looked to turn their talents to something road-going. So what better place to start than with Zero Motorcycles" Now a stalwart of the motorcycling scene, they?ve got a moto to scratch whatever itch you?ve got?on or off-road. The donor that rolled into Grid?s workshop was the middleweight SR, which punches out a whopping 144 Nm of torque.

It’s easy to ride, low maintenance and tire-shredding. A commuter bike gone berserk.
?This thing hits 60mph in under 3.3 seconds,? Tom says. ?No clutch, just turn the key and twist the throttle. After a few back streets and corners I pointed it down a long straight. Then out of a left hand corner I ripped on t...