Zero SR/S review: Is this the best electric bike of 2020? | MCN reviews | Motorcyclenews.com

The Zero SR/S is the first fully-faired electric option from the Californian motorcycle company, but will it take the top-spot in 2020?


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[dragoclarke]

Good review. Most comments are akin to the ones saying the BMW GS is better off-road than (Insert any other adventure bike). Most GS's never go near the dirt roads. And most sport bikes never go much further than 60 miles before a coffee stop, or 120 before running out of fuel. That's about the same as the Zero, so just find a coffee stop near a charging point ;-) Zero have come from nothing to producing a viable and fun to ride motorcycle in a very short time, well done.

[ZO]

As soon as a Graphene battery is available in this thing....take my money!

[BreezeGolf]

That price though. That is what I call steep... coming from an electric car owner.

[nickc-s]

Excellent review by Martin, why can’t more motorcycle journalists be like this.

[TCrimsont]

I'm getting to this review obviously eight months late but this was a really well done review and probably be the first motorcycle review that I've heard that didn't have blaring metal music over the person that was speaking.

So good on that

[tibbsazoid]

Great to see bikes like this, they'll only get better as time goes on. I'm hoping the big manufacturers are doing some serious R&D. Electric is the future.

[davidnisbett]

To date, the most informative intro that I've seen on this interesting bike. Liked, Subscribed.

[Nekminute]

Not enough power and range takes too long to charge. I'll buy electric some day but i'm not seeing the figures i like to see quite yet

[hampusbergman]

EV for cars are pushing the industry to deliver cheaper batteries. Five years from now batteries will be quite a lot cheaper according to predictions. I think its smart to wait a bit more. Zero should also step up their design work. This was a very boring design in my opinion, looks 15 years old.

[MARKSP]

£20, 000 Let me think zero sr or Panigale V4 hum that's a hard one lol

[slartybartfarst]

Spot on review. Ive run an SRF and yea range 75-80 miles range giving it the beans. Was £19K, bought it knowing its for squirting about on, perfect throttle control, regen and different. I like Zero quality this is my second I also had a DSR. I run a few other ICE bikes so swap about a bit, GSXR 1000 K5, Raptor 1000, the SRF can hold its own on fast A roads and will disappear on B roads. When Im in the mood for the Zero there is nothing like it.

[Petrolheadish]

Very clear and informative review, great job!

[hermanstokbrood]

Driven an electric bike some time ago and from that moment I knew: my next bike will be electric.

[zooyou]

What's the life cycle of a battery? Will it keep the same charge in a year from now? Cheers.

[slifox]

I think prices was approaching 30-40 grand when I first heard about these bikes... so I’m not surprised about current prices now... as soon as this scales to the masses it will be more affordable at 10 grand...

[CharlieDeltaEchoVict]

Thanks, that was a very informative video. I'm up for electric bikes!

[CommanderKingpin]

This thing for 50% of the price would be totally awesome, cant wait for the next few years

[modarm]

What is the cost of replacement batteries.

[tasmic]

Ergonomics, suspension feel, brake performance, mirrors, ride modes?

[dbestaVlogs]

I guess you would have to ride with the power plug. A joy ride loop for me, on a cruiser, is about 170 miles. I think I could live with one of these with a distance in that area, or the ability to charge at tesla points.
I like it. 👍