Electric Motorcycles: Are They Any Good? 

Excellent. Thanks for the effort and detail within this vid. Was great hearing the explanations and seeing such a range.

I wasn’t expecting to watch that the whole way through! They actually look really tempting. Especially the off road bikes that could then be used for the commute too. That’s what I’m doing with my old DRZ and I rarely do more than 50 miles at a time.

Nice to see a self-confessed petrol-head approach electric with an open mind. Good on ya! Alec, Oli, and Nathan are certainly a great crowd to get a rounded experience and view of the pros and cons of electric motorcycles. I've ridden a Zero DSR since 2016 and recently (end of April) finally took receipt of a shiny, new Energica EVA Ribelle. Last month I recreated the journey I did initially on my Zero DSR in 2017 to become the first person to ride an electric motorcycle from Land's End to John O'Groats (continuing to the top of Shetland). In 2017 on the DSR (and with only 3.3 kW charging), it took me four days to do the Land's End to John O'Groats stint. Last month, on my new Energica EVA Ribelle, it took me 29.5 hours to do the same journey in one journey, including charging stops, which do at least force you to have a break. One thing I'd say I'd echo from what Alec said in this though - the meeting people aspect of charging is quite enjoyable, especially because they're generally inquisitive about riding electric. The problem with the Energica and the luxury of DC rapid charging (CCS) is you're held up not by charging speeds, but by chatting speeds! Video on my channel of the journey last month, if you're interested. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_flIPqnjeOI.html I can tell I'm enjoying the bike. I work from home but have managed to stick just short of 4000 miles on the bike in the two months I've owned it! Admittedly, some of that is doing the IAM RoadSmart observer activities I do (electric is great for that), but most of it is just fun! :-D

Excellent informative video. I really enjoyed watching it and I learned something as well. Thank you!

Top video 👍🏻 those little surron things looks like a lot of fun, fancy something like that for some stealthy green laning.

Great video as always Ollie!!

Brilliant as ever mate. Really great run down on electric bikes and a top review of the pros and cons. I want an Energika now!

Good job 👍 It’s a journey and it’s early days. But we’re not at the start any more! Nice rounded point of view. And that power off the start is a big plus point!

very good video.

Cracking video mate, really enjoyed this one

Looks like you had a great time on those Ollie.. the torque is the best selling point on electric vehicles in my opinion. As far as the greenwashing goes though..I think hydrogen is the best bet for the future.

Excellent ....

52 minutes kept me interrsted the whole time, Im not new to electric but not ridden any of these yet but really need to get on them and try them out, ( need to buy all my motorcycle gear again though in order to do that as sold it all off years ago. ). I have convverted a few push bikes to electric and bought a frey ex pro and absolutely love riding them. I think a zero sr would be about my speed but price and charging when doing distance is a bit off putting, I nearly pulled the trigger on one that was ex demo for £8 but dily dalied too much and it sold lol.

Best thing about electric motors..Torque!!! Amazing.

English Electric used to be a train manufacturer I thought.

The massive increases in electric costs yet again in October in the UK are going to diminish the running costs argument I think.

Try your Nepal or Morocco tours on an electric bike or car.

I really like the ideal of electric bikes, especially for commuting / general daily use. I don't like the idea of having features and performance locked behind an extra payment though. The feature is there already... you just don't get it until you pay more? That doesn't seems like getting an "extra" to me, it feels more like holding features back until more money is paid. Especially given the bikes aren't exactly cheap to start with.

I have eMoto, theyre bloody good. Id never get an elecy car. But motorbike get a yes.

How much did he say the price of a charger was ??

In my part of the world, to be 'pokey' is to be noticeably slow. Funny planet.

Unfortunately wont be able to watch it till after work... but still wanted to be the first to comment! :D

No, they're GREAT⚡

Electric cars n bikes..great novelty toys for those with plenty of disposable income and home charging stations who don't want to travel far.

It has to be the future. I mean what other options are there?

The main issue with all EVs are range, and recharging time

I've ridden to Azerbaijan via Cyprus on a Vespa 300 and get past Austria and any electric vehicle just becomes useless. We tend to forget that the majority of the world still runs on petrol and diesel and I personally don't think EV's are the future and if they are it won't be in my lifetime.

£10k for a home Rectifier!!! Bloody ell!!

It's a motor, not an engine, ha ha

Nope.