Zero Claims The SR/S Will Go 160 Miles On A Charge, So I Put That Claim To The Test! 

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My Super Soco claims it can do 60 miles on a single charge, im struggling to get 40 miles, Think its about time manufacturers start using real world numbers and not ones made up in a perfect environment

I own that bike and use it to commute for work every day. - The range is very dependent on the speed. The display allows you to choose what sort of data is presented in 4 different sections, and one of them is watthours per mile. - Mine has baggage and I don't lean into the screen to try to achieve efficiency. I dont have the "power tank" , just the stock 14.4Kw battery of which about 12 are usable. - To give you an example, at around 40mph its using less than 100Wh/m. So at that speed, 10 miles per Kilowatt/H. Around 120 miles range. At 100 mph its using 330Wh/m. At this speed your range is about 40 miles. - It no longer feels fast to me, instead it appears I am sharing the road with a bunch of golf carts.

Some quick notes from an SRF owner here: the belt on yours sounds misaligned as it's rubbing the side on the rear sprocket. Proper aligned you'll hear more wine of motor. Below 10 or 20% SOC power is reduced a lot. Full charge (0-95%) on 6kW (not 7) premium takes 2 hours. 4 hours on 3kW standard. With added charge tank 1 hour. That noise an energica makes is not the chain but reduction gears.

Far too expensive! LCD watches that first came out in the early 70's cost $250 and now you can buy an LCD watch for $1 at your local dollar store. Let's hope we don't have to wait decades until electric motorcycles become more affordable for people.

Chains don't make a lot of noise, unless they are not lubricated, or are worn or not tensioned or aligned properly. But chains are more efficient, last longer, rarely catastrophically fail (like belts do). But chains do need periodic maintenance.

The DS or DSR is the way to go and these bikes aren't for flyover states. They do great on the coast and in the cities. Had they rode 40 mph in town, you could ride all day for a couple days. You wake up every morning with a full battery.

I love Kyle's Out of Spec Motoring channel. For those interested in electrification, definitely check it out. It was great to see his cameo on this channel!

Good test (Ouch shorts ) I've run DSR now SRF Premium. DSR goes 20% further (fat tyres and 20kg on SRF ls less efficient ). performance on SRF mind blowing, more to the point has traction control which allows the use of bigger motor/inverter. DSR without it may high side ( don't ask how I know). SRF does about 80 miles range 50% hooning 50% normal UK b roads. Good fun ,fit an RSG tail tidy get rid of snow scoop. Best balance of weight/power at 220kg 14kWh 110HP of any EV bike out and best styled for me. Bikes so dependant on battery developement over the next few years, more so than cars, pitch in now or wait?

It is not worth to buy such a pricy powerful E-bike to ride slow for longer range, period!

Great video. Well done give me a Twin though. When they get to be competitive with a great thumper I will look at one seriously

Any reviews for any of the Energicas coming? I've been looking at the Eva Ribelle for a while now.

I have a zero DSR, I have had it for about a month. I absolutely love it. I have owned two other bikes. The dsr accelerates far faster than the Honda Hurricane I had. You can operate it in three "modes" In eco mode its acceleration feels like a fairly quick moped, very easy to handle, very forgiving. Custom allows me to control torque and top speed (up to about 104) and allows control of regenerative braking, I have mine set without any regenerative braking. and seventy percent torque. This allows for very quiet coasting with rapid but not terrifying acceleration. In sport mode the bike just launches. From a dead stop i feel like I can hit fifty just as I exit a two lane intersection. It's such a different riding experience. I can focus on throttle control and braking without a clutch or any shifting. Put it in eco, drag the brake and its turning in full lock. I put it in eco on residential streets, custom for most stuff and sport on the highways. I even like that it is quiet. I did install two piaa twin horns under the fairing on each side though. Its different, but for commuting and in city riding, It is just awesome. Passing is hilariously easy. Grab and gone.

Fabulous review! Did I hear correctly that the bike doesn't give ample warning time that you're low on power? just shuts off virtually without notice? If so that's a huge flaw that could be very dangerous .on the highway. It's nice just to hear the wind however a bikes heart and soul is the engine

Its all fun and games until your waiting in line for 6 hours with a dead battery.. once these evs take off, its going to be a nightmare at charging stations...

More more more pls And some more riding and performance comparison to ice bikes would help too.

So he never mentioned how it can go 160 miles on the charge I just bought mine yesterday and my traveling distance from NYC to CT was 74.7 miles and it died on me on the highway at 68 miles and it was fully charged when I left the dealership Filipacchi in the city

Can you change the speed from mph to kph??

I had a 2021 Zero SR-F out for a test ride about a month ago. Picked it up at the dealer and it was fully charged showing 140km of range! The dealer said that to unlock the last 20% you need to pay to unlock it lol. Whatever, the sale was lost at that moment anyway. About 55km into my rode I was down to 5 2% battery remaining so I turned around. I never made it home. About 20km into my return ride the dash lit up saying " battery isolation fault" (or something like that). So I pulled over and called the dealer, not wanting to damage their bike. The dealer instructed me to ride it back to the shop, but it would not restart. Underwhelming to say the least. Its fun for the first 10 minutes until the range anxiety pops in. Useless in the real world. Any thoughts of buying one as a toy vaporized with the pay-to-use-what-you-already -paid-for model anyway. A long way to being viable in my opinion.

Spoiler: he didn't put that 160 miles to test

What was your range on stop and go?

Hey Gents, Love that you guys are reviewing bikes now and presentation-wise this was great, but as a rider, I'm asking that you please stop showing videos of yall riding without the proper gear. Gloves, jeans, jacket, helmet last thing I want is a new rider to think riding in shorts and a t-shirt is okay. Other than that keep bringing that sweet sweet 2 wheel reviews.

I own the blue one in premium trim. 0 - 100% with 6 kW charging in under 1 hour is not true. 6 kWh is 49% of the battery, so 1 hour from 50 to 100% (or 30 to 80%) is realistic. 0 - 100% takes 2,5 - 3 hours with 6 kW. On a trip, you never do that. You don't arrive empty and you don't have to leave full. Because balancing the cells to 100%, takes a lot of time. On a home plug with the granny charger it takes 4 - 4,5 hours, because it uses only one of the 2 onboard chargers then (3 kW each)

Very cool!

Cool bike :)

To many bad reviews for Zero bikes. Nearly bought one but did some research on customer service and reliability, both short term and particularly long term. Quickly changed my mind and will save a little more for a better made Energica with superior specs.

Will you be able to review on the Mission Motorcycle Electric Bike? Jay Leno did it once but never heard of them after that, heck I do not even know if they are still in business.

Swapthose batteries out for teslas tabless batteries you would get more range and probably performance

im really interested to know about quiet dirt bikes/off-road motorcycles too

So if I’m a bigger guy I could get maybe 75 miles to a charge. So I essentially could potentially ride an hour, charge and hour. So hypothetically a trip that would take me a little over 2 hours would take me over 4 due to charging? Yeah imma pass on that.

Why is everyone saying it's "quiet", when all I hear is whining (and often loud) in every situation?

I have never even seen a charging station so I couldn't charge it while I am eating. It would be a great bike for running around town on where you are running it less than 100 miles and could charge it every evening at the house. I am sure if I rode one I would want one.

I thought these guys were based out west somewhere? What are y’all doing at Rocky Mount Mills??

great video, but would love to see it moving and hear it

"A little over an hour.. ..say an hour and a half." So a $15k bike is a little over $10k, then? That Salesman training will take you far, young man. :)

Another year or two and these prices will be much lower, competition is going to be strong

Lol~ 'mirrors fold in for easier storage' more like easier lane slitting!

Actually for that price you only get half of what you said... You have to "unlock" the rest...

Nice review. In about 10 years, this is going to be a real compelling and competitive product.

This thing needs to be a lot louder in order to be safe for Highway use

I’d always be worried about juice . Not much fun to be limited to riding style and range . You have a long way to go at 20,000 plus I’d need unlimited range

I rode one today but with that price tag I'd buy a new bussa or zx14 lol

Was this built by the Machines in Zero One?

$2000 more and no hard saddle bags?! You paid an extra $2000 for aluminum handlebars?!

Every time I say 'Im not against electric' I find myself on the road riding thinking - cant travel on that bike vs my 72 R/75 where it takes .. 3 min to fill? Electric def seems to be where local riding is going - if you only do local riding - or can afford two bikes, or can afford the electric bike ...

I think these E-Bike manufacturers need to add a automatic 2 or 3 speed gear box to these to help get more mileage.....I can't believe they haven't thought of this....And I never see any manufacturer of any e-bike say what it would cost to replace the battery when it takes a shit. Personally if this bike was around 6 to 8k I would buy one just to compare it to my 2019 Kawasaki 650.....Which I love by the way.

Range is only determind to the amount of fuel you put in , and look at the price of petrol 40-50 mpg compered to the price electric 100 mile plus for a 5th of a gallon

How much it's the battery replacement.

how did I miss this video?

Can’t take anyone serious wearing lack of gear.

((😣)) 6:03 motorcycle and shorts .. poor show guys !!!! THINK SAFETY !!

Riding with shorts?? Really? Is that the message you are sending to the motorcycle community? Everything else is great about this video - but you guys should be sending the right safety message. This past few months, here in the central California valley, there have been at least 5 fatal crashes. Mostly for irresponsible riding and safety precautions.

Price and range are still ridiculous, and I don't want one.

For what they cost, I will stay with ⛽

This guy needs to learn what a cruiser is. Evidently not a motorcyclist!

It's one hundred sixty, not one hundred and sixty. The word 'and' is a separator only for a decimal or fraction.

5th ... that's still a thing right? 🤪

22 Grand ? :D you can get a Honda rebel for 4 grand, or less

Elon musk needs to make a motorcycle

Two wheels is so much better than four.

Cough, WHAT, gah...? Polaris? Brammo? Zero? TFL? Huh? The hell is happening?

Is it American made, does anybody know?

More electric please

Go with the SR and save yourself about 5 grand.

Good video. Responsible bikers wear proper gear! Clowns belong in a circus. Zero has come a long way!

I feel like electric bikes manufacturers should do like the Porsche Taycan and add a "second gear" so it gets better mileage on the highway. 100 miles when touring is not very good.

Love the bike, but will be embarrassed to tell people how much I paid. Way expensive!

No gears😳😳

Ego ftw

Man, I wish someone could invent a better battery without getting assasinated by the oil companies 😅

Wish it wasn't 20k

Seriously no leathers? I'm sure the flannel shirt will protect you from a 70 mph crash....

It doesn't have enough range yet. It's very quiet. It needs noise for safety to alert drivers around you. Otherwise, it's pretty cool. I do like that the center of gravity is low. I bet it handles like a champ.

Definitely a short commuter type bike. No way 100 to 150 miles is going to work for long tours. Nice looking bike but still too pricey for me.

Wow. Looks like a rich boy toy. I don’t get it, unless you realllllly want to go all electric, if that’s kind of a philosophical thing for you, and don’t care how much you have to spend to do it and are willing to give up a lot of convenience (relatively speaking... how convenient are motorcycles?) too. I wonder how many back country roads will have conveniently installed level 2 chargers exactly when you hit 0 and have to wait 1 1/2 hours to recharge. The reality is that you shouldn’t discharge to 0 then recharge to 100 all the time and the rapid chargers are harder on batteries than the slower chargers. So practical ranges will be much lower since you’d not want to rapid charge all the time and wouldn’t want to gamble on how far you can go so that you hit your garage at 20% charge. Motorcycles in the USA are already a niche market (and unfortunately diminishing). To me, electric bikes are a niche inside of that niche. Battery chemistry (energy density) and recharge times (without damaging cells) must be vastly improved to at least compete with comparable gas powered bikes before I’d consider one.

20 grand in a developing market ...

110 hp and 260 kg weight isnt very impressive on a motorcycle.

For all to know if you byy a zero you have no right to repair .. zero will help you in guarantee period .. but outside this period its pretty hardto get help ..also if you are lucky and your bike lasts long . By the time you need repair everything is renewed and they have no parts . Zero will advice you to buy a new bike ... think about it .. and than ask yourself .. every energica owner had a zero before .. and will never buy zero again .. offcourse dont believe me . Just ask around .. i have been a happy zero fx owner for 7 years ..

EV community toxic and petty AF. Good video

Battery is too expencive. It sounds like crap and it looks like a 1990 motorcycle.

100 miles for $20k is asinine. Zero gonna have to do better than to get the masses to convert.

I see you attempted to save weight and preserve battery life by wearing T-shirt, shorts and trainers. Top marks for commitment 👍 But seriously, you’re in the public domain, you’re influencing people, you may not advocate that as the best or proper riding gear but it’s up there to be seen. Please understand your responsibly as a public service. And before I get a load of insults from people who want to preserve their rights and ride in whatever they want, great, if you don’t care about your own welfare, think about your family and friends or the poor people who witness and have to scrape bits of your body up off the tarmac. That said, good, honest and factual review, thanks for taking the time.

Do you need a license and insurance for this? I have a Daymak and this blows it out of the damn water!!!

Why is this guy trying to sell me something?

Screw the government i don't want to switch to electric crap I want loud exhaust. Also don't want electric vehicles either screw this bull crap. You gonna pay me for my Harley and buy me a brand new electric bike I doubt it.

You’re going to look like a clown in full tuck at 70 like you would at 120+ so lets call it what it is, it goes 60-70 miles at 70 mph just like all the Zero bikes do. The problem with all EV bikes is the ridiculously short range because theres nowhere to put a bigger battery. Two vehicles that will go away when EV’s takeover and that will be motorcycles and boats, both will be pointless.

Not for me..

Not exactly the right choice for an Iron Butt ride.

Overpriced pipe dream. The “money” you save will be spent on a new battery. These are not green, look into it!

that bike is not worth the price

For this price you can buy Tesla car XD this bike is OVERPRICED

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA...ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES, A FUTURE NIGHTMARE WHEN THE BATTERY GOES BELLY UP!

Way to much coin for such low range at speed!

So this bike compares to 7-8k gas bikes....giving you couple of lifetimes of gasoline for the rest of the money...

Yeah as usual these bikes are grossly overpriced costing about the same as a car.

Please, if you guys need to get some gear if you're going to be reviewing bikes. Needs to be ATGAT with proper motorcycle equipment. Seeing people with shorts, tshirt, casual sneakers, no gloves is hard to take seriously. Keep in mind jeans are not OK either. Go out to your driveway and drop to your knees. Now run as fast as you can and do the same or do a leg-first baseball slide. Now go do that at 60mph.

Ridiculous money. The manufacturers are setting the price high so we all get used to it and then they will sell them to us on finance. Its a terrible con and don’t fall for it. I’m a fan of electric But I’ll only buy when the price comes down, the weight comes down, the charging is the same time as filling up with petrol and the range is a sensible 160 miles of HARD riding. Please start giving an honest review instead of hyping up these bikes as a rival to petrol engined ones. But once they are.... I’m in!

Zero motorcycle are a joke and a major ripoff. U are better off with an affordable chinese brand. I would never buy those zero great POS! This is the reason why zero will disappear as a company and go bankrupt. No wonder they are called zero, as in you get zero value! Stay away from this electric crap!💩💩💩💩

Stop every 100 miles for 1 hour charge? No, that is not 'convenient'. This is a status symbol for rich city people, nothing else. Just no.

20k?! for 100 mile range. bonkers