He was staying in front of everyone, I believe that's the safest way of traveling on a bike, everyone can see him if he stays in front, to do this he had to drive fast of course.
I tell you what, there's something very hypnotic and relaxing about that sound after a while. I think the increased ambient noise brings something too.
It looks pretty fun, my local dealer has a testbike like this, but the big problem is, even the 125cc version of this already costs 12-13000euros lol... That's crazy money, you do get some kind of discount since you can deduct it from your taxes etc in my country, but still if you compare that with a normal 125cc who costs just 4000euros on average, well that's very costy... Also I prefer real engine sound, mainly for safety too cuz with this thing no one hears you coming, a lot of idiots still on the road, both cars or pedestrians who aren't looking around and will only see you if they hear you...
@@shu7927 My local dealer has this testbike, and he says you can't compare it to a normal 125cc, this would be more like a 600... But for that price it should be, lmao... I also prefer the real engine sound, mainly to be protected against idiots on the road who aren't watching out...
Also at 5:42 he just needed to whistle and since all it takes is a whistle sans loud engine sounds, it was enough. xD Oh I loved this video and also the way that orange biker was curious, following RJ to a lot of distance. :D
most people are delusional. commuting in a car because you're afraid of crashing a bike is the equivalent of taking boxing classes because you're afraid of getting mugged: you'll be getting your brains bashed around on a regular basis so you might be ready for some hypothetical scenario that might or might not happen.
I commute 42 miles a day in & out of London 22 days a month. Commuting puts a heavy strain on my bike. I'm fed up with constantly servicing my chain, oil changes & services every 4 months, 1 clutch change and lastly the latest fuel price hikes. Even still I'd never get on public transport for love the freedom and to be disease free. This bike is exactly what I'm looking for. Just booked a demo. Thanks RJ.
Raytown Missouri Lol, as I haven't evolved to deal with crammed train commuter bacteria and viruses, I always get severely Ill whenever I spend a few days or more getting in and out on the trains. People on them seem to built and immunity to sneezing, coughing and sputtering over each other.
Bro you need to start drinking black seed oil everyday. You'll never be ill. Look into it. I've been taking it for 4 years and haven't had a cold or fever since. Also causes everything to heal faster. I had an accident on Saturday which ended in my bike trapping my ankle and was extremely painful, I was shouting and swearing in pain and my whole foot was blue. It was fine by Wednesday.
I'd recommend you to try custom mode with torque and top speed set to maximum and high / maximum engine brake. For commuting that helps a lot with the stop & go, so you don't have to hit the brakes that hard, but still got the full acceleration. :) I ride a 2015 FX myself in daily commute and love it! :)
My commute currently is from Reading to London, I think as soon as I get the chance to live a bit closer I will DEFINITELY be getting one of these. Bikers to save the planet :-)
One gear and lots of torque . No combustion engine can beat an electric in acceleration and through the city acceleration is what counts . Great video RJ .
ABCD ABCD no they cant the fastest electric bike in the world is faster than any ice car or bike, and the fastest electric car in the world is also faster than any ice car or bike (obviously providing all vehcles are stock).
Johan, it's just logic dude... On a gas bike, you gotta wait for the throttle to open, fuel to be injected, fuel to burn, turbo to spin, and on and on, then you get your power. when you twist on an electric bike, all your power is there immediately. Now in a top speed battle, electric isn't there yet, but IN THE CITY where acceleration is key, you can't beat an electric.
UhHuh, electric motors aren't instant either. There's only so much current you can draw from the battery pack before it goes up in flames so that's one limit... You have to wait for the motor to start rotating before you can get useful power out of it. You can definitely feel it in the bike as you go from zero accelerator input to max. And besides that, electric motors have a sweet spot just like combustion engines have. But since there's no gearing, a lot of transmission losses are gone and since you don't have to shift ever you have constant acceleration all the way to top speed.
Harlie C nothing i like is here yet. I don't a skinny super moto's or a 211 mph superbike. How about a midsized adventure bike. Probably looking at £21k for that though. I bet the range could even be good
I had the chance to work in London for 5 weeks around 2010. Your video reminds me how this city is so fantastic. And what a nice ride, a real treat. Thanks for sharing.
7.14 Idiot on a scooter....but what a great bike RJ. Had a Tesla over a weekend and was staggered by the instant power of that. Electric vehicles are the future, just need prices to drop.
The thing I missed most on the FXS was the interaction with people from revving to comunicate with other bikes or nice cars. But People did ask is that electric though. My other gripe was range since I do all highway. But its a great city bike if you dont get on the highway at all. Or if you have a consistent 9-5 and can charge at work. But even then you wont be able to ride out with your buddies after work and ride for 5 hours. All ya can really do it ride back home because it will take too long to charge back up. I love the bike but they need to get the batteries to be lighter, charge faster, last longer, and lastly come down on price.
The Harley Livewire solves these problems because it comes with built in DC charging which gives you 140km with 1 hour of charging, and 80% of that with 40 minutes of charging. Its a serious problem the range limitation, but driving for 2 hours then taking a 40minute break to charge up at a charge station isn't quite as bad, say for a 500km trip, just make 40 minute stops every 2 hours or so.
Mike Burrows yeah sure. It’s not loud enough for others to hear you but in terms of entertainment and a nice sound for your own satisfaction I believe electric engines suffice
It would seem as technology carries on the world would / is becoming more sanitary and controlled. In the future we wont even be able to manually drive a car and possibly a bike. Autonomous car's will be mandated because they will be much more precise and able to travel at faster rates without mistakes.
Was wondering if the lack of sound would make you bored and you'd start making your own. I laughed out loud with the vrooms and the whistling. Nice to see a good sense of humor. Keep these excellent videos coming sir.
Try an electric bicycle - the powerful kind, not the grandma transport vehicle kind. They're more available(to try) than the Zero, and it offers about the same taste, just slightly less torque. You'll quickly find that you forget about the lack of noise as a negative and see it as a huge feature. I love the quietness.
" it's a no brainer " basically insulting the MAKER. About that opinion you just stated , all i can say is There still a lot for you to realize and know that.... a electric transportation tool got a lot of surprise than you imagined, and i dont have problem of what you like/think/use/care PEACE
Read that one of these batteries costs $2000. Also the cheaper version only does about 35 miles of highway speeds. Maybe in the next 5 to 10 years I'd be tempted.
I got my full Akra System installed the other day on my bike. Goes from a 4, 2,1 with a carbon fibre tip and full titanium. Not insanely loud as im a cb650 so naked and a honda, known to be quite but it adds that extra bit of growl to it and personally the best part is I can actually hear an exhaust note instead of just my engine revving. Also 100% makes the bike, carbon tip matches the bits of carbon trim the bike has near the fuel tank. Now just to get some better levers, mirrors and a windshield for travel.
Tested the FXE yesterday in Paris. It was the first ride on an electric bike and I was blown away. Best and fastest commuter bike ever! It was hard getting on my new Triumph after!
I've been eyeing that bike for some time now, my 25 years old XT 600E needs a replacement. I've watched some of your videos before and know that you have quite some experience with bikes in the city, so this video pretty much seals the deal for me. Thanks!
Whistling from inside a closed helmet to try to warn peds. Honestly, why don't the manufacturers of bikes put some sort of electrically-powered audible warning device where you just press a button, and it makes a loud noise to let people know you are there? Seems like a real oversight to me. Yes, I am being sarcastic.
David Carr Audi are creating a new electric Audi R8 and an electric Audi TT and on both vehicles they have special speakers which make a normal engine noise when you're pressing the throttle both cars have their unique noise and that way if people still know when you're there and you can still rev the hell out of it
Almost all electric bikes have some sort of artificial sound, but it's not really that loud. I think a "courtesy horn" could be great for all vehicles, something not as loud as the regular horn, but louder than the speaker sounds. Would be great for warning pedestrians without scaring the shit of them and course them to panic, like an ordinary horn often does
No, it will become mandatory that all vehicles will have to give way to crossing pedestrians at any time. Especially now that vehicles will be so silent. They will also build away pedestrian crossings more and more or forbid vehicular traffic in many places and expand elsewhere. I also think London in particular needs a four wheeler ban so they can reduce lane widths down to motorcycle sizes and (edit: thusly, because 1 car = 4 motorcycles) quadruple capacity where traffic is still allowed to exist.
There really is something to awe at with electric bikes. The instantaneous and brutal torque is absolutely addictive. There are actually several manufacturers working on two and three speed gearboxes for EVs. A difficult engineering problem, electric motors tend to shred conventional gearboxes in very short order. Interesting times.
This filtering was amazing. I can't decide if it's amazing skill or utterly wreckless. Whipping through those gaps and around vehicles was fun to watch. Overtaking slow traffic on a single lane with oncoming traffic was a bit sketchy. But at no point did I see him in any danger. Unlike that scooter in the cycle lane cutting up that audi. My only concern is that none of these drivers heard you coming.
@@CptAngelKGaming I drive cars and a 125 with a very loud exhaust, from my experience it totally depends on the 125, but usually if they have a loud exhaust you can hear them.
Looks and pulls like the Nuda 9, its so quiet would love to have one. I presently have a 2016 Z1 and a 2017 Super Duke R, this would be a pleasure to drive. Thanks for the ride, be safe, take care, greetings from the Philippines
Only Rj can make an electric bike sound so awesome. Listen to it in good quality headphones. Wish they actually sounded like that out loud- people would go nuts!!!
I like it, if RJ were to ride it and be in all of his videos I wouldn't mind. I think if this is the replacement for what we currently have, it would be ok.
Brilliant! A pleasure to watch your video as usual but this one is especially intriguing to me. Have been wondering just what the Zero FXS is all about and now I certainly know. Thanks
The only thing missing is the trademark RJ pedestrian brap. In sport mode, you get full torque but no regen. In econ mode your torque is cut but you get full regen. However, if you get the app, you can set your custom mode for full torque and whatever level of regen you want, which will give you greater range.
I ride, so this is not a cager rant. That 's pretty risky threading. I can understand the argument for lane-splitting, when done with care, but this guy is a maniac. Cross lane jogging at stops, long forays in to oncoming lanes....with nary a beep of alert. Does Zero really want their name on this?
90% of the time he was riding in the oncoming lane. Is that legal there? First cop in the states seeing you ride like that you would be pulled over...jus sayin..
RAW TOPSHOT Respect for other drivers, and pedestrians? Just because he hasn't been killed doesn't mean he hasn't left distress in his wake. Maybe you are conflating Good and Skillful. No doubt he is a capable technician... But that doesn't make him not-a-twat. We live in a world with other people. No one has the right behave in a manner which causes even One person to fear for their safety. How many drivers were dangerously startled by his sudden appearance in their periphery. I mean it is Fackn Toit isn't it. I'd love to have one. But now, we not only have to worry about them not seeing us...they can't even hear us.
wow, how did you manage to live in a world full of anarchy like this? (ps unless you drive with the exhaust pointing towards a car, aint nobody going to hear you even with a full system exhaust. until it would be too late)
Would probably not buy it as a first and only bike, but if i had other bikes as well, or in the future, its a big yes. I'm not afraid of the future anymore
I can see why you like it. It looks very similar to the Nuda. What the manufactures need to do, is add some sort of engine noise to these bikes. They had to do this on the bikes that raced at Pike Peak, because no one could hear them coming. 2nd reason, bikers love the sound of an engine. Imagine if you could download & select your own sounds or bank of sounds.
Since this is an electric bike and has no engine displacement, it therefor doesn’t have a CC, which means it should be available to ride on all bike licenses
Ryan M. The licences are not technically based on CC, they are based on power. Something like 6kw (11hp) for a1, 35kw (49) for a2, and min 40kw (55hp) for A, (full licence), I think the zeros are 60hp. All approx.
I like how the guy on the orange bike closes his visor as you try to talk to him as in do not talk to me but as you pull away from him a few times he stops and tries to talk to you lol, on a side note i can see more pedestrians getting run over in the coming years as electric cars and bikes become more popular as they do not pay one bit of attention when crossing the road.
This bike seems great for someone like RJ who rides in a big congested city, but I don't think it'd work for me. I live 15 miles from the nearest town, so I'd be constantly worried about range while out and about for the day. They look fun as all hell with the instant torque, but I just couldn't live with one until the range is higher.
So wait a few years, that is the point. The tech is evolving so fast now, and the new cells from Tesla hold 50% more charge than the last generation. I think by 2025 we will have a viable 150+ mile per charge model. Atm the major benefits to stop start city riding is the instant torque and when you are still you use zero power plus at low speeds they are incredibly efficient.
This has a 150 mile range, so you would do 30 miles a day going to work and back each day, lets add another 10 just incase so that 40 miles, so you could go a full 3 days (with 30 miles left) without NEEDING to charge but of you got one you could just leave it on charge over night while you sleep and then you would always have charge.
While you were having that tremendous amount of fun, has it ever crossed your mind that you were doing it without contributing to the pollution levels in London, RJ? ; ) After watching this video, all your other bikes look sooooooooooo slow! XD
How can this be legal and safe? Driving in the middle lane and zigzagging between cars in traffic Lol! Here in Canada we cannot split lane like that. Car drivers would be so mad.
what a pleasure to ride through London with you it is a beautiful machine and yes should have been a straight through mx seat but then little twerps like me wouldn't reach the ground
Watching this guy ride makes me angry. If I rode like this where I live people would literally run me off the road or hit me. it actually happened last weekend.
That's America for you. Don't like someone or how they ride? Run them off the road. The rest of the world is capable of flexibility, understanding, and minding-their-own-damn-business apparently.
@@davidwalker6960 he is still driving like crazy and if the police in germany would see this happening here, whoever is riding like that would loose his license
@@BABA-ri7ux UK is weird xD When I was in London once, I thought u guys are using traffic lights more as a suggestion than as real rule or sth. like that... xD Those ppl were driving like crazy and I was permanently in fear of being driven over lol
I bet in some situations you really had to hold yourself back from trying to rev it to make yourself heard. Thats the thing I dont like most about e-bikes. You have to rely on people just seeing you.
Riding with the assumption that someone has seen you/heard you, even if they've made eye contact with you, is a great way to get knocked off. Defensive riding is more effective than a noticable bike.
Brian Evans yes absolutely he drives like life is a race but the only thing you're going to win riding like that is a free Trip 6 feet under. If you were to drive like that here in Canada I can guarantee you you wouldn't have a license and the citizens would make an arrest when or if they ever catch you.
That's standard bike riding in any European city. In Canada and America lane splitting is mostly frowned upon, unofficially illegal or plainly illegal, according to individual state laws. It's only legal in California but that doesn't mean they won't get their panties in a knot and road rage you for cutting traffic.
I had, still have the quantya electric dirt bike in 09 but the UK distributor went out of business now it's a nightmare to find the battery so much for saving the world .. but I loved every minute of it taking big bikes off the lights : )
